October 2019

Thank you to Everyone Who Attended ourCampaign Kickoff Casino Night!

What an amazing time we had at our 2019Campaign Kickoff Event! For the first time, wehosted our event with a casino theme featuringblackjack, roulette & craps. Everyone had agreat time playing casino style games, winningour many 'experiences" at the raffle table andauctions. This year, our prizes included twotickets for the Verde Canyon Railway, Pink Jeeptours, Enchanted Island, the Arizona ScienceCenter, the Heard Museum etc. as well as "date

nights" including dinner & movies, live theater tickets and tastings at Thumb ButteDistillery.

The program portion of our event featured a few guest speakers and our BoardPresident and Vice President, Mary Ann Suttles and David Hernandez. They talked aboutour mission and the efforts being made to strengthen Yavapai County via generousworkplace giving campaign of Freeport McMoRan and the thoughtful grant fundingUWYC awards to our partner programs. Our guest speaker line up included MikeNewcomb from Manzanita Outreach explaining how his program is wiping out hunger inthe Verde Valley and we also heard from two amazing young men benefiting from thementoring they receive from Boys to Men.

Thank you to our many volunteers to helped make this event great! We are excited tokickoff our 2019 campaign strong and that was made possible by our many donors &volunteers. Thank you for investing your time and resources to help improve lives andbuild stronger communities throughout Yavapai County. Together we are Living United!

November Workshop- In Prescott

November 7th

Event Planning & ManagementIn this fun and interactive course, you willlearn: *How to make your event memorable*Ideas to attract sponsors*Strategic marketing before, during and afterthe event*How to best engage your community andreach a broad audience*Successful layout of an event (day of flow)*How to position the ask*Effective follow-up AND MORE…

This class will be taught by Cate Wilson and Nikki Amatoof Northern Arizona Events

Only $25.00!

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UWYC GrantProvides Truck

to Help End Hungerin the Verde Valley

United Way grants have truly made the difference in a tangible way. Mike Newcomb, Executive Directorof Manzanita Outreach shared this: “Many of our neighbors aren’t able to make it to other foodassistance providers in the Verde Valley. We identify the gaps in service and ll them. The refrigeratedtruck provides us with the mobility we need to bring food to the communities, neighborhoods and eventhe homes of our neighbors. Thanks to the generous grants from our partners, we are one step closerto reaching the goal we all have of ending hunger in the Verde Valley,”

This amazing solution was made possible by our generous donors. Thank you for changing countlesslives and for building stronger communities throughout Yavapai County. Now that's Living United!

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UWYC's First Art Sale!

APS was founded 5 years after Tombstone’s gunfight atthe OK Corral and nearly a quarter-century beforeArizona became a state.They take great pride in delivering safe, reliable energy

that meets the needs of their customers and the communities they serve. But theirresponsibilities go beyond that. They strive to do what’s right for the people andprosperity of Arizona – today, tomorrow and for generations to come. APS annuallydonates nearly $10 million to charitable programs in Arizona. As always, their givingdollars are funded entirely by their shareholders and have no impact on APS customers’utility rates.

APS' renewable energy portfolio is expanding, growing from less than one MW in 2001 to1,223 megawatts (MW) as of September 2015, enough power to meet the needs of morethan 300,000 customers. The closest APS solar field is located at the Prescott Airport.(See pic below.)

A heartfelt thanks to the Prescott area APS family for improving lives right here ourcommunity. Now that's Living United!

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United Way of Yavapai County | Phone: (928) 778-6605 | www.yavapaiuw.org

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