Advancing the common good means creating opportunities for a better life for all.

When we reach out a hand to one, we influence the condition of all. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people have good health, and when neighbors are free from want of life's basics needs.

There are essential things that we all need for a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, income that can support a family through retirement, and good health. United Way of Olmsted County is focused on these building blocks of a better life.

Our goal is to create long lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of problems.

Living united means being part of the change. It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. Together, we can accomplish more than any single group can on its own.

Our movement is comprised of people and organizations who bring the passion, expertise,and resources to get things done. Donors, advocates, and volunteers committed to lives that make hope real and communities where hope happens.

We don't just wear the t-shirt. We live it.
 

Join the movement. You can give. You can advocate. You can volunteer.

Partnering Programs & Initiatives

EDUCATION

Boys & Girls Club, Byron Community Education, Child Care Resource and Referral, Civic League Day Nursery, Community Gang Initiative, Family and Children Center, Friends of Quarry Hill Nature Center, Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin  River Valleys, Good News Children’s Center, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, Rochester Area Family Y , The Reading Center, Running Start for School, Tri Valley Opportunity Council.

INCOME

Boys & Girls Club, Byron Community Education, Child Care Resource and Referral, Civic League Day Nursery, Community Gang Initiative, Family and Children Center, Friends of Quarry Hill Nature Center, Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin  River Valleys, Good News Children’s Center, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, Rochester Area Family Y , The Reading Center, Running Start for School, Tri Valley Opportunity Council.

HEALTH

Children’s Dental Health Services, Family Service Rochester, Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association , NAMI Southeast Minnesota , The Salvation Army, Good Samaritan Health Clinic Zumbro Valley Mental Health, Rapid Access Clinic, 2-1-1 Wellness Line.

COMMUNITY BASICS

Ability Building Center, Channel One Inc - Food Bank and Food Shelf., Child Care Resource and Referral, Children of Destiny, Elder Network, Family Service Rochester, JOY –Justice and Opportunity for Youth, Legal Assistance of Olmsted County, PossAbilities of Southern Minnesota, The Salvation Army, Winter Outerwear Initiative.