Mission

What is a Mission Statement?

The core purpose of the organization or the why we exist

United Way Corporate’s Mission

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities.

United Way Greater Texarkana Mission Statement

The United Way of Greater Texarkana, Inc. mission is to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. United Way values the effective and efficient accountable use of resources, and responds to the changing needs of our community. Together with the Partner agencies, in assessing our community's health and human services priorities; we can develop quality of life opportunities to every member of the community through reaching out to civic, government, and social organizations

 Vision

 Before a Vision can be developed it is important to understand the environment that United Way and UWGT operate in. We can accomplish this by asking five questions. 

Our Environment

The Board’s Elk Meadow View of the Environment

Where have we been successful in the past?

• Gaining positive Board of Director involvement
• Growing the number of partners receiving money.
• Conducting successful PR Campaign - local & national
• Stable leadership
• Openness; Accessibility
• Very ethical

 Why have we been successful in the past?

• Our Board of Directors are diverse
• Our Board is a “working” Board
• Our location is accessible
• Use of technology
• Our agencies have a good reputation.

 Where and why have we failed in the past?

• Developing better timing of Campaign
• Slacker(s)
• Small Staff
• Developing succession planning
• Stagnation
• Public recognition/Education about United Way
• Politics
• Finances
• Community with Board via Technology

 What are our opportunities for the future?

• Size of our community.
• Untapped Organizations/Industries/Churches
• Retirees
• Young Adults; TAMU-T growth
• Campus Engagement
• Business requirement for service
• Leadership Texarkana
• HS Video Department
• Looping of video
• Moving to electronic campaign

 What do our Partners Agencies expect from us?

What Is Vision?

A Vision is a word picture of what the UWGT ultimately wants to be.

 Imagine being given a camera and placed into a time machine set for five years in the future. Once in the future your instructions are to take three pictures of United Way using one of the building blocks (education, income and health) to advance the common good. 

 When you return from the future use the spaces provided below to describe your photos.

 My education focused photo for UWGT is………………..

My health focused photo for UWGT is………………..

My income focused photo for UWGT is………………..

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