My City November 2022

(FIM) and The Capitol Theatre for an October performance by the Isley Brothers. “It was a way for our community to celebrate with music,” Gaskin says. Net proceeds benefited both United Way and FIM community programming. In addition, residents of Genesee and Shiawassee Counties can enjoy United Way Free Weekends at both the Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium. Leading UWGC is a volunteer board of directors committed to ensuring that the organization’s financial and personnel resources are invested in ways that make the greatest positive impact on the lives of people in Genesee and Shiawassee Counties.The Board is composed of 20 local community leaders from diverse backgrounds who meet quarterly, with various engagement activities held in between. “Our goal is to help 100,000 people every year, ” Gaskin states.

IN 1949, THE RED FEATHER ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED TO “ACT AS AN UMBRELLA OVER THE COMMUNITY CHEST AND THE UNITED HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND IN GENESEE COUNTY. ▶

“We reach out, hand out, and help make people’s lives better.” History of United Way of Genesee County UWGC first came into existence in 1922 as the Flint Com munity Chest.Throughout its beginning years, money was dis bursed through the Flint Community Fund, the United Health and Welfare Fund and the Community Chest. In 1949, the Red Feather Organization was started to “act as an umbrella over the Community Chest and the United Health and Welfare Fund in Genesee County.” At the time, the organi zation included 48 agencies. From 1952 through 1960, 11 community funds in Genesee County joined the Red Feather family and in 1964, Lapeer

UNITED WAY USES A “THERMOMETER” SIGN TO ENCOURAGE DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY. ▶

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