Everyone knows what United Way's mission is all about, and what each United Way achieves for the communities it serves. And you likely know that each local UW utilizes hoards of volunteers that serve on various Committees, Panels and a Board of Directors. What you may not know: Every United Way also has a dedicated in-house staff.
United Way of Mercer County is no different. Occasionally, an intern joins us for thirty hours to satisfy a course requirement. But most days, UWMC is powered internally by four individuals - an executive director, a campaign associate, a part-time bookkeeper and an administrative assistant. These titles are somewhat merely a formality, at least at our UW. On any given day, you might find our Executive Director on the phone, organizing an event to promote early childhood education, and ten minutes later, in the parking lot with his sleeves rolled up, helping one of us check oil or identify a sudden engine noise. The administrative assistant doubles as software support tech and webmaster, flipping through HTML books and studying online graphics-conversion tutorials to maintain our website. Likewise, our bookkeeper and campaign associate often help greet visitors and answer phones. They won't hesitate to help pick up and deliver lunch for a thirty-person board meeting when needed.
To work for a place where someone always has the solution you need and everyone has your back, well...we should all be so fortunate.
We created this blog so that you can follow UWMC's internal workings and campaign strides through the eyes of its tiny staff.
Enjoy!
