GREATER GALLATIN UNITED WAY INC

Our work addresses the quality of life for the whole community, from babies to seniors.1. Community Investment/Impact: Funds raised in GGUW's annual fundraising campaign are invested into local partner programs aimed at combating poverty and supporting education and health initiatives.2. kidsLINK Out of School Time Care: A GGUW initiative that was established in 1997, the program is a fun, safe environment for K-8th graders that provides rich opportunities for learning, personal growth, and building relationships. GGUW provides before school, after school, summer care and break camps for children so parents can work. kidsLINK is the result of partnerships with school districts, MSU, libraries, non-profits and other local organizations and businesses.3. Dolly Parton Imagination Library(DPIL): GGUW launched DPIL in partnership with Dolly Partons foundation to provide free books to children to promote childhood early literacy skills-development and a love reading and learning. Children 0-4 years old may enroll and receive 1 book delivered to their mailbox each month; for children starting at birth they build a personal library of 60 books by the time they enter Kindergarten. GGUW promotes recruitment of the program for all children in Gallatin and Park Counties and raises funds for the costs of shipping the books to each child enrolled. 4. Child Connect: In 2025 Greater Gallatin United Way responded to the child care crisis by developing Child Connect. Child Connect includes advocacy for access to affordable high quality child care in our community. Futhermore, this includes a platform powered by Kinside that connects families with available child care spots. This initiative creates transparency for child care access while creating solutions to easily find and access providers.5. Volunteer Connections/Volunteermt.org: This GGUW initiative is to build volunteer engagement by providing a central resource for non-profit organizations to share quality volunteer opportunities with community members. The goals are to build the capacity for local volunteering, raise awareness of the value volunteers bring to our communities, and to mobilize volunteers to effectively and efficiently meet local needs.6. Earth Day Festival: GGUW serves as the fiscal sponsor for the Gallatin Valley Earth Day Festival Committee which aims to build on the 50-year legacy of Earth Day by promoting clean air, clean water, ans a healthier world and to inspire communities to be a part of the solution to the challenges and opportunities we face from a changing climate.7. Disaster Fund: In June 2022, Park County experienced extreme and unprecedented flooding causing catastrophic damage to the community, residential and businesses. On June 16, 2022 GGUW and Park County Community Foundation established the Southwest Montana Flood Relief Fund to support families, individuals, and businesses experiencing structural and financial devastation. From the inception of the fund through December 2023 over $3.1 million in donations have been received and $2.99 million has been paid out for direct assisstance to the flood victims or to agencies assiting those affected by the flood.GGUW operates with transparency and accountability throughout all its programming and operations and invests donations wisely and efficiently. To learn more, visit www.greatergallatinunitedway.org.