Advocate

Thank you for your interest in making a difference! It’s easy to be an advocate for United Way of Greater Cincinnati. Simply pass a LIVE UNITED message along to your friends, family, coworkers, and others in the community who might be interested in donating to United Way of Greater Cincinnati. Select one or more of the user-friendly advocate tools below—whichever ones work best for you!

Blogging

Discussion Points

Speak up! The following conversation points make excellent blogging topics:

  • Answer the question: How do you LIVE UNITED? Share a personal story of your connection to the United Way in our community.
  • Explain how donations to United Way help provide solutions to critical issues addressed in our community.
  • Raise awareness of the role United Way plays in improving the community by addressing health and human service needs.

Featured Stories

Click here to learn more about others who talk and LIVE UNITED in Greater Cincinnati.

Calendar of Events

Get involved! Add the following events to your calendar and invite your friends!

iCal/Outlook

Community Care Days Core Week: September 21-26 iCal
2009 Campaign Finale: October 30 iCal

Email Tools

Email a Friend

Reach out to others! Promote your United Way message with the following easy-to-use email template. The message can be emailed to your friends, family, colleagues, and others who might be interested in supporting United Way of Greater Cincinnati. If there is a specific United Way partner/cause you would like to support, please feel free to personalize your message.

Subject:

We can LIVE UNITED.

Body:

I wanted to let you know about the “We can LIVE UNITED” campaign in
Cincinnati. You have the power to make a difference! Donating to United Way of Greater Cincinnati is one way we can LIVE UNITED. Donate now at: http://www.uwgc.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.donateonline

Find out how others in our community LIVE UNITED and help spread the word. Visit http://www.wecanliveunited.org.

Email Signature

Spread the word to LIVE UNITED every time you send an email. Simply add one of the following messages to your email footer.

Give. Advocate. Volunteer. LIVE UNITED™! www.wecanliveunited.org
Greater Cincinnati, we can LIVE UNITED™! www.wecanliveunited.org
When we reach out a hand to one, we influence the condition of all. LIVE UNITED™! www.wecanliveunited.org
LIVE UNITED and be part of the change! www.wecanliveunited.org

Printed Materials

Post it for all to see! United Way of Greater Cincinnati grants you permission to print, email, and freely distribute the ideas, flyers, brochures, and posters here.

Brochures

LIVE UNITED Idea Book – 25 Ways to Create a Big Buzz for a Small Price PDF
2009 United Way Campaign PDF

Posters

I live it! (male) PDF
I live it! (female) PDF
Virtual Kickoff PDF

Social Networking

Champion a cause! Show your commitment to LIVE UNITED and encourage your online network to join with the tools below.

Share on Facebook!

Profile Customization

Donate your profile photo and/or status to show others that you LIVE UNITED!

  • Photo Examples
    • Update your profile picture with one of the downloadable icons below, or take one of yourself as a champion of the United Way.
  • Status Examples
    • “I LIVE UNITED for <insert your cause here>! Join me at www.wecanliveunited.org!”
    • “I LIVE UNITED for Greater Cincinnati. Ask me how!”
    • “The United Way of Greater Cincinnati is closer than you think. Learn more at www.wecanliveunited.org”

Web Tools

Banners

Show your support of United Way of Greater Cincinnati by placing a banner on your website, blog, Facebook, or MySpace.

