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Kendra Fletcher
Wilmington University
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Abstract
This paper explores the United Way of Salem County (UWSC) and their main purpose
for their organization. The content of this paper consists of the history of the United Way of
Salem County and the function of the organization. This paper will also describe the
organization's structure which consists of their mission, policies and procedures, structure, and
their funding. In addition, this paper will include the description of the intern's role for this
organization for the reader to get an insight of whats expected of the intern. After exploring this
paper, the reader will have a clear understanding of the operation of the United Way of Salem
County and the people/population they serve. United Way of Salem County has a relationship
with other agencies which helps with their funding to operate. Not to mention, as an
organization, United Way of Salem County has strengths, trends and challenges just as any other
organization.
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United Way has been serving communities for over 70 years and has different branches
all over the world. United Way was created to help communities thrive and have everlasting
effects on the communities they assist. The United Way branch focuses on Health, Education,
and Financial Stability and has created programs to assist in each of those departments. As
stated before, United Way has many different locations all over the world, but the United Way I
Mission
United Way of Salem County (UWSC) has been making efforts to make improvements to
the community they serve. UWSC has joined forces with surrounding businesses, programs, and
schools that also has the same goal as United Way, which is to impact the community that
theyre stationed in. UWSC focuses on bringing resources to Salem County, which are very well
much needed. Even though its not an easy task, UWSC has brought some effective programs
and services to the area of Salem County and they will not stop until its duties are fulfilled.
United Way of Salem County strives to fulfill Salem County's needs by focusing on Education,
UWSCs mission is to engage the caring power of the community via Giving,
Advocacy, and Volunteering to advance the access to critical resources in Education, Income
Stability, Health, and Youth Development (United Way of Salem, 2017). Along with this
statement, UWSC has goals that they set for each of their focus points. For education, UWSC
has stated that they will build a strong foundation of early education, promote increased high
school graduation with the transition to and through a post- secondary education and/or career
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development (United Way of Salem, 2017). UWSCs financial stability goal is to help people
gain the income and financial tools to thrive (United Way of Salem, 2017). Their health goal is
to improve child and adult health by promoting healthy behaviors (United Way of Salem, 2017).
Lastly, UWSCs youth development goal is to create a cohesive coalition to address gaps in
service throughout Salem County and provide positive developmental resources for youth
Demographics
United Way of Salem County serves the county as a whole. They have programs that
serve all ages, race, gender, and religions; therefore, you would consider the organization to be
very diverse. Due to the wide range of demographics, UWSC doesnt have a specific targeted
population, but on the other hand, they do have some programs that may be for certain age
groups. UWSC has the Early Learning Academy that helps with child development in an
intellectual manner. The Early Learning Academy program is also integrated with the head start
and is for the children who are too young to enroll in school. UWSC has summer programs that
they offer for youth and their targeted population is the ages 13-17 years of age. These two
programs are the only programs that have certain demographic restrictions.
UWSC has a group of board of executives who establishes the policies and procedures.
If any changes are to be made, they all must be made in writing, just so everything is
documented. The executive director has complete responsibility of the administration policies
and will consult with the committee when if needed. Just like most companies/organizations, the
employees are given handbooks during orientation, which are used as reference guides for the
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employees. UWSC has a chain of command, but all employees report to the executive director,
who works closely with the committee and the board of directors.
United Way of Salem County is a non-profit organization which makes them exempt
from federal and state income taxes. UWSC has with structured leadership that is designed as a
hierarchy. At the top of the hierarchy you have the President and Chief Executive Officer
Monique Chadband and then the Board of Directors. Next in order is the governance leadership,
for the different departments within the organization, which consist of seven people. First on the
list is the President and Chief Executive Officer who is Monique Chadband. Aigner Neal serves
as the Associate Director, Finance and Administrator/ EA. Dr. Dwight Dockery, II serves as the
Director of Education and Youth Programs. Martha Nealer serves as the Director of Community
Engagement and Youth Programs and Financial Stability Programs. Cory McLaurin serves as
the Director of Operations and Health Programs. To conclude, Lynne Saunders serves as the
UWSC Early Learning Academy Director and Initia Taylor serves as the UWSC Early Learning
Academy Co-Director.
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CEO
Board of Director
Monique Chadband
Director of Community
Director of
Engadgement, Youth Director of Operations UWSC Early Learning
Associate Director Educationand Youth
Programs andFinancial and Health Academy Director
Programs
Programs
UWSC is a non-profit organization and they are funded by receiving donations and
charities. The donations that are received by UWSC are to be solely received as gifts. The
donations must be given without the contributor looking for anything in return. UWSC has
many contributors/partnerships with many different companies, which helps them towards
finances; in addition, UWSC has other sources of income such as their gym and fitness club
memberships, child care services, and they rent out space for occasions and meetings. The top
donors that bless the UWSC are businesses that have been contributing to the county/community
for years, and those companies are PSEG Nuclear Plant, Mannington Mills, DuPont Chambers
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Works and Atlantic City Electric. That is just a short list of the partnerships that UWSC has,
they have many more agencies that help with contributions. Such as:
The agencies listed above are agencies that help with shelter, food, religion, financial assistance,
and clothing. These companies contribute to UWSC in many ways that benefits families and
individuals. Although the UWSC had accomplished a lot on their own, these contributions help
People face challenges on a daily basis and that does not make businesses and
organizations an exception. UWSC faces challenges just like any other organization. Due to
UWSC's location is placed in a county/community that is very small and low-income; it makes it
hard to achieve a lot of their goals and accomplishments. A lot of the programs that they create
dont always generate the outcomes that they wish to have and it doesnt make the program
successful. Along with the challenges, UWSC has some strengths as well. United Way
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Organizations alone has been successfully serving communities for over 70 years and hasnt
stopped yet. They also have locations all of over the world that services communities. UWSC
has introduced financial stability and basic needs, healthy programs, different education
programs, youth development programs, and community support programs; and all of these
programs are successful and still growing. As far as a trend, the current trend that UWSC is
focusing on is Youth Development. UWSC is always focusing on trying to change the mindset
of youth and teach them to think outside of the box. Each year UWSC creates innovating
programs for the youth to learn creative skills that they do not learn in school. Not only does
these programs challenge the youth, they provide one in a lifetime experiences.
Internship Role
coordinator. The outcome of the internship is for me to create and assist with creating programs
to stimulate the minds of the youth. During this time, I will be researching ideas, creating
activities, researching funding, creating grants, and being part of a change. I plan on getting as
much experience as possible from this internship. I will also be working closely with the Site
Supervisor and other Program Coordinators to fulfill this experience. To keep track of this
experience, I will be keeping journal logs and creating visual presentations throughout the
internship.
United Way is an organization that has been helping families across the world for over 70
years. United Way of Salem County is striving to make changes in a small county and has
shown that they're passionate about what they do. UWSC has a mission that they are dedicated
to and that mission is to "engage the caring power of the community via Giving, Advocacy, and
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Volunteering to advance the access to critical resources in Education, Income Stability, Health,
and Youth Development (United Way of Salem, 2017). I myself have a passion for helping
people, especially the youth, our future leaders. I feel like this is the perfect organization for me
and I cannot wait to apply my knowledge and lend a helping hand to the United Way of Salem
County.
References
United Way of Salem. (n.d.). Retrieved June 03, 2017, from http://unitedwayofsalem.org