{"id":44457,"date":"2013-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/24\/united-way-day-two-sandys-story\/"},"modified":"2013-09-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T05:00:00","slug":"united-way-day-two-sandys-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/24\/united-way-day-two-sandys-story\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way, Day Two: Sandy&#8217;s story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><table align=\"right\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" width=\"400\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/72427503\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/UW0924.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<span style=\"line-height: 150%;font-size: 0.85em\">VIDEO: See Sandy&#8217;s story by clicking on the image above<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>United Way of the Midlands proudly funds 134 health and human service programs that help those in need across Douglas, Sarpy and Pottawattamie counties. <\/p>\n<p>The services provided by United Way of the Midlands partner agencies include: basic needs, employment, housing and income, health, mental health, safety, volunteers and disaster, senior recreation, sexual assault and domestic violence, youth mentoring and parent education, youth recreation, and youth resources.  <\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"500\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" bgcolor=\"99ccff\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nThe running total<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\nAs of 3 p.m. Monday, UNMC achieved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donations of $30,465, nearly 20 percent of the campaign goal of $156,000.\n<li>Employee participation of nine percent. Last year, there was 42 percent participation &#8212; that should be an easy number to break. Remember, using the <a href=\"https:\/\/net.unmc.edu\/eserv\/\">UNMC eServ<\/a> website to choose not to donate counts as participation!\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\nToday, we meet Sandy, a struggling mother escaping an abusive relationship who turned to Catholic Charities for help.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to contribute to the United Way:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on this <a href=\"https:\/\/net.unmc.edu\/eserv\/\">link<\/a>. 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