Campus and Young Adult Engagement
Student United Way
Student United Way chapters are student-led community change organizations on college and university campuses. Student leaders advance the common good, develop leadership skills and join the growing United Way movement by giving, advocating and volunteering on campus and in the community. They also take on special projects to create lasting change, such as helping build a Born Learning Trail, raising awareness of the Earned Income Tax Credit and organizing campus-specific special projects. Upon graduation, student leaders of United Way campus chapters join an alumni network that helps them stay involved in community change for the long term.
United Way’s Campus Engagement work is supported by Deloitte, FedEx, Gatorade, and CheapTickets.
GIVE: Generations X and Y are United Way’s future donors. These 120 million citizens will take over the majority of this role by 2011.
ADVOCATE: College and university volunteerism is associated long-term with participation in community action.
VOLUNTEER: Students who volunteer in high school and/or college are more likely to participate in volunteer work after graduating
