Our Vision
In our communities everyone can achieve their full potential, live a healthy life, and realize a positive future.
Our Mission
Connecting the caring power of people in Marion, Polk, and Yahmill counties to improve our quality of life and build healthy communities.
We are all united in the belief that what matters is results.
At the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley we focus on the building blocks of a good life. Because we all succeed when we have an education to help us reach our full potential, the income to support a family, and access to healthcare.
It is not enough to feed a hungry family or protect a child from violence; we need to change the conditions that led to hunger and violence in the first place.
We work together with businesses, government, schools, faith groups, the media, individual community members, and nonprofits – because it takes the whole community to get the kind of results we need. We believe in advancing the common good through a strategic focus on the building blocks of a good life – education, financial stability, and health.
The ability to effect positive change begins with a single act: your decision to give in a way that matters to you. Whether money, time, or your voice; your action is combined with those of your neighbors and together the power to make an impact is multiplied.
The generosity of our donors enables us to provide grants for outcome based programs and collaborative projects that address core needs and achieve lasting, measurable results.
Founded in 1937, United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley unites people and resources for a stronger community our three-county regions of Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties. We are an independent 501c3 non-profit organization governed by a local volunteer board of directors.
