UWCR E-Newsletter September 2016
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Nearly 1,600 Volunteers Unite to Enhance our Community for 24th Annual Day of Caring

Nearly 1,600 volunteers helped kick off United Way of the Capital Region’s 2016 campaign on September 6 by participating in the 24th annual Day of Caring.

As the lead sponsor, PNC Bank has extended its more than two decades of support of this event, which is the largest one-day mobilization of volunteers in Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry counties. Dressed in “LIVE UNITED” T-shirts, volunteers from 76 companies worked on 121 projects including indoor and outdoor cleanup, painting, landscaping and the installation of smoke alarms in neighborhoods throughout Harrisburg. 

“United Way and its partner organizations are making a positive and measurable impact on the lives of Capital Region residents,” said Jim Hoehn, PNC regional president in Central Pennsylvania and United Way of the Capital Region board member. “PNC is committed to helping improve the health, vitality and economic stability of the communities we serve. In addition to our longstanding sponsorship of Day of Caring activities, we have a strong presence at the day's events which reflects our employees’ personal investment in strengthening our local communities.”
"We Aspire” United Way Campaign Video

We aspire for a stronger, more vibrant place to call home. For this to happen, individuals and families need those essential building blocks that support a quality life – health, education, income and basic needs. Our United Way wants to help more people have this foundation.

To do this, we are transitioning our work to focus on the root causes of issues before they grow into problems. This approach is called collective impact and it means everyone works together toward a common goal.

We’ve heard loud and clear that our community wants to be part of the solution. We couldn’t be happier, because together we can make our aspirations a reality. That’s what it means to LIVE UNITED.

Learn more about what we, as a community, aspire by watching our campaign video:

We Aspire Video (YouTube)

We also invite you to tell us how YOU are changing our community. Visit us on Facebook or Twitter and use #WeAspireUWCR.
Volunteers Needed to Help Working Families with Tax Preparation

Volunteers are needed to offer free tax preparation to help working families receive the federal and state tax credits they are eligible for. No previous experience is required and training is provided.

In tax year 2015, 260 volunteers provided free income tax preparation for low- to moderate-income families as part of the Money in Your Pocket (MIYP) campaign, a community collaboration of organizations committed to the economic stability of local families. Nationally the effort is known as the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, or VITA. Volunteers filed 5,332 tax returns, resulting in more than $5.1 million returned to local families. This helped individuals and families increase their income by an average of six percent.

The Money in Your Pocket campaign received financial support from the PNC Foundation and the U.S. Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service.
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