Hope Fund Committee

Join United Way of the Tri-Valley Area Hope Fund Committee. The Hope Fund is a fund designed to provide funding for enriching activities for children under 18 in Greater Franklin County. Applications are due each month, by the last day of the month, then reviewed the first Thursday of the following month. Decisions are made by this committee and checks are cut within a day or two. Children may be funded once a year and up to $200.

Specifics for the Hope Fund Committee:

Meetings: 1 meeting per month on 1st Thursday of month

Time Commitment: 1-2 hours estimated per meeting; 24-26 hours per year

For: Initial orientation, monthly meetings to review applications and compile monthly report to UW Board of Directors

UWTVA mission: The United Way of the Tri-Valley Area strives to unite people and resources to improve lives and build a strong and healthy community; we do this by identifying local needs and addressing their root causes, raising funds to meet those needs, and collaborating on local initiatives that create a measurable difference in Greater Franklin County.

UWTVA goals: Strengthen Families and Children Increase Independence and Financial Stability Improve Health Respond to Emergencies and Meet Basic Human Needs By identifying the community's most pressing problems, supporting or developing programs that best address those problems, and measuring the program results, the United Way makes sure donor support makes a difference in the Tri-Valley Area. The United Way knows that together we can do more than any one of us can achieve alone. If, in addition to helping others in our own special ways, every employed person in our Tri-Valley area contributed just $1.00 per week to our United Way Community Fund, we would create a resource of over $800,000 annually. This would enable our community to invest much more in new and expanded programs designed to solve community problems and take advantage of opportunities to improve the quality of life for all of us. That's the power of our community working together the United Way.