Wishes now online and ready for adoption! 

Brightening someones holiday season is now easier than before. Through our Holiday Wish List program, you can open hearts and help a local individual or family have a better holiday. Wishes will be published in the November 24th edition of The Township Times and interested donors can call our Wish List phone bank starting November 30. However, if you would like to get an early start on making a difference, you can visit our Wish List page and search through the Wish List database. Click on Holiday Wish List to visit that page and start adopting TODAY!

United Way of Saginaw County hosted a nontraditional kickoff Thursday evening to mark the start of their giving campaign.

Partnering with Business After Hours, United Way greeted more than 300 attendees at the Andersen Enrichment Center. The cost of the event was underwritten by Covenant HealthCare and HealthPlus of Michigan. Not only were the attendees able to network with others, they were the first to hear the results of the United Way pacesetter campaign.

Pace setting companies run their United Way campaigns before the traditional campaign kicks off and lead the way for other companies to follow. This year’s pacesetters were Covenant HealthCare, HealthPlus of Michigan and St. Mary’s of Michigan.

At United Way any increase in campaign is worth celebrating, however these three companies went above and beyond. In total, all three companies raised $25,079 more than they did the previous year. Thanks to these companies, United Way is now able to start their campaign with $171,024 already raised.

Another major success came from HealthPlus who had 100% employee participation at their Saginaw branch for their second year in a row.

Thank you to all who came and helped show their support for United Way of Saginaw County!

The annual Project Independence blitz build of mobility ramps helped 8 individuals and families throughout Saginaw County on Saturday, September 12, 2009.

Labor and engineer volunteers assembled mobility ramp modules to recipient houses during their annual blitz build. Since the ramps are built as modules, they are able to be built prior to the build and can be transferred to a new home when the recipient is no longer in need.

The mobility ramps are donated, free of charge, to individuals in need thanks to grants and partnerships throughout the community.

All labor to build and install the ramps is provided through the following: Delphi Steering engineer department, IBEW Local 557, Sheet Metal Workers Local 7, Ironworkers Local Union 25, United Auto Workers and Carpenters Local 706 – Apprenticeship and Training Program. 

Project Independence has been in existence in Saginaw County for four years now and after Saturday, will have helped more than 40 individuals and families. This program frees recipients from their houses as well as allows some individuals the opportunity to return home from the hospital. 

Thank you to everyone who helped make Project Independence happen again this year!

United Way of Saginaw County hosts September Business After Hours

To help officially kick-off our United Way campaign, we will be hosting the September Business After Hours at the Andersen Enrichment Center (120 Ezra Rust Dr., 48601) from 5 -7 p.m. There will be drinks and heavy hors d'oeuvres available for all guests.

We would love for you to join us as we kick start the United Way campaign season. If you have a LIVE UNITED shirt please wear it that night!

The event is being sponsored by Covenant HealthCare and HealthPlus of Michigan.

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly @ (989) 755-0505 ext. 211.

United Way of Saginaw County is proud to announce that our 6th Annual Jason Richardson Golf Classic was a major success! Thank you to all of our teams, sponsors and local businesses who donated a prize! A huge thanks to Jason Richardson, Phoenix Suns, for making this all possible!

Congratulations to our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams who will have money designated to the agency of their choice based on where they placed.

1st place team - $600 designated to CAN Council
Covenant HealthCare

 - Ed Bruff

 - Jim Foresman

 - Herb Spence

 - Al Pumford

2nd place team - $500 designated to Underground Railroad

Team McClinton

 - James McClinton

 - Addnetta McClinton

 - Lamar Boyd

 - Gwendolyn Wafford

3rd place team - $400 designated to Good Neighbors Mission
Team Raymond

 - Randy Raymond

 - Larry Sims

 - Tom Luplow

 - Harry Leaver