Our communitywill recoverbecause of YOU

When you give directly to United Way of Southern Nevada, your dollar supports the entire community not just one cause.

Your investment provides helpand support to hundreds of thousandsof individuals year-round so they can survive and thrive.

When our community wasimpacted by COVID-19, we faced unprecedented challenges—and we continue to meet them, head on.

COVID-19 stretched the social services sector to its limits, pushing some of our most vulnerable friends and neighbors even further into crisis.

Because of this crisis, our community faces growing challenges.

United Way of Southern Nevada knew a community response was needed.

We convene over 200 local government, nonprofit and business leaders every week to coordinate efforts and work efficiently and effectively to fill gaps in services.

On March 18, 2020, UWSN launched the Emergency Assistance and Community Needs Fund.

• Raised over $2.3M to provide food, shelter and utility assistance.

• ALL donations go directly to provide support.

• Includes support from the Nevada Attorney General’s office with a $1.6M commitment for rent and mortgage assistance.

Your generosity makes a real differencein people’s lives.

We will connect approximately 127,000 individuals to food, shelter and utility assistance.

1,207 months ofrent and

mortgage assistance

44,000+people fed

19,990emergency

shelter nights

653utility bills

paid

United Way Southern Nevada and donors have helped provide shelter, food and utility assistance:

OUR VETTED EACN AND EFSP PARTNER AGENCIES

Al-Maun (Neighborly Needs)

Ayden’s Army of Angels

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation

Cappalappa Family Resource Center

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada

College of Southern Nevada Foundation

Delivering with Dignity (Moonridge Foundation)

East Valley Family Services

ECDC - African Community Center

Emergency Aid of Boulder City, Inc.

Economic Opportunity Board (EOB)

Family Promise of Las Vegas

Our partners received assistance fromUnited Way of Southern Nevada:

Friends in the Desert Foundation

HELP of Southern Nevada

Helping Hands of Vegas Valley

HopeLink of Southern Nevada

Jewish Family Service Agency

Kline Veterans Fund

Leaders in Training

Lutheran Social Services of Nevada

Las Vegas CHIPS

Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth

Olive Crest

Project 150

Puentes (Mi Familia Vota)

Research Education and Access for Community Health (REACH)SafeNest, TADC

Salvation Army – Las Vegas

Received shelter, food and utilities assistance:

Received educational and workforce assistance:

Senior Center of Boulder CityThe CenterThe Cupcake GirlsUnited Labor Agency of NevadaU.S. Vets Las Vegas

Girls on the Run Las Vegas

Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow

Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas

Las Vegas / Clark County Library District

Foundation

Leaders in Training

Nevada Health Centers

Sunrise Children’s Foundation

Our Nonprofit Asset Map helps individuals find help in their neighborhood. Our detailed resource page can be found at uwsn.org/COVID19.

Nonprofits receive volunteer support through Volunteer Connect at volunteer.uwsn.org.

Nonprofits and community partners received 188,000 face coverings to stay safe and stay open.

United Way of Southern Nevada is a founding partner of the Delivering with Dignity program. It ensures that vulnerable individuals receive meals while local restaurants are being utilized.

United Way of Southern Nevada helps students prepare to start school, graduate and get a good job:

We’re gettingthrough this together.

But there are morechallenges ahead.

Southern Nevada now has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation,and this crisis will continue to impact our community and our world for months and years to come.

We can’t predict how the futurewill unfold.

We know there will beincreased demand for the services and support that so many people rely on.

People who are unemployed will need help getting back to work.

Students will need support to graduate and prepare for a career.

Many will need help accessing food, shelter and utility support.

He still needs you.Finding out my 5-year-old son Benji had cancer again while we were in the midst of a business shutdown and global pandemic was just overwhelming. I am so grateful for the financial assistance from UWSN that has enabled us to stay in our home and give us hope during this horrible time.

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”Benji – UWSN EACN Recipient

Southern Nevada isstronger together.

We need you to help make our community thrive.

Southern Nevada is stronger together.

The stronger the sense ofconnection—local peopleworking together—the moreresilient the community.

Please help Southern Nevadarecover and become stronger.

When you give, you sustain people, families and entire neighborhoods.

Our promise to youUnited Way of Southern Nevada is committed to putting your dollars to work in the most effective way possible.

Our promise to you

We will:• Help our community respond, recover,

reimagine and rebuild

• Partner with local corporations, nonprofits and government agencies

• Leverage research and advocate for our future

• Provide ongoing emergency funding

• Act as a trusted partner in administering federal funding

• Provide cradle-to-career support to help children and individuals thrive

How can you help?

GIVE• Make a one-time or monthly

donation to United Way of Southern Nevada

GET INVOLVED• Sign up to volunteer at

volunteer.uwsn.org• Join us at uwsn.orgLEARN• Sign up to receive our newsletter at

uwsn.org

• Follow us on social media

MUCH MORE WORK IS TO BE DONE. HELP US RAISE MORE THIS YEAR!

Please give generously today.

We’re all in this together.We can make Southern Nevadastronger together. That’s the power of community.

THANK YOU!