Rappahannock United Way

3310 Shannon Park Dr., Fredericksburg, VA 22408    |    (540) 373-0041

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What do you buy for...

  • the person who has everything?
  • the person who cares deeply about their neighbors?
  • the person who wants to make a difference right here in our community?

Give them a gift that honors their kindness and changes the world!

A donation in your friend or relative's name to Rappahannock United Way's Education, Financial Stability, or Healthy Living funds will create an impact that lasts well beyond the holidays.  Choose one of our options here, or donate to our general fund to support all the work we do.

 

How does it work?

Step One:

Choose your Gift and enter your information

Step Two:

We'll send you - or your friend - a holiday card to celebrate your gift

Step Three:

Your gift brings joy to you, your friend, and our community!

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$25

ALICE Assistance Fund: Transportation

Your donation to the ALICE Assistance Fund will be combined with others to provide one-time financial help to working individuals facing a transportation-related crisis that could result in job loss. By helping people stay on the road, we help them stay employed, earning, and stable.

$50

ALICE Assistance: Child Care

Your $50 donation to the ALICE Assistance Fund will help a working family facing a temporary child care need. When child care falls through, employed individuals are often forced to reduce their hours and that can have a tremendous impact on their earnings. Your gift will help keep people employed and financially stable by supporting child care needs.

$100

ALICE Assistance: Housing

Your $100 gift to the ALICE Assistance Fund will truly allow you to Be There for a local family - much like yours - in need.  When an unexpected crisis arises and savings are depleted, ALICE families face hard choices about which bills to pay.  Help from the ALICE fund can be the difference between paying the rent or losing your home.

$25

Books
for Preschoolers

New, age-appropriate books for four- and five-year-old students are critical to ensuring local children are ready for kindergarten and reading at grade level by third grade. Your gift of $25 helps local students reach these important reading milestones.  When you choose the gift of reading, you choose life-long learning and educational success.

$50

Backpack & School Supplies

Students who are ready for school each day are ready to learn, yet many students arrive at school each day without the tools they need. Your gift of $25 can help ensure that children have the resources they need to be productive learners!

$100

Mission: Independence Scholarship

Mission: Independence boot camp helps local young people learn life skills to become successful adults - budgeting,  job readiness, personal branding, moving out, rights and responsibilities. Your gift of $100 will cover the cost for a student to participate and prepare for the 'real world'.

$25

A Ride to
Work

An empty gas tank can keep a person from working, pushing them farther away from financial independence.  Your gift of $25 helps provide gas cards and bus passes to help people get to and from work, helping them to keep the job that supports their family.

$50

Financial
Check-Up

Sometimes working one, two or more jobs isn't enough to make ends meet or prepare for emergencies.  Your gift of $50 can provide a full financial checkup and planning session for individuals and families working hard to stay afloat - and get ahead!

$100

Emergency Car Repair
Assistance

A simple car repair can derail the budget of most families, but for those living on the edge it can be devastating.  Your gift of $100 can support emergency financial needs like car repair, keeping families on the road to financial stability.

$25

School Nurse
Supplies

Local students often turn to school nurses for help with vital supplies for life’s unexpected accidents.  Your gift of $25 helps us provide items such as clean underwear, first aid kit supplies and feminine hygiene products, to help young people in need stay happy and healthy in school.

 

$50

Diapers and
Wipes

Anyone who has cared for an infant knows that diapers and wipes can be tremendously expensive!  Help a family manage the cost of those early years with your $50 donation.

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$100

Meal Kits for
Families

Many hard working individuals and families in our local community don’t know where their next meal is coming from.  Your gift of $100 helps us create pantry-building meal kits to stock  healthy kitchens for local households.  Meal kits can include everything needed to cook a healthy meal – recipes, ingredients, pots and utensils.

Our Promise: Rappahannock United Way is focused on creating positive, impactful change right here in our community. By selecting a gift through this catalog, you are making a donation to Rappahannock United Way. We are dedicated to using your donation support local efforts, at RUW and beyond, to improve lives through Education, Financial Stability and Healthy Living. These gifts are representations of resources, services or support for programs provided across our area and may change due to environmental, programmatic and economic considerations. Your donations will be used to provide assistance where it is needed most within that focus area you choose.