What we do
United Means East Ontario breaks down boundaries, improves lives, and creates alternatives for the individuals who want us most in Prescott-Russell, Ottawa, Lanark County, and Renfrew County. We work with a community of good, passionate and engaged donors and companions to get to the foundation causes and discover long-term options to native points like psychological well being and addictions, housing and homelessness, poverty and fundamental wants, in addition to these affecting seniors and caregivers, and youngsters and youth.
At United Means, we’re always assessing our communities’ wants and discovering long-term options to the hardest social challenges. Proper now, our communities are scuffling with the rising value of dwelling, a psychological well being and addictions disaster, unaffordable housing, social isolation, and a rise in hate and division.
To reply, United Means leads United for All – a coalition dedicated to stopping and addressing hate. Challenge step is a community-wide initiative that ensures younger folks and their households have entry to assist, therapy, training, and prevention of problematic substance and know-how use. With assist from Purchase Social Canada, we led the coordination of a made-in-Ottawa plan to construct group wealth and are able to carry enterprise leaders and anchor establishments together with us.
How one can assist
Once you give to United Means East Ontario on-line, at your office, or at an occasion, you give children the assist they should obtain success, guarantee these dealing with psychological well being crises get the assistance they want, and ensure seniors preserve their independence and connection to family members.
Donors can deepen their involvement with United Means via applications like Ladies United and GenNext. Ladies United members leverage their time, abilities, and funds to empower ladies to construct sturdy, impartial lives via grants and engagement occasions. GenNext is a social impression motion that empowers the subsequent technology of changemakers.
Yearly, a whole bunch of workplaces companion with us to make a measurable impression throughout Prescott-Russell, Ottawa, Lanark County and Renfrew County.
All year long, we additionally search our group’s assist in assembling care kits for folks fleeing gender-based violence, youth experiencing homelessness, low-income households getting ready for the college yr, and extra.
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