Health
Education
Financial Stability
Hunger
Safety & Well-Being
100

This small donation provides a week's worth of meals for a frail senior who is recovering from an illness or hospital stay.

What is $25?

100

This program provides monthly books to children birth to 5 years old to prepare them for success in school.

What is Dolly Parton's Imagination Library?

100

This small donation will support one kindergarten student as they are introduced to personal economics and the understanding of needs and wants.

What is $5?

100

This small donation will cover the cost of purchasing 500 pounds of fresh potatoes from Second Harvest Food Bank.

What is $5?

100

This donation will provide a gas card for an individual or family fleeing from violence or attending appointments to address barriers to safety.

What is $25?

200

This program provides nutritious meals and crucial social interaction to high-risk seniors. 

What is Lutheran Social Services Meals and Meals on Wheels?

200

This small donation could be used by a local school to cover the cost of a field trip for a young child whose family cannot afford it.

What is $5?

200

In the last year this is the number of tax returns processed for individuals and families by UCAP's VITA program volunteers.

What is 705?

200

Name one of the programs supported by UWSWMN to address access to food in our communities.

What is Weekend Food Backpack Program, Prairie Five Meals, and Kitchen Table Food Shelf?

200

This program provides families with supervised exchanges and visitation within our service area.

What is New Horizons Crisis Center Parenting Time? 

300

A donation of $650 would supply a full month of meals to this many low-income seniors who depend on Lutheran Social Services to maintain their health and independence.

What is 6?

300

Name one of the many programs that is sponsored by United Way of Southwest Minnesota to address early learning and early literacy in our communities.

What is Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, Born Learning Trails, Little Red Bookshelf, Wild about Kindergarten and Fun in the Sun. 

300

This is the theme of United Way of Southwest Minnesota's 2022 campaign.

What is Live United to the Power of 5?

300

One in this number of children in Minnesota are at risk of hunger.

What is 1 in 8?

300

These three programs address safety and well-being.

What is New Horizons Crisis Center Parenting Time and Crime Victim Services and WRAP Services for Victims of Domestic Violence and/or Sex Trafficking?

400

According to Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota this is the number of volunteers they engaged in the past year.

What is 1169?

400

This significant percentage of brain development occurs before the age of 5.

What is 90%?

400

Name the programs supported by UWSWMN to address Financial Stability.

What is Junior Achievement in Lyon County, The Refuge Emergency Shelter Program, and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program?

400

According to Prairie Five Community Action Council, Inc. this is the number of volunteers they engaged in the past year.

What is 71?

400

WoMen's Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc. provided this many individuals with assistance last year.

What is 276?

500

Lutheran Social Services Meals & Meals on wheels served this many individuals in Lincoln, Lyon and Murray counties last year.

What is 569?

500

In September 2022 UWSWMN recognized Ajax Paluch for being what numbered graduate from the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

What is the 8,000th graduate? 

500

The Refuge Emergency Shelter Program assisted this many individuals with food, transportation and emergency shelter in the past year. 

What is 103?

500

This is the number of people accessing food through meal programs and food shelves supported by UWSWMN last year.

What is 9101?

500

This dollar amount would cover the cost of one month's rent at the newest safe house located in our service area.

What is $625?

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