Dolly Parton Imagination Library - In an effort to increase childhood literacy, United Way has partnered with country superstar Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library (DPIL). DPIL provides a new, age-appropriate book free every month for the first five years of life to children in need.

For United Way, the partnership is a critical strategy to support children and families. Language and pre-literacy skills is a cornerstone for what children need to succeed in school, work and life. And it's part of United Way's long-term strategy to cut the nation's high school dropout rate by 50%. Research shows that disadvantaged children come to school years behind their peers in pre-literacy skills, and rarely catch up. The same children struggling to read in 3rd grade are getting suspended in middle school - and are dropping out a few years later. As part of United Way's Born Learning early learning public engagement campaign, four of the books provided by Imagination Library include Born Learning reading extenders. These help parents understand how to go beyond the book to reinforce pre-reading skills.

EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) -

United Way of Yuma County helps provide free tax return preparation assistance to working taxpayers in the community; targeting those individuals with a low to moderate income. The goal of the program is to ensure that people file their taxes, take advantage of all eligible credits, and avoid paying filing fees. Qualifying families are eligible for a federal income tax credit, called the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which helps workers who are struggling financially to keep and save more of what they earn.

Family Wize - The goal of Family Wize partnership is to reduce the cost of medicine for children, families and individuals by $100 million. We believe that stronger, healthier and happier people make healthier, better communities and a stronger gentler nation.

Yuma County Anti-Drug Coalition - It is the mission of the Yuma County Anti-Drug Coalition to eradicate the misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. As a responsible community, our plan of action is to:

• Prevent access to and the misuse of substances.
• Educate every segment of our community to understand the consequences of the misuse and abuse of substances.
• Provide resources for treatment or treatment protocols for users
• Commit to continued enforcement of laws to reduce the misuse and abuse and availability of substances.
• Eliminate the victimization caused by misuse and abuse of users to our community's children and families.

For more information on any of these programs, please contact the United Way of Yuma County at 928-783-0515.

Givers:

*Indicates top ten givers of 2010

1 1st Bank Yuma 2 AEA Federal Credit Uniion 3 Alsco Linen & Supply 4 American Express - AMEX 5 Arizona Education Association 6 *Arizona Public Service 7 Arizona Scuba Shack 8 Arizona Western College 9 AT&T 10 Bank of America 11 Bayer Crop Science 12 Best Buy 13 Big 5 Stores 14 Blue Cross Blue Shield of AZ 15 Bose Corporation 16 Boy Scouts of America 17 Carl's Jr. Restaurant 18 Chase Bank/JP Morgan Foundation 19 Child & Family Resources, Inc. 20 City of Somerton 21 City Of Yuma 22 Community Legal Services 23 Crane Elementary School Dist. #13 24 Defense Support Services, LLC 25 Dex One Corporation 26 Dillards 27 Dole Fresh Vegetables 28 Empire Southwest 29 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 30 Falcon Power Yuma Cogeneration Associates 31 Fed Ex Ground 32 Federal Express 33 Fishel Company 34 Fort Yuma Rotary Club 35 Freedom Newspapers/The Sun 36 Fry's Food & Drug 37 Gulfstream Aerospsace 38 Hardknocks Limited Partnership 39 Housing America 40 IBM Corporation 41 JC Penney Company 42 *Johnson Controls 43 Lockheed Martin Technology 44 Maricopa County Combined Federal Campaign 45 Marshall's

46 Misenhimer, Aivazian, & Tennant 47 Mohave State Bank 48 *National Bank of Arizona 49 Nationwide Insurance 50 Northern Arizona University-Yuma 51 O'Reilly Auto Parts 52 Payless Shoe Source 53 Penn Neon Sign Company 54 Qwest 55 Raytheon 56 Saguaro Foundation Group Homes 57 Sealed Air Corporation 58 *Shaw Industries, Inc. 59 Somerton School District 60 Southern AZ Combined Federal Campaign 61 *Southwest Gas 62 State Compensation Fund of Arizona 63 *State Employees Charitable Campaign 64 State Farm Insurance 65 Sunset Community Health 66 Supervalue/Albertsons' Grocery 67 Target Store #2083 68 *The Foothills Bank 69 Triwest Healthcare 70 Union Pacific Railroad 71 United Health Group 72 United Parcel Service 73 United Way Chicago 74 United Way of Central Indiana 75 United Way of Greenville County 76 United Way of Monterey County 77 United Way of Southeastern Michigan 78 United Way of the Greater Triangle 79 United Way of the Ozarks 80 United Way of Tucson 81 United Way of Yuma County 82 US Airways 83 Walgreens 84 *Walmart Corporation 85 Wells Fargo Bank 86 Yuma Area Combined Federal Campaign 87 *Yuma County 88 Yuma Elementary School District #1 89 Yuma Insurance, Inc. 90 *Yuma Regional Medical Center