- Helping children in selected low-income neighborhoods enter school ready to learn.
- Helping foster youth transitioning out of child welfare system to improve their education, housing, social relationships, and employment.
- Early Childhood Development (birth to age 6) initiatives that address any of the essential supports a young child needs to survive and thrive in life, as well as the supports a family and community need to promote children’s healthy development. This included integrating health, nutrition, and intellectual stimulation, providing the opportunities for exploration and active learning, as well as providing the social and emotional care and nurturing a child needs to grow and thrive.
United Way's 120-year history is built on the
proven effectiveness of local organizations helping people in their own
communities. This heritage - and driving force - has sustained a special
partnership between UPS and United Way to open doors to friends and
neighbors in hometowns throughout the
For the seventh year in a row, UPS and its employees led the nation in supporting United Way's annual campaign. In the most recent campaign (2006), UPS and its employees contributed more than $59.3 million, an all-time record and the fourth consecutive year UPS exceeded $52 million in contributions. In 2002, UPS was the first company ever to donate more than $50 million in a single campaign to United Way.
UPS has twice won United Way's Spirit of America Award, United Way's highest national honor for corporate involvement and commitment to building better communities.
