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Benefits of Volunteering

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Benefits of Volunteering

Living United means giving your best for an hour, a day or throughout the year to help someone in your community. But Living United also means you stand beside like-minded people who benefit from sharing their time and expertise.

Volunteering:

  • Builds self-esteem and self-confidence
  • Can improve your health
  • Allows you to learn new skills
  • Enhances your work experience and résumé
  • Introduces you to new people
  • Tells the world that you are ambitious, enthusiastic and care about the community
  • Allows you to make a difference in someone's life

Sue and Danny Vandiver are two of the over 1,400 Forsyth County residents who have secured live-saving medications valued at more than $3 million for free from pharmaceutical companies through Med-Aid, a United Way-funded initiative. Click on the photograph to view their story.

ACC Athletes LIVE UNITED!

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) partners with United Way to support LIVING UNITED.

WFU LIVE UNITED PSA