Making a Difference

Findlay, OH (Dec. 9, 2020) United Way of Hancock County will continue to seek additional support through the end of the year due to the pandemic’s impact on fundraising efforts and ongoing unemployment.

The impact of the corona virus (COVID-19) has multiplied the demand on local nonprofits to provide more services to an increased number of Hancock County residents with less resources. Cancellation of third-party fundraisers due to social distancing protocols has created a decrease in anticipated donations forcing modifications to budgets as well as programming.

A limited supply of disinfectant wipes are available for purchase online or at the United Way of Hancock County, 245 Stanford Pkwy.

City Uniform and Linens will donate $5 of every bucket of disinfectant wipes purchase between now and the end of the year.

Those dollars will be returned to the United Way of Hancock County campaign fund to be distributed to the Findlay Family YMCA and other partner agenceis.

United Way of Hancock county will not falter in delivering the best possible service to our community, donors and agencies while fulfilling our mission to measurably improve people’s lives in Hancock County. 

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Local nonprofit staffs are resting easier after 220 volunteers participating in United Way of Hancock County’s (UWHC) Days of Caring completed work left undone by the pandemic. And the week left a lasting smile on many volunteers’ faces.

FINDLAY, OH (Sept 14, 2020) United Way of Hancock County will kick off the 2020 annual campaign virtual event "Masked Singers LIVE UNITED" during a Facebook Live event at noon Wednesday.

FINDLAY, OH (June 5, 2020) There are so many opportunities for fracture, discontent and hardships in our world. These stories often scream for our attention while the positive and praiseworthy stories are quietly undervalued, with little fanfare. In my role with the United Way of Hancock County, I’m hit daily with the reality of huge unemployment rates, the immediate needs of our community and the forecasts of what it means for tomorrow. If that were the fullness of the story, it could be bleak.

Findlay, OH (MAY 18, 2020) – United Way of Hancock County’s Crisis Relief grants now total more than $80,000 since they first became available in April.

United Way’s second Crisis Relief Fund cycle awarded $29,469 on Tuesday, May 19, to nonprofits serving those impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19). This is in addition to the $51,558 dollars awarded in the first cycle of Relief funding in late April.

Agencies receiving grants from the second cycle of funding include:

Printed in The Courier on March 15