United Way of Abilene  

Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health.
That’s why United Way’s work is focused on the building blocks for a good life:

• Education – Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Potential
• Income – Promoting Financial Stability and Independence
• Health – Improving People’s Health

Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people are healthy.
LIVE UNITED means being a part of the change. It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. Give. Advocate. Volunteer. LIVE UNITED.
The mission of the United Way of Abilene is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the West Central Texas area. The United Way of Abilene, believe that it can do this by actively seeking to leverage the intellectual, organizational, institutional, financial, faith-based and personal resources of our communities as the best means to make positive, measurable and lasting change for the communities it serve.
United Way of Abilene’s vision focuses community resources and partners to leverage services for positive impact on individuals, families and neighborhoods. Through the collaborative efforts of our entire community, United Way of Abilene envision a West Central Texas …

• where basic human needs are met for all citizens;
• where our students complete high school and are prepared for work or higher education;
• where our senior adults live independently and stay connected;
• where our families are self-sufficient;
• where our neighborhoods are safe and family-friendly.

United Way of Abilene attempts to make this vision viable by investing in organization such as:
·         Abilene Hope Haven
·         Alliance for Women & Children
·         Alzheimer’s Association
·         Ben Richey Boys Ranch
·         Big Brothers Big Sisters
·         Cancer Services Network
·         City of Abilene – Adaptive Recreation
·         Communities in Schools
·         Connecting Caring Communities
·         Dyess AFB Youth Programs
·         FaithWorks of Abilene
·         Noah Project
·         Presbyterian Medical Care Mission
·         Shackelford County Community Resource Center
·         Southwestern Diabetic Foundation
·         The Salvation Army
·         West Central Texas Center for Economic Opportunity
·         And more