United Way of Northeast Louisiana #LIFECHANGING Game*

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1 United Way of Northeast Louisiana #LIFECHANGING Game* Education Income Health Basic and Emergency Needs LIVE UNITED $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 OVERVIEW #LIFECHANGING Final Question This game is focused to give you an overview of United Way of Northeast Louisiana s (UWNELA) work in the areas of Education, Income, Health and Basic and Emergency Needs. After playing this general trivia game, you will have a better understanding of why UWNELA is # LIFECHANGING. EDUCATION 94% of students in Monroe City, Ouachita Parish and Lincoln Parish School Districts improved their reading skills, increasing their chances of graduating high school through which United Way of Northeast Louisiana volunteer initiative What is READ.LEARN.SUCCEED.? Y-Kids After School program is a service provided by which United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency What is the YMCA? The skills that boys and girls learn through these United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agencies help those overcome obstacles and challenges with leadership qualities, courage and character throughout their lives What is scouting? Boys Scouts of America, Louisiana Purchase Council and Girl Scouts, Pines to the Gulf *Based on the game show Jeopardy 1

2 INCOME United Way of Northeast Louisiana funded program through The Wellspring (a partner agency) pairs a child with a mentor to provide a positive role model What is Big Brothers Big Sister of Northeast Louisiana? These United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agencies provide boys and girls a safe place to learn and grow ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals life enhancing programs and character development experience hope and opportunity What is the Boys & Girls Clubs? Boys and Girls Club of Northeast LA and Northwest LA Teen Court is a part of this United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency What is Youth Services of Northeast Louisiana? Career Training and Financial Literacy Programs are provided by which partner agency of United Way of Northeast Louisiana What is O.I.C. of Ouachita? United Way of Northeast Louisiana provides area teens with sound financial education through reality fairs called What is Dollars & $ense? This United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency provides employment services for adults with developmental disabilities What is ARCO? This is the easiest way to give to the United Way of Louisiana What is Payroll Deduction? The 2013 United Way of Northeast Louisiana community contributions were What is $3,764,000? How many donors from across Northeast Louisiana donated to the 2013 campaign What is over 10,600? *Based on the game show Jeopardy 2

3 HEALTH Question Which partner agency of United Way of Northeast Louisiana offers Substance Abuse Prevention Program for Children What is Rays of Sonshine? This United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency serves the medical needs of the population of Lincoln Parish through a mobile medical care unit What is The Health Hut? The acronym for the Domestic Abuse Resistance Team in Lincoln parish which is a partner agency of the United Way of Northeast Louisiana What is D.A.R.T.? In 2013, United Way of Northeast Louisiana provided over $80,000 in prescription savings through a partnership with What is FamilyWize? Each summer hundreds of children with a variety of physical and mental disabilities go to Camp Alabama for a week long camp sponsored by which United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency What is Med Camps of Louisiana? How is United Way of Northeast Louisiana focusing on nutrition and physical activity What is Summer Enrichment? BASIC and EMERGENCY NEEDS The number of meals for local families who would otherwise go hungry that the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana a United Way partner agency can provide when you give an annual gift of $1040 What is 1,181? Which United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency can provided 7 people with an entire year of life sustaining blood pressure medication when you make an annual donation of $104 What is Saint Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy? *Based on the game show Jeopardy 3

4 The United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency that provides assistance to victims of house fires What is the American Red Cross? This United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency provides a Youth Crisis Center What is Our House? Which United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agencies provide services for their seniors in Lincoln Parish, Ouachita Parish, Western part of Ouachita Parish and Union Parish What is Lincoln Council on Aging, Ouachita Council on Aging, West Ouachita Senior Center and Union Council on Aging? Volunteers across northeast Louisiana ring bells for this United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency for community donations during the holidays to help fund their Emergency Shelter and Social Services Program. What is The Salvation Army? LIVE UNITED What does it mean to GIVE.ADVOCATE.VOLUNTEER What is LIVE UNITED? Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter What are the United Way of Northeast Louisiana social media sites? United Way of Northeast Louisiana serves What are the 12 parishes of Northeast Louisiana? United Way of Northeast Louisiana has how many partner agencies What is 25? Together, United Way of Northeast Louisiana s work is focused on addressing the following key issues What is Education, Income, Health and Basic and Emergency Needs? *Based on the game show Jeopardy 4

5 To work with volunteers, donors, and other organizations locally to identify common issues in our community related to education income and health as well as basic and emergency needs the building blocks for a good quality of life What does United Way of Northeast Louisiana do? #LIFECHANGING Final Questions What number do you call from any land line or mobile phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to connect to resources in our community What is 2-1-1? United Way of Northeast Louisiana together with their 25 partner agencies is What is LIFE CHANGING? The non-profit in our community that is a Grant Agency of the United Way of Northeast Louisiana Who is the Massey Miracle Run Foundation? The Family Counseling Center in Lincoln Parish is provided by which United Way of Northeast Louisiana partner agency What is Louisiana United Methodist Children & Family Services? United Way of Northeast Louisiana is focusing on 3 rd grade students reading on grade level in order to What is improve graduation rates? This disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. Here in Northeast Louisiana United Way is involved in the Social Worker Program of this partner agency What is the Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation? *Based on the game show Jeopardy 5

United Way Provides Nearly $654,000 to Help Local Residents

United Way Provides Nearly $654,000 to Help Local Residents The United Way of Bay County Board of Directors met on Thursday, March 26, and approved to allocate over $577,000 to support 36 programs that