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Piet Dossche and Bob Shaw work together to support the United Way of Northwest Georgia.

COMPETITORS COME TOGETHER FOR THE COMMUNITY

Creating Opportunities in Our Community

As Chair of this year’s United Way Campaign and member of the Board of Directors, I have seen firsthand the impact of our community's generous commitments to help one another. This giving attitude and desire to help others demonstrates the core values of serving others in our community.

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For the past 23 years, United Way of Northwest Georgia has celebrated Make a Difference Day on the fourth Friday and Saturday in October. United Way hosted volunteer projects the week of October 23 - 28. Mannington Phenix and Marketing Alliance Group are this year’s Make a Difference Day Premier Sponsors.

As the leaves turn glowing shades of autumn and the temperature reaches perfect outdoor weather for us to enjoy what fall in the south means, I take in all the beauty of Northwest Georgia. Fall, for me, is synonymous with the United Way campaign. The much-anticipated annual United Way campaign has officially launched, igniting a spark of hope and goodwill within the community.

Our credo at United Way is to fight for the education, basic needs, and health of every person in our community. We know that change doesn’t happen alone. I am privileged to be surrounded by the best leaders in Northwest Georgia. I witness some of the busiest people I know make time and invest their resources to address our community’s most critical problems.

We are hard at work gearing up for the 2023 United Way campaign! Under the very passionate leadership of Kevin Wright, I am confident we will have another successful campaign to meet the needs of our friends and neighbors.

Every year, thousands of employees are involved in United Way workplace-giving campaigns that improve the education, basic needs, and health of individuals and families within our community.