• United Way of San Joaquin County
  • United Way of San Joaquin County
  • United Way of San Joaquin County
  • United Way of San Joaquin County
  • United Way of San Joaquin County
  • United Way of San Joaquin County
  • United Way of San Joaquin County

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Only about 9 percent of county residents contribute each year

By The Record

The county's chief charity needs a bit of charity.

The United Way of San Joaquin, the agency that helps make sure thousands of our friends, family members and neighbors don't go hungry or can learn to read or can escape abuse, is having trouble finding money to pay its own operating expenses.

The local staff has been sliced from 15 to five and now it is being forced to beg for money to keep things going.

During the good years, the agency was able to rely on a cadre of corporate and big business underwriters to pay operating expenses. That meant every dollar donated by citizens and businesses could go into helping those among us needing it most.

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Hunger for Help

United Way says it's stretched thin by growing demand on resources
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Record Staff Writer

STOCKTON - The difference between hunger and health. Or what it takes to learn to read. Or creating a haven for those escaping abuse.

The United Way of San Joaquin is a difference maker for the county's neediest and most desperate residents. It's been that way since 1926, when the charity lifeline began in Stockton as Community Chest.

But United Way, for the first time in recent history, "is experiencing the strain of trying to pay its own bills," President and Chief Executive Officer Andy Prokop said.

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Stockton Community Council to Host 11th Annual Power of One Luncheon

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The Stockton Community Council of the United Way of San Joaquin County will be hosting the 11th Annual Power of One - Women Making A Difference Luncheon. The Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Hilton Stockton. Doors open at 10:30 am with numerous local non-profit organizations setup throughout the hotel to inform and educate. A beautiful lunch will be served at noon.

Table Sponsorships begin at $400 for a table of ten, plus we offer multiple levels of sponsorship with various benefits for each level of commitment. Individual tickets are also available for $35.00 per person.

Our Keynote speaker, Suzanne Mangum, has been an advocate for women since she was a teen. Her parents instilled in her at a young age the desire to help women who were less fortunate and needed assistance. Throughout her life she has worked to empower women. She was a counselor and the Women's Ministries leader at her church. She was in leadership in Christian Women's Club and volunteered at both the Pregnancy Resource Center of Lodi and the Women's Center of SJ County, eventually joining their staffs. She counseled survivors of domestic violence and led a support group for women who were molested as children.

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