United Way of Bartholomew County celebrate record fundraising campaign - The Republic

April 04, 2019 at 12:06AM

United Way of Bartholomew County leaders and supporters celebrated the agency's record $4.25 million fundraising campaign announced Tuesday afternoon with a chant: "We're No. 1."

It referred to the fact that, as with most years over the past decade, the local United Way's per-capita giving of about $52-per resident is tops once again in the state, according to the Indiana Association of United Ways.

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. Superintendent Jim Roberts turned cheerleader and began the victorious declaration at the close of his remarks at United Way's annual meeting at The Commons before 320 people. Roberts had just detailed a litany of ways some of the 21 certified United Way agencies help the school system's more than 11,000 students and their families.

That ranged from such help as more than 2,000 of its more economically-challenged students receiving free backpacks loaded with free school supplies to the wide-ranging work of Su Casa Columbus with the corporation's 16 percent Latino population.

"Today our students face vast challenges," Roberts said, listing everything from sufficient housing to finding needed mentors. " … The United Way umbrella provides the opportunity to invest in fighting these challenges by leveraging collaborative efforts of these 21 not-for-profit organizations."

For more on this story, see Thursday's Republic.

United Way of Bartholomew County leaders and supporters celebrated the agency's record $4.25 million fundraising campaign announced Tuesday afternoon with a chant: "We're No. 1."

It referred to the fact that, as with most years over the past decade, the local United Way's per-capita giving of about $52-per resident is tops once again in the state, according to the Indiana Association of United Ways.

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. Superintendent Jim Roberts turned cheerleader and began the victorious declaration at the close of his remarks at United Way's annual meeting at The Commons before 320 people. Roberts had just detailed a litany of ways some of the 21 certified United Way agencies help the school system's more than 11,000 students and their families.

That ranged from such help as more than 2,000 of its more economically-challenged students receiving free backpacks loaded with free school supplies to the wide-ranging work of Su Casa Columbus with the corporation's 16 percent Latino population.

"Today our students face vast challenges," Roberts said, listing everything from sufficient housing to finding needed mentors. " … The United Way umbrella provides the opportunity to invest in fighting these challenges by leveraging collaborative efforts of these 21 not-for-profit organizations."

For more on this story, see Thursday's Republic.

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