Your contribution is used locally to provide services that strengthen our community. Payroll Deduction and Monthly giving allows you to spread your contribution over 12 months. Your contribution helps over 20 agencies that provide local programming. Experienced local volunteers, who are knowledgeable of local needs, monitor agencies and make sure your money is well spent. Community volunteers visit the agencies, reviewing their budgets and evaluating their service to decide how much money each agency will receive.

All United Way’s are autonomous “Grass Roots” organizations. Your local board of directors exercises full control of the local United Way. The United Way is not a chapter of any state or national fund-raising organization. It does, however, identify with United Way of America. Membership is calculated on 1.0% of the gross amount pledged to the local United Way campaign. This entitles our United Way to use the logo and theme lines, which are both copy-righted and trademarked. Our United Way of America membership also provides us with access to research, supplies, and networking with other local United Ways and training opportunities.

2006 Board Members

Diane Bartel - Retired Banking

Sherri Buss - Special Education Coop

Mike CLagg - USD 259

Kelly Cordell - Steely & Schimming

Pat Duffy - Hesston Elementary

Jeanie Fuller - USD 373

Jamie Lund - Educator

Mel McAnulty - Retired Manufacturing Executive

Mike Petitjean - Ameriprise

Steve Reiner - Educator

Pat Salsbery - First Bank of Newton

Ruth Spexarth - Retired Halstead teacher

Becky Stineman - Katherines

Jesse Nikkel - Central National Bank

Kati Sartain - Steely & Schimming

Jayson Hanshu - American Family Insurance

Dave Phillips - The Newton Kansan

Staff

Kent Dove - Executive Director, Harvey County United Way