United Way of Greater Kansas City
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Quick Agenda
• About the United Way?– Our Goal
• Social Media Committee• Campaign Kickoff• Initiatives• Profiles
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Key Impact Areas
Successful Children, Youth & Families
Helping children, youth and families attain their full potential.
Financial Stability
Assisting people in achieving financial independence and stability.
Healthy People, Healthy Communities
Assuring people and their neighborhoods are safe, healthy and thriving.
Safety Net
Helping people facing crisis or disaster access timely assistance.
A Few of the Results
• Treatment /advocacy for 4,006 victims of child abuse
• Shelter and support for 3,401 victims of domestic violence
• Mentoring / youth development programming for 117,866 children
• Help for 8,905 low-income adults to get ready for employment
• Shelter / housing for 3,852 homeless adults and children
• Medical and dental care for 139,073 adults or children
• Mental health counseling and support for 9,815 people
• Support for 10,280 older adults to help them remain in their own homes
The 2010 Campaign
September 8 – November 19
The Goal: 25,000 New Donors
How You Can Help:Give. Advocate. Volunteer.
Live United WeekSept. 27 – Oct. 4
United We Care – October 4
Collection Drive for Personal Care Items to be donated to emergency shelters
Community Wide Jeans Day – September 29
Encouraging companies to allow employees to allow jeans for an extra $5 donation
Eat. Drink. Live United. – All week!
Local companies are donating 10% of the week’s food revenue to United Way.
Social Media Committee• Shannon Schlappi – Locker Partner &
Rockdex@DramaClub
• Ramsey Mohsen – Consultant and video-blogger @RamseyM
• Dr. Simon Kuo, Ph.D. – Founder LightThread@Simonkuo
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Social Media Committee• Shane Adams – Community Manager, AMC
Theaters and Asst. Pastor Olathe Community of Christ (@shaneadams)
• Kerstin Deppe – Social Influence Supervisor, NK and Treasurer of #smckc (@KayHasWings)
• Mike Burns – Senior Manager at Perceptive Software and #smckc board member for standards and ethics (@wrytir)
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Social Media Committee• Jessica Best – Marketing Manager,
emfluence (@bestofjess)
• Zena Weist – Social Media Director H&R Block (@zenaweist)
• Zach Cobb – Owner, Westside Studio@zachishere
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Social Media CommitteeJonathan D. MastBlack and Veatch(@JonathanDMast)
Mark Jorgenson (@ksbigred)US BankCo-chair United Way Campaign
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Special Thanks!
• Barbara Wurtzler• Kim Romary• Tara Wiley• Debra Skodack• Joe Cox (@JoeNormal)
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Current Social Media Initiatives
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Social Policy and Online Reputation Plan
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Upgraded Email Capabilities
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Social Media Monitoring viaRockDex
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Video Projects
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Lots of Upcoming Events!
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Give. Tweet. Volunteer.Thanks for your support!!
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Advancing the Common Good
Creating opportunities for a better life for all.
“We all win when a child succeeds in school,
when a neighborhood turns around,
when families have good health
and workers have solid jobs.”
Live United
Underneath everything we are, underneath everything we do, we are all people.
Connected, interdependent, united.
And when we reach out a hand to one, we influence the condition of all.
That’s what it means to live united.
United Way 2-1-1
A three-digit number phone number connecting people with local health and human services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
This year, calls have gone up 23%. More than 60% of those calls have been seeking emergency assistance.
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• #UnitedWayGKC• Web – www.UnitedWayGKC.org • Twitter – @unitedwaygkc • Facebook –
http://www.facebook.com/pages/United-Way-of-Greater-Kansas-City/56776589517
• Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/unitedwaygkc• Flickr.com (photos)
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