Campaign Kickoff

Through your generous donations, you helped the United Way of Northeast Florida raise more than $21 million last year, and those funds touched the lives of more than 360,000 people in Northeast Florida, including over 121,000 children. You have also helped the Community Health Charities of Florida better the lives of thousands in north Florida through dollars raised in our workplace giving campaign last year.

These two agencies focus on what matters most — making a difference in the lives of people in our community. And from that mission, we've taken our theme for this year’s United Communities Campaign: United We Do What Matters.

This year’s College-wide goal is $72,500 (a 5 percent increase over last year’s pledges), and we know we can meet, even exceed this, because Florida Community College employees know “united we do what matters.”

Here’s more about the United Way of Northeast Florida and Community Health Charities.

United Way of Northeast Florida is focused on what matters most in our community - getting the best results and changing the most lives. When you give to United Way, you are doing what matters. Your contribution, combined with others, strengthens our community and brings about real change in northeast Florida. And, when that happens, we’re ...

Getting to the heart of what matters.

• Impact matters – The results - children are nurtured; the elderly remain independent; families are enhanced; individuals become self-sufficient; youth are prepared for a productive adulthood.
• Leadership matters – United Way brings together knowledgeable volunteers and community partners to identify and meet northeast Florida’s more critical needs. Then, we take your generous donation, combine  it with thousands of others, and invest in programs that get the best results and improve the most lives.
• Our community matters – As an outcomes-focused investor and community builder, your local United
  Way has been a driving force behind initiatives and collaborations that provide solutions to northeast Florida’s critical needs.

Community Health Charities - Community Health Charities is the largest workplace giving program devoted exclusively to health.

We are many faces. We are your daughter living with Diabetes. We are your mother or father searching for a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease. We are the child at sitting next to you at the baseball game. We are everywhere and we give to our health! Community Health Charities is the only federation devoted to raising money for health agencies through workplace giving campaigns.

Your gift touches lives in Florida, and the power of your donation dollars makes a difference.

• $3 per week provides nine Braille books for a preschool class.
• $6 per month supports one week at summer day camp for a child with Sickle Cell Disease.
• $11 per week is one day of chemotherapy administered intravenously to a person with Leukemia.
• $2 per month provides one month’s discount rate medication for five Kidney patients.
• $15 per week sponsors a class of seven teenagers who want to stop smoking.
• $29 per month provides one day of oxygen for a patient with COPD.
• Less than 50 cents a week pays for Diabetes Risk Tests for 500 people.
• $2 per week pays for a speech language sessions to help a stroke survivor communicate independently.

Bookmark this Web page now and stay up-to-date on the progress of this year’s United Communities Campaign.