Give Jefferson is the United Good Neighbors’ Annual Campaign to raise funds for organizations in Jefferson County that provide basic human services like food, shelter, education & medical care for those who need support in our community. These are the organizations at the frontline of our COVID response.
This year, Give Jefferson will raise critical generating operating funds to support these leaders and ensure these safety-net services remain readily available as we continue to navigate the unknown in upcoming months.
The 2020 Give Jefferson Campaign runs from November 14th to December 31st.
You can give to the UGN general fund now,
or wait to designate specific organizations, after the campaign launches on November 14.
Video by Dennis Daneau
“Our Love Box program puts a tribe of support around kids in foster care. One recent day, a girl was scheduled to have a visitation with her birth mother. But transportation fell through and the foster mother couldn’t be there to pick her up from school. Enter this girl’s Love Box leader, who was trauma-informed and by now had developed a deep, trust filled relationship with the girl. She and her husband were able to pick up the girl, support her through the disappointment, explain that it wasn’t her birth mother’s fault, and take her on to the next thing. Commitments like this put a buffer behind the hard work of fostering, and helps stitch our community back together when it tears.”
DID YOU KNOW?
1/5th of Jefferson County families live below the poverty line.
55% of students across our school districts qualify for the free or reduced lunch program.
In 2017, Jefferson County Commissioners declared a state of emergency in affordable housing.
YOUR GIFT CHANGES LIVES
$30 SUPPLIES five hungry children with backpacks full of food for the weekend.
$50 PROVIDES two low-income seniors with transportation to distant medical appointments.
$75 PROVIDES one day of daytime winter shelter to 20 homeless people.
$120 PROVIDES a 90 minute playgroup to support children and their caregivers.