ADVOCATE.
Anyone can champion the cause. Whether you’re speaking out to improve education, income and health, reaching out to members of Congress, or wearing the LIVE UNITED shirt to show your support, you can help inspire hope and create opportunities for a better tomorrow. So go ahead and advocate in a LIVE UNITED world. Do it in public. Be visible. Be loud.
Our Work in Health
United Way of Kenosha County (UWKC) addresses pressing health and healthcare issues facing communities across the country. Community by community, UWKC and our partners target healthcare quality, diabetes, substance abuse, family violence, oral health or other healthcare concerns voiced by our community.
We’re working to improve the health of our community. For example, with your help, United Way is working to decrease the infant mortality ratio disparities between Caucasian and African American infants.
Achieving this goal requires us all to become more aware of health risks and the potential effects they have on ourselves and others, starting from before birth. And working to change policies and practices, such as extending health care coverage, will enable more people to live healthier lives.
CALL TO ACTION: Be a Champion for Health
Health is such a basic need, it impacts every aspect of a person’s daily life. A child who dies before reaching their first birthday or one with a toothache is unable to concentrate in school and succeed. A family without health insurance is often overwhelmed to the point of bankruptcy by the financial burdens of an illness. Seniors without prescription assistance have to make frightening decisions on which medicine they can afford and which ones they will go without.
Whether it is a neighbor without health insurance, a victim of abuse, or someone struggling with mental illness or an addiction, United Ways work to ensure everyone has access to affordable and quality care so they can lead safe, healthy, and rewarding lives. United Way of Kenosha County supports local health and human service programs as well as partners with local advocates, faith leaders, healthcare professionals, the business community, and policy makers to create sustainable answers to the current healthcare crisis.
Please join us an advocate to make our community stronger by ensuring families receive the healthcare they need to stay healthy and thrive. Every day our friends, neighbors and colleagues are forced to live with the fear of getting sick or injured. We can make a difference and the time is now.
To learn more about how you can become an advocate or volunteer to serve on a Solution Team, contact Crista Kruse at 262-658-4104 or send an email to ckruse@kenoshaunitedway.org