Living United Leads to Successful Students and Thriving Families

United Way of Erie Count y is a local social impac t organization on a mission to crush povert y in our community We envision a collaborative community where all students succeed and all families thrive. That’s LIV ING UNITED.

Povert y is a complex social issue and will leveraging resources smartl y and work ing insidious cycle of povert y in Erie County will be broken.

United Way is investing in leveling the their families who face barriers to success. Simpl y put , break ing the cycle of poverty means break ing dow n these barriers. We believe all children should have equal opportunit y to receive a quality education!

generational poverty, United Way brought the community schools model to Erie Count y in 2016 When a traditional public school is transformed into a community school, an entire culture shif t takes place and resources are brought into the school preventing s tudent s from being successful. A community school becomes a hub, rich h resources for s tudent s and their milies Communit y schools represent a strategy, not a program

16 communit y schools serv ing more than 8 ,800 students and their families throughout Erie County in Erie’s Public Schools, Girard School District, Iroquois School Distric t and Union City School District

What is a communit y school corporate par tner?

Corporate Partner s fund the Community ool Director s (CSD) , a criticall y important position CSDs are employed by United y (not the school district) bu t embedded their respective communit y school, becoming the “co-pilot ” to the principal and school team Many Corporate Partner s also s is not onl y an investment in our most precious human capital, bu t also a strategic estment in the future workforce of our community.

United Way simply could not carry out our mission of crushing poverty without dedicated corporate partners investing in this work.

To learn more and become a United Way community school corporate or funding partner, please contact: Julie Chacona, chief development officer at 814/456-2937 Ext. 256

Communit y School Corporate Partners

•Accudyn Products, Inc.

•American Tinning & Galvanizing

•Custom Engineering

•Erie Insurance

•Eriez Magnetics

•Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

•Larson Texts, Inc. and Big Ideas Learning LLC

•Lincoln Recycling

•Matrix Tool, Inc.

•Reddog Industries, Inc.

•Reed Manufacturing Company

•Smith Provision Company, Inc.

•Team Hardinger Transportation Company

•TechnipFMC

•Wabtec Corporation

•Widget Financial

•Women United for Community Schools