Success
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Mid-Columbia
Children's Council (Head Start) |
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Goldendale Head Start Preschool is the small-site state champion
of Read With Me: The 2003 RIF Community Reading Challenge.
More than 1,100 sites participated and Goldendale's Head Start
was one of 52 sites honored throughout the nation. The program
is designed to motivate children to read. RIF or Reading Is
Fundamental is a program that provides books for Head Start
children who may have no books, or few books, of their own.
Our community is extremely proud of the Goldendale Head Start
Center's accomplishment.
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About Us
United Way
of the Columbia Gorge is a non-profit agency that
was started in 1986 and is governed by an all-volunteer Board
of Directors. Contributions made to United Way help fund almost 30 non-profit
Health and Human Service programs serving the counties of Wasco, Sherman, Klickitat, Skamania, and Hood River.
Most of the programs rely heavily on volunteers. United Way of
the Columbia Gorge invests over 93% of all dollars
received back into our community!
-Your
Contribution Stays Here! GIVE to the United Way of the Columbia
Gorge-
How YOU Make
a Difference - allocations for the year 2007-2008 totaled $96,130.
Here's where your money went:
| Strengthening
Families and Individuals |
16% |
$5,450 |
| Helping
Children and Youth Succeed |
7% |
$2,500 |
| Supporting
the Vulnerable and Aging |
28% |
$9,750 |
| Emergency
Services |
39% |
$13,750 |
| Promoting
Self-Sufficiency |
10% |
$3,500 |
Klickitat, Skamania, Wasco, Sherman, and Hood River Counties, together, form a community rich in possibilities.
But we are not without challenges. The gaps between the haves
and the have-nots, between the promise and the peril divide our
community. This leaves many hard-working people with limited opportunities
to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
Klickitat, Skamania, Wasco, Sherman, and Hood River County Statistics:
Get to Know
YOUR Community!
- As of
January 2008, Unemployment in the area is 13%.
- According
to the 2000 census, 17% of all adults in our community did not
graduate from high-school.
- Census
figures show that 15% of our community lives below the national
poverty level.
The United
Way isn't just a charity, your gift is an investment towards the
success of our community and its people.
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