Mission Statement: Uniting people and resources to improve lives and strengthen communities in Southwest Minnesota.
We serve people living in Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Yellow Medicine and portions of Cottonwood, Lac qui Parle, Nobles and Redwood Counties in Minnesota.
United Acts of Kindness Week is November 16-20. During that week, United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN) will be encouraging spreading acts of kindness to everyone. Typically during the time leading up to this week, we collect hygiene items to...
Area children are in for a big surprise this year! The SMSU Mustang Men’s Basketball team will be joining us to celebrate and highlight the importance of quality early education and literacy. The players and coaches will be reading past Read for...
The United Way of Southwest Minnesota (UWSWMN) Board of Directors recently approved Small Grants in Round I totaling $7,482. The Small Grant program is an outreach of the Community Impact funding process. The available amount of grant dollars each...
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Shirts, Gift Cards and SNOW!
Shirts, Gift cards and SNOW! Uffda! That’s all I have today, folks! Just kidding. I think that is how we are all feeling after this burst of winter this week (and more on the way!?). The snow may have caught us all by surprise but the good news is that I’ve got a few other exciting things to -
Meet Melanie Pedersen, UWSWMN Board Chair
‘LIVE UNITED!’ ‘Every Person. Every Community.’ These are calls of togetherness. Neighbors supporting neighbors. The United Way of SWMN embodies bringing people together to support each other. It is this continued demonstration from the people in the 35 communities of SWMN through -
October is a great month!
October is one of my favorite months for many reasons. The colors, fall food (pumpkin flavored everything, please!), football, harvest (I’m a farm girl!) and the best reason of all, it’s my birthday month! It’s also a fun month at UWSWMN because we are gearing up for Jumpstart’s Read for the
The domino effect. A cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of similar events. We’ve all experienced it; in comical times when one item is knocked over and the rest follow and the not so comical and visual times when it feels like one life event or struggle after another keeps happening and we’re not sure when it will stop.
Our communities are like that too. A need arises and it affects all of us, we all tumble down. Together, we are impacted. Together, we can decide what’s next. When our communities are stronger, we all are. In fact, Every Person in Every Community can work together to improve lives and strengthen their community.
United Way of Southwest Minnesota is committed to responding to the needs in our service area that impact all of us. As a supporter of our work and mission, you are committed to making southwest Minnesota a better place now and for the future.
Will you please consider a financial contribution this year? Every donation, no matter the amount, is foundational to the success of our communities. In order to keep moving forward, together, we need your help.
Join us and be part of the YOU in your community.
United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community. In southwest Minnesota, we focus on health, education, financial stability, hunger and safety & well-being.