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Mission, Vision & History
Marshfield Area United Way's mission is to increase our community's capacity to care for one another.
We will do that by acting as a leading organization bringing our community together to prioritize and address human service needs by building partnerships, forging consensus and leveraging resources to achieve a measurable, sustained, positive outcome.
Marshfield Area United Way Highlights
1946 Founded as a Community Chest, community raised $15,161
1970 Changed name to the Marshfield Area United Fund, community raised $45,489
1972 Transitioned to a United Way
1986 JC Pfeiffer hired as the first paid Executive Director
1987 First office was rented at Central Plaza
1989
Mission Statement was adopted
Ann Boson hired as first full-time Executive Director
1991 First
Call begins as a collection of community information phone
numbers in United
Way office
Michelle Boernke hired as the first paid
Communications Director
1994 Pacesetter campaign established
1995 Marshfield Clinic first company to give more than $100,000
1996
United Way's 50th year of service, community raised $531,473
First leadership giving campaign and The Marsh
Society is developed to recognize
individual gifts of $500 or
more
1997
Marshfield Area Volunteer of the Year Awards Celebration held, a
partnership with
Marshfield News-Herald
1998 Restaurant Week established, where local eateries donate a portion of proceeds to United Way
2002 First
Call for Information becomes county-wide program
Mary Friesen hired as first Volunteer Center
Coordinator
Make a Difference Day held in Marshfield for first
time
Transition to “Impact Funding” begins: Allocation
Committee becomes Community Impact Committee
funding decided based on a focus on program
results
Initiated Vision Councils—for community human
service programs network and problem solve together
throughout the year
2005
First Call for Information evolves into United Way’s 2-1-1—one
toll free number,
operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
2006 60th
Anniversary: Drive Chairs Bill & Darlene Berry lead campaign
that raises
$1,001,250
Make a Difference Day has 348 volunteers and 69
people served
National Youth Service Day has 120 volunteers
2007 Marshfield Clinic first campaign to raise more than $300,000
2008 First
year with no public goal, instead community focuses on people in
need in the
Marshfield area, a message made more poignant as the country fell into a
recession.
2009
Marshfield Area United Way launches first Dare to Dream
House Raffle
FamilyWize
prescription discount cards made available: a free option to
allow residents
to save on
prescription medication.
Loyal
Contributors, donors who have given to any United Way for 10
years or longer,
tracking
begins
First Day of
Action held
Money Smart
week launched






