United Way of Hancock County

Our board of directors is pleased to announce that Kelley McClurkin has been named the new CEO of United Way of Hancock County. Kelley is a Findlay native and brings extensive knowledge of the community and the United Way's work to this position. She has spent the past three years leading successful fundraising campaigns for the United Way in her role as Resource Development Director, and will use this expertise as a springboard for assuming leadership of the organization. Please join us in welcoming Kelley as our new CEO!

About 11% of Hancock County's residents are food insecure. That's why we're so thrilled to announce that the John Henry Eldred Jr. Foundation has generously awarded $15,000 to our Halt Hunger Initiative! This award will allow us to continue delivering weekend backpack meals, grocery vouchers, emergency food distributions and more to thousands of Hancock County residents through our partner agencies. Thank you to the John Henry Eldred Jr. Foundation for this award that will impact so many lives in our community!

Did you know you can use your SNAP benefits to buy fresh offerings at the Hancock County Farmers' Market? Over $2,000 in SNAP tokens are expected to be spent this season through our partnership with the market, OSU Extension Hancock County and the Habitat for Humanity Financial Opportunity Center Findlay . Stop by the Welcome canopy from 4-6 p.m. Thursdays to learn more!

One last Days of Caring post, because we just cannot get over these incredible volunteers! During last week's Days of Caring, 870 volunteers lent their time and talents to 91 landscaping, organizing, painting, cleaning and construction projects for 45 agencies. The teams completed 3,480 service hours, a value to the community of about $116,500. That's money these local organizations can save to put directly toward their mission and services! From all of us at the United Way, and on behalf of these 45 agencies, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Still looking for a last-minute gift for Mom? Our Downtown Chocolate Tour is Saturday and includes 33 stops. Come collect all the chocolate you can handle while exploring wonderful Downtown Findlay! Get your tickets at https://lnkd.in/gzqq3FUw

"Not only is it for the people we volunteer for, it's also for us personally." Check out this great spotlight on our 40th Days of Caring from WTOL 11!

Thank you to today's hard-working Days of Caring teams who braved the iffy weather to get it done! Crews from Marathon Petroleum Corporation, First National Bank, Premier Bank and Findlay Municipal Court spent the day dodging raindrops while completing 18 projects. Some of them were even on the news!

What a great start to one of our favorite weeks of the year! Days of Caring kicked off today, and we send a huge thank you to the hard-working teams who got this week of volunteering started. Thanks to Whirlpool Corporation, Freudenberg-NOK, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, First National Bank of Pandora, Findlay Municipal Court and Blanchard Valley Center for your fantastic work — we appreciate you!

Chocolate, chocolate everywhere! We've got 35 shops and restaurants on board for our Downtown Chocolate Tour! Don't miss this opportunity to explore downtown Findlay while collecting all the chocolate you can handle! Participating businesses include: 3 Oaks Burlwick & Co. Circle of Friends Restaurant Coffee Amici Dietsch Brothers Fine Chocolates and Ice Cream Elida Candle Co. Findlay Art League Findlay Brewing Co. Gem's Fairy Cakes Guitar Ranch Hancock Hotel hand + home co. Journey Salon & Day Spa LBE Vintage Logan's Irish Pub Painters’ Pottery Red Wing Shoes river + road with The Baking Company & Bread Kneads Romans Hair Designers RooBarb Studios Ryse Fitness Studio Smarty Pants Toys & Gifts Sparrows to Lilies The Baker's Cafe' the Buckeye co. The Lavender Hour Shimmery Belle Boutique Trends! on Main with Fort Findlay Coffee & Doughnut Shoppe Urban Market Vivir Modern Mexican We Serve. Coffee Findlay Wine Merchant Yeager's Modern Man Tickets are on sale now at https://lnkd.in/gzqq3FUw Don't miss out!

From classmates to coworkers! Yash and Kaleb met each other as graduate students at The University of Findlay. Now they work together at the United Way office as our data analyst and community impact manager. Today, both were invited back to UF for the annual Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity. Yash was named the College of Science's Applied Security & Analytics Graduate Student of the Year, and Kaleb was asked to share his professional journey through the College of Health Professionals. Way to go, Yash and Kaleb!