  1. Choose a graphic.
  2. Highlight the code under the graphic.
  3. Copy the code.
  4. Open your page with any text editor.
  5. Paste the code into your page.
  6. Save your page.
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Our Partners
Our partners focus on the building blocks for a better life: education, income, and health.
Aaron W. Perlman Center for Children
Abilities First
Adams-Brown Counties Economic Opportunities, Inc.
Alcohol & Chemical Abuse Council of Southwest Ohio
Alcoholism Council of the Cincinnati Area, NCADD
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Divisions
American Lung Association of Ohio, Southwest Region
American Red Cross, Cincinnati Area Chapter
American Red Cross, Cincinnati Area Chapter, Butler County Office
American Red Cross, Dearborn & Ohio County Chapter
Arc Hamilton County
Arc of Dearborn County
Arthritis Foundation Ohio River Valley Chapter
BAWAC, Inc.
Beech Acres Parenting Center
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Association of Cincinnati
Boy Scouts of America Dan Beard Council
Boys & Girls Club of Clermont County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati
Brighton Center, Inc.
Brown County Educational Service Center
Brown County General Hospital Home Care
Brown County Helping Hands
Brown County Job and Family Services
Brown County Senior Citizens Council
Camp Washington Community Board, Inc.
Cancer Family Care
Caracole, Inc.
Catholic Charities Diocese of Covington
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio Hamilton Service Center
Center for Chemical Addictions Treatment
Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington
Central Clinic
Child Focus, Inc.
Children, Inc.
Children's Home of Cincinnati, Ohio
Children's Law Center
Cincinnati Area Senior Services, Inc.
Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Cincinnati Children's Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Cincinnati Early Learning Centers, Inc.
Cincinnati Public Schools Department of Early Childhood Education
Cincinnati Union Bethel
Cincinnati Works
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative
Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency
CincySmiles Foundation/Greater Cincinnati Oral Health Council
City of Middletown Community Center
Clearinghouse
Clermont 20/20, Inc.
Clermont Counseling Center
Clermont County Community Services
Clermont Senior Services, Inc.
Clifton Senior Center
Community Counseling & Crisis Center
Community Mental Health Center, Inc. Directions! Program
Community Services West
Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio
Council on Child Abuse of Southern Ohio, Inc.
Covington Partners in Prevention, Inc.
Crossroad Health Center
Dearborn Adult Center, Inc.
Dearborn County Hospital Home Health Care and Hospice
Dearborn County Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
Diocesan Catholic Children's Home
Emanuel Community Center
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
Every Child Succeeds
FamiliesFORWARD
Family Connections
Family Nurturing Center
Family Service of Middletown
Family Service of the Cincinnati Area
Fidelity Health Care
Freestore Foodbank
Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road Council, Inc.
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Great Miami Valley YMCA
Great Oaks Institute Health Professions Academy
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiative
Greater Cincinnati Workforce Network
HealthPoint Family Care, Inc.
Hearing Speech & Deaf Center of Greater Cincinnati
Heart House, Inc.
Holly Hill Children's Home
HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal)
Hoosier Hills Adult Literacy League
Hoosier Trails Council Boy Scouts of America
Hope House Rescue Mission, Inc.
Hyde Park Center for Older Adults, Inc.
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati
Jewish Vocational Service
Joy Outdoor Education Center Foundation, Inc.
Junior Achievement of Middletown Area, Inc.
Kennedy Heights Montessori Center
Kidney Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Life Learning Center
LifeSpan, Inc.
LifeTime Resources, Inc.
Lighthouse Youth Services, Inc.
Literacy Council of Clermont & Brown Counties
Mayerson JCC
Mental Health America of Northern Kentucky
Mental Health Association of the Cincinnati Area
Mercy Franciscan at St. John
Middletown Area Senior Citizens, Inc.
Neighborhood Health Care, Inc.
New Horizons Rehabilitation
New Perceptions, Inc.
NorthKey Community Care
Nutrition Council
Ohio State Extension Service - Brown County
Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
People Working Cooperatively, Inc. (PWC)
place matters
Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI) for Young Teens
Pro Seniors, Inc.
ProKids
Redwood
Regional Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Initiative
Safe Passage, Inc.
Salvation Army Indiana Division, Dearborn/Ohio County Extension Service
Salvation Army of Greater Cincinnati
Salvation Army of Middletown
Santa Maria Community Services, Inc.
Senior Services of Northern Kentucky, Inc.
Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses
Shared Harvest Foodbank
Sickle Cell Awareness Group/Urban League of Greater Cincinnati
SmartMoney Community Services
Sojourner Recovery Services
Southern Hills Joint Vocational School District
Southern Ohio Center of Excellence
St. Joseph Orphanage
St. Rita School for the Deaf
Starfire Council of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
Stepping Stones Center
Success By 6 Initiatives
Supports to Encourage Low-Income Families (SELF)
Talbert House
Teen Challenge Cincinnati
Tender Mercies, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cincinnati
Urban Appalachian Council
Urban League of Greater Cincinnati
VISIONS Community Services
Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
Volunteers of America Ohio River Valley, Inc.
Welcome House of Northern Kentucky
Wesley Community Services
Wesley Education Center for Children Families
Women Helping Women
Women's Crisis Center
YMCA of Greater Cincinnati
Youth Encouragement Services, Inc.
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati
YWCA of Hamilton, Ohio