United Way Vision
Will County children will become socially responsible, independent, and productive adults.
Building Momentum
United Way of Will County is preparing children for academic success and healthy social development through our Read to Succeed program:
Donate to Youth Success
TARGETED FOCUS AREAS
United Way of Will County is preparing children for academic success and healthy social development with a targeted focus on:
Programs and resources that aid in the achievement of developmental and academic milestones
Community-Based experiences that encourage youth to develop positive social, ethical, emotional, physical, and cognitive competencies
Learning Opportunities to enhance skills or curriculum taught in the classroom
PROGRAMS FUNDED BY UNITED WAY OF WILL COUNTY
Developmental and Academic Milestones
Programs and resources that aid in the achievement of developmental and academic milestones.
- Bags of Hope (Backpack Program) – Bags of Hope
- Foster Grandparent – Catholic Charities
- Assistive Technology for Children – Disability Resource Center (WGCIL)
- Education – George Werden Buck Boy’s & Girls Club
- BackPack Program – Northern IL Food Bank
- Early Childhood Education Program – Spanish Community Center
- Youth Enrichment – The Salvation Army
- Early Childhood Education – Vilaseca Day Care
Learning Opportunities
Learning Opportunities to enhance skills or curriculum taught in the classroom
- Mentor 2.0 – Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- Community Based – Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- Little Friends – Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- District Youth Program – Boy Scouts of America
- Stem in scouting – Boy Scouts of America
- Scoutreach Family Programming – Boy Scouts of America
- Back to School Fair – Catholic Charities
- GirlSpace Joliet – Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
- Teen Achievers – Greater Joliet Area Y.M.C.A.
- Early Childhood Education – Hill Memorial Center
- Embryology – University of IL Extension (4H)
- Youth Natural Resource – University of IL Extension (4H)
- 4-H STEM – University of IL Extension (4H)
Community-Based Experiences
Community-Based experiences that encourage youth to develop positive social, ethical, emotional, physical, and cognitive competencies.
- Social, Emotional Learning – Child Care Resource & Referral
- Life Skills – George Werden Buck Boy’s & Girls Club
- Recreation – George Werden Buck Boy’s & Girls Club
- Health & Welfare – George Werden Buck Boy’s & Girls Club
- Joliet Kids Zone – Greater Joliet Area Y.M.C.A.
- Shady Oaks Residential Camp – Parents Association for Cerebral Palsy Children (Shady Oaks)
- 4-H Clubs – University of IL Extension (4H)
- Healthy Living – Warren Sharpe Community Center
- After School Program – Warren Sharpe Community Center
- Summer Camp – Warren Sharpe Community Center