Our Impact

Overview

When you give to United Way you make a profound difference in individual lives and the quality of life we all enjoy.

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Facts

  • Success By 6: Challenges and change for children 0 to 6. Learn more about how United Way donors are helping kids.

  • Children 6 to 12: Challenges and change for children 6 to 12. Learn more about how United Way donors are helping children.

  • Seniors: Challenges and change for older people. Learn more about how United Way donors are helping seniors.

  • 211: Our Building Stronger Communities foundational strategy removes barriers for vulnerable populations by supporting services, including 211. Learn more about 211.


Stories in Your Community

The journey home: former homeless aboriginal elder, New Westminster school kids share a success story
Once homeless, Elmer, at 67, has a roof over his head in an apartment at New Vista Society in Burnaby thanks to a Temporary Housing Program provided by Seniors Services Society (SSS) and funded by United Way of the Lower Mainland.

Tags: Burnaby, Seniors

Union leader believes in giving back to community
It’s January 2010 and union leader Bill Gaucher sits in his New Westminster headquarters, figuring out how his union can contain costs and make arrangements for the extra drivers working during February's Olympic Games.

Tags: New Westminster, Stronger Communities

Helping seniors and their caregivers
British-born Bill remembers in crystal-clear detail the six months he spent searching overseas for the woman he loved.

Tags: Seniors