About Us
44 Years of Service to Dunn County!
Our Mission:
Improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community.
United Way of Dunn County works to provide solutions for issues that our communities face. We offer the community what no other entity, organization, governmental body, or institution can: a way for citizens to join with others to identify the human care issues that matter most, to develop a plan, and to get results. Simply put, it is helping people in Dunn County by making every contribution count.
We are committed to demonstrating why United Way is the best method to invest in the future of our community and positively impact the lives of children, adults, families, and the disabled. We are each a part of the United Way. Whether you are a donor, a volunteer, or someone who has received services through a United Way funded program, you are the United Way!
Check out this web site to learn more about volunteer opportunities, make a financial contribution, or learn more about the agencies we support and our funding process.
Using the links at the top or side of each page, you can find answers to frequently asked questions, suggest ways to improve our services or processes, or send us comments or information that will help improve this Web Site and better serve the needs of our community. Please do not hesitate to contact us!
Sincerely,
Diane Simon
Executive Director
History
First incorporated in 1965 as the United Fund of Dunn County, we became the United Way of Dunn County with a name change in 1975. The original Board of Directors spent more than a year making careful plans for an organization that would raise money in Dunn County to pay for programs and services that improved the lives of people in our county. It worked. 44 years after that first campaign in 1966, we are still going strong, still helping our friends and neighbors, and still moving forward with innovative and well-crafted responses to the needs of people in the communities that comprise our county.
The innovative community leaders on that first Board of Directors included:
| Max Baertlien - Menomonie | Robert Lee - Menomonie |
| Mrs. William Bisson - Boyceville | William Michaels - Menomonie |
| Rev. Charles Blecha - Menomonie | Larry Richardson - Menomonie |
| Dr. Brandly - Boyceville | Herb Shutz - Menomonie |
| James E. Breitzman - Menomonie | Jim Solberg - Menomonie |
| Joy Close - Knapp | Mrs. Blodwen Stevens - Menomonie |
| Harold Guntner - Menomonie | William Terrill - Menomonie |
| Bob Jaetran - Menomonie | R.E. Zimmerman - Menomonie |
| Myron B. Junkins - Menomonie | Don P. Rice - Colfax |
| R.L. Lambert - Menomonie | Robert L. Pierce - Menomonie |
In the past 43 campaigns held by the United Way of Dunn County, tremendous growth has been realized. This growth has allowed funded agencies to expand their valuable service to the residents in Dunn County. The expansion has improved the quality of life for everyone in Dunn County.
All United Way campaigns are directed and powered by volunteers. Without volunteers, The United Way could not succeed.
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Thank you for supporting United Way!
Your donations are helping to support more than 26 nonprofit agencies and programs that provide vital services to people right here in Dunn County.
Your donations also go to new and continuing projects that United Way collaborates with others in getting off the ground. In the past, such projects included the Free Clinic of the Menomonie Area, the 2-1-1 Information and Referral service, Oaklawn Harmony Centre, Leadership Menomonie, the Dunn County Volunteer Home Repair Collaborative, and the Financial Stability Coalition of Dunn County.
We run several programs ourselves:
- Our new C-3 Center is a free store that provides household items free of charge to financially fragile families and individuals in the county. We accept good, gently used furniture, appliances and household goods. Collaborating agencies provide vouchers to those needing these items to the C-3 Center.
- The FamilyWize prescription drug discount card we offer has saved county residents more than $51,447 in out-of-pocket drug expenses.
- Our partnership with Home Depot’s Framing Hope program allows us to provide partner agencies with materials they can offer to their consumers free of charge. This program also provides necessary materials to the Volunteer Home Repair Collaborative, allowing them to help more people at lower cost.
United Way of Dunn County is only able to do all of these things because people in Dunn County have made it possible. By giving money and time, advocating for things that are important, and volunteering to lend a hand where it is needed most, people in Dunn County have demonstrated that they understand what it means to LIVE UNITED!
If you haven't yet donated to United Way, you can join us in improving lives by giving to United Way of Dunn County. Email us at dsimon@uwaydunn.org, or call us at 715-235-3800. Or you can print out and mail a donation form by clicking here.