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United Way’s end-of-year donation campaign runs through Dec. 31

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WATERTOWN — The United Way of Northern New York is asking for donations to finish up its end-of-year campaign to help fund other nonprofit organizations in the north country.

CEO Dawn M. Cole said the end-of-year campaign will run until Dec. 31, and the money it generates from donors will be split among two dozen nonprofits in St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties.

There are 70 local businesses conducting workplace campaigns for the United Way this year, and Ms. Cole said anyone who wants to sign up to begin their own workplace campaign for the end of the year can still do so. People who are part of a workplace campaign can have a small amount deducted from their payroll and support the United Way and all the services it provides throughout the north country, including supplementing the ALICE Program and local schools.

“We work pretty closely with human service agencies across the region and some of the schools to help identify those families and get them connected to resources,” Ms. Cole said.

She said that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Way now has a need to “reeducate” residents about the services the organization provides. It helps other organizations like ACR Health, Credo, New Day Children’s Center, the Potsdam Snack Pack Program, the Salvation Army and others to support communities, whether that means offering low-cost clothing, food pantries, safe places for children and teenagers to gather, mental health services or transportation.

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United Way webinar to discuss burnout, other challenges faced by organizations

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WATERTOWN — The United Way of Northern New York’s Education and Training Center, North STAR, will soon host a spring town hall meeting to discuss three topics impacting most organizations — how to successfully support distributed work as teams continue to work remotely, retaining and engaging teams and countering burnout.

The Trifecta of Our Time: Connectivity, Retention and Balance is set for 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The virtual event will feature Mark Britz, chief strategist at SXD Solutions; Joey Marie Horton, CEO of the North Country Family Health Center; Christie Andrus-Nakano, executive coach and founder of The Human Factor; and Dr. Corey Campbell, vice president for student affairs at Jefferson County Community College. Each speaker will share opportunities to address each challenge and three tactics leaders can employ to start making changes.

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Bob Gorman: United Way has offered vital help in pandemic

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WATERTOWN — As the board chair of the United Way of New York State, I’ve seen firsthand the effectiveness of our 33 United Way members in serving their communities during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

That includes the excellent work performed by Chief Executive Officer Jamie Cox and his team at the United Way of Northern New York in Watertown.

You may have noticed: During the past year individuals, nonprofits and governments called upon your local United Way to help organize many COVID-19 relief efforts, recognizing that the United Way is best positioned to generate a communitywide response during an emergency.

For instance, during 2020, the UWNNY collected and distributed 2.5 million critical items, including masks, hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, diapers, baby food and formula and paper products among 32 cities, towns, villages and school districts in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.
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