From Decatur County United Fund
[Greensburg -Decatur County United Fund is proud to announce the North Decatur Elementary School’s sixth grade nonprofit creative talents! In November, Mrs. Anna Kramer the North Decatur Sixth Grade reading teacher contacted Decatur County United Fund to request a presentation about nonprofits and how they raise funds. November and December are times of giving and she wanted to highlight nonprofits and what they do to give back to their communities.
The students wrote a donation letter with a brochure of a fundraiser idea for the nonprofit of their choice. North Decatur teachers chose the top ten fundraising ideas and Decatur County United Fund selected the top three from those ten.
“It is a great experience for young people to learn about nonprofits and what they do to help our community. These three ideas will be shared with the nonprofits they chose for potential fundraiser ideas,” Joane Cunningham states, “Seeing young people giving new ideas and writing donation letters to a business is a great starting point in giving back to the community.”
“As a life-long member of Decatur County, I have seen the amazing work of non-profit organizations and the impact they have within our community! It was a joy to see how the students interacted with this information as well and the discussions that were had within our classroom. I would describe the creativity that these students had when planning their own fundraising events as remarkable. From the beautiful brochures to the ‘perfectly’ planned event, the students went above and beyond expectations. This was a great opportunity to get students more involved in our community, with the hopes that it will foster even more involvement later in life!” Mrs. Kramer said.
Ellie Kinker, Lennon Hancock, Olivia Vaughn were recognized on January 23rd for their creative talent and received gift cards to celebrate at Culver’s restaurant.
About Decatur County United Fund
Decatur County United Fund has been in operations since 1957. Our mission is: Together Building Hope, Health & Stability for Our Community. Our vision is to improve the quality of life for the people of Decatur County, especially the most vulnerable. Increase human and capital resources available to support our community partner’s efforts to address community-wide goals. Serve as a community leader developing and leveraging diverse, collaborative partnerships to impact health and human services outcomes.
The sixteen nonprofits supported by Decatur County United Fund are: Advocates for Children, Bread of Life, Carousel Play & Learn Center, Catch-a-Ride, Champions of Youth, Community Healthcare Clinic, Children’s Advocacy Center, Decatur County Family YMCA, Decatur County Kid’s Closet, Decatur County Youth Baseball, Girl Scouts, Head Start, Human Services, Our Hospice, Speranza House, and Turning Point.
For more information about supporting these nonprofits or their programs, contact Joane Cunningham, Executive Director at unitedfunddc@etczone.com or go to www.dcuf.com.
