•July 4, 2018•

For the first time in recent years United Way was able to fund requests for the eight Moultrie County agencies that applied.
United Way Director of Community Impact James Keith pointed out fund-raising efforts increased by 30% allowing all eight agency requests to be granted. Keith emphasized agencies involved such as Moultrie County Counseling Center, Moultrie Beacon and DOVE also work together to make the most effective use of those funds possible.
“One positive impact on the community is the Peace Meal program which uses great local partners to reach out,” Keith said of the kind of agency programs supported by United Way.
He emphasized that one reason United Way is effective is that all the money donated in Moultrie County is decided by a local five person board, assuring what is donated here stays here and used the best way possible.
“We have to give a great deal of credit to our friends at Agri-Fab and Hydro-Gear,” Stan Parks, director of Resource Development for United Way began.
“The employees participating in the United Way campaign have been extremely generous,” Parks said of fund-raising at the industries, as well as other businesses in Moultrie County.
“Even those who aren’t making much money donate because a lot of times they have a relative or know someone receiving help from one of the agencies United Way supports,” Parks continued.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.