News
Feb. 21, 2025
BY JOHN BAILEY
jbailey@ccunitedway.com
What is the value of a hot dog?
Is it a quick snack?
Is it the start to a lunch break?
Or is it a symbol of hope?
If you’re standing outside the Exodus Dawgs 4 A Cause food truck, it’s definitely hope.
Part of the Exodus Homes vocational training program, Dawgs 4 A Cause offers the agency’s residents another opportunity for work experience – individuals transitioning back into society…
Feb. 11, 2025
BY JOHN BAILEY
jbailey@ccunitedway.com
Frostbite is the freezing of skin and the body tissue, while hypothermia is a dangerously low body temperature, according to the National Weather Service.
For the last few weeks, these have been significant dangers to all the unsheltered homeless living in Catawba County.
Several local nonprofits have been at the forefront of providing warming stations and transportation for those…
Feb. 10, 2024
When you find yourself behind on a rent payment; when you’re seeking caregiving assistance; when your home has been destroyed by a natural disaster -- Helps starts here with NC 211.
On Feb. 11, NC 211 joins United Way organizations and 211 call centers across the country to celebrate National 211 Day to highlight this critical service and give thanks to the many NC 211 staff members who work tirelessly to provide excellent…
Feb. 3, 2025
BY JOHN BAILEY
jbailey@ccunitedway.com
On Monday, Jan. 27, Catawba County United Way Executive Director Mark Bumgarner was notified that the Blue Ridge Piedmont Chapter of the American Red Cross would be setting up an emergency shelter for those who were displaced by a fire that night at Hickory Gardens senior living Apartments.
The shelter was hosted at Christ Lutheran Church in Hickory and housed up to 11 of the 30-plus…
Jan. 28, 2025
The Catawba County United Way is excited to welcome Chicken Salad Chick in Hickory (972 2nd St NE) to the CCUW’s Small Businesses Love Big initiative.
This is an opportunity for small companies in Catawba County (50 employees or less) to invest back into their communities by supporting local non-profit programs.
Each participating SBLB company contributes $365 a year, which will be used to fund this new Catawba County United…
Jan. 27, 2025
The Catawba County Youth Council is accepting Requests for Funding Proposals (RFPs) targeted to address the impact areas of health and education as they relate to the needs and wellbeing of children and youth in our community.
Applications will open on the Catawba County United Way (CCUW) website Feb. 7 (see link below).
The Youth Council partners with the CCUW in this annual community investment process. The RFP…
Jan.22, 2025
The Catawba County United Way (CCUW) will start its 2025 large Request for Funding grant cycle this February.
On Feb. 4 at 8:30 a.m., the CCUW will host a meeting with interested agencies to introduce them to this year's RFP cycle. The meeting will be hybrid at the CCUW office - 2760 Tate Blvd SE in Hickory and via the attached Microsoft Teams Link.
The meeting will review the application process but is not required to apply for…
Jan. 17, 2025
BY JOHN BAILEY
jbailey@ccunitedway.com
Getting to work.
Getting kids to school.
Getting to medical appointments.
Buying groceries.
Running errands.
Just trying to accomplish those tasks necessary every day to succeed in life.
The Catawba County United Way (CCUW) recognizes access to dependable transportation is a significant challenge for individuals and families who struggle to make ends meet. For this reason, the CCUW…
Jan. 8, 2025 (updated Jan. 13)
BY JOHN BAILEY
jbailey@ccunitedway.com
The Catawba County United Way (CCUW) is hosting a donation drive through January to support this year’s Point-in-Time (PIT) count - a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night.
Those homeless individuals and families who participate in the count will have an opportunity to pick up items collected from the community.
The purpose of the count…
Dec. 20, 2024 (updated Jan. 21, 2025)
BY JOHN BAILEY
jbailey@ccunitedway.com
The Salvation Army of Greater Hickory’s Maj. Karla Perez thought her first time participating in the Catawba County Christmas Bureau was great.
She and her husband Maj. Enrique Perez transferred to Hickory this past summer and while this was their 20th year organizing an Angel Tree program, it was their first time experiencing the local Christmas Bureau.
“It was…