How I LIVE UNITEDUnited Wayof Central Ohio

I’m ArIANA, from grANDVIEw.

I’m a banker, and I’m originally from Mexico, so in my spare time I help the Hispanic community with tax preparation and English as a Second Language. It’s very hard to come into a country where you don’t know the culture. Growing up as an immigrant, I feel the need to help out fellow immigrants.

I got involved in volunteering because of my mother, who was the director of international programs at an Ohio college. They called her the “mother of all the international students,” and we would come home to find our couches or beds missing, because she had given them away or loaned them to someone in need.

Yo siento que es mi obligacion ayudar a la gente. I feel like it’s my obligation to help people. It’s a good feeling to do things for other people.

I give my time. That’s how I LIVE UNITED.

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Be Part of the ChangeCrEATINg oPPorTUNITIEs for A gooD LIfE for ALL BY foCUsINg oN:EDUCATIoN • Young children enter kindergarten physically, emotionally, socially and cognitively prepared to succeed

• Youth graduate from high school well-prepared for additional learning and productive careers

INComE• people achieve financial stability

• people in crisis have access to emergency food, shelter and financial assistance

HEALTH• people overcome barriers to accessing health and wellness services

• people maintain healthy nutrition and physical fitness

HomE• people live in safe neighborhoods

• people live in safe and decent housing

• The community is prepared to respond to disasters and emergencies in a coordinated and comprehensive way

Advancing the CommoN gooDUnited Way of Central Ohio is working to advance the common good by focusing on the building blocks for a good life: a quality education that leads to a productive career, enough income to support a family through retirement, good health, and a safe place to live.

United Way’s Community Impact Fund supports ongoing programs that focus on improving lives in the areas of Education, Income, Health and Home.

We bring together a broad range of community partners to ask questions, brainstorm solutions and develop a common vision to solve our community’s most pressing problems. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes that prevent problems from happening in the first place.

Join us. Invest your money, use your voice, and volunteer your time to advance the common good for all of us.

gIVE Giving to United Way of Central Ohio’s Community Impact Fund is the easiest and most powerful way to improve lives and build a stronger community. Each individual gift adds up. Give through payroll deduction at your workplace, or donate online at liveunitedcentralohio.org.

ADVoCATE You can make change happen with your voice. Get informed. Tell your friends. Write a letter to the editor. United Way needs people who are passionate about helping others to speak out. Sign up for United Way’s newsletter at liveunitedcentralohio.orgso you can be in the know about advocacy opportunities in central Ohio.

VoLUNTEEr Volunteer your time and talents to make a difference in people’s lives in central Ohio. Give an hour. Give a Saturday. Share a talent. Lend a hand. You’ll make a difference. Visit liveunitedcentralohio.org for volunteer opportunities.

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