The Eaton County United Way is offering residents of eight area communities the opportunity to direct designations to their communities.  They are Bellevue, Dimondale, Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Grand Ledge, Olivet, Potterville and Vermontville.

     Eaton Rapids, Olivet and Potterville have formed their own United Way Committees, which guide the campaign process in their community.  Committee members are active in their home towns and are familiar with the needs of the community.

     Following each fall United Way campaign, the Committee in each community solicits applicants for the funds that were designated to the community.  Hearings are held and the needs of each applicant carefully weighed.  After much consideration, the community funds are allocated to agencies that serve each community.

     Each year, some agencies receiving funding may be different, and some may be the same.  Many agencies will consistently require financial assistance from their community, while others may require occasional assistance.  Either way, the community’s United Way funds will be used in that community.

The 2003 Eaton Rapids United Way Committee members are:
		Newnan C. Brown	Jo Hoffman
		Ronald Byerly	Alan Miller
		Wendy Hardt	Larry Skinner

     The following Eaton Rapids agencies received funding from the 2002 Eaton County United Way Campaign:

		Homeless Assistance Fund Eaton Rapids Historical Society	Heart & Hands Mobile Meals of Eaton Rapids
		Eaton Rapids Safety Town Imagination Library	Silver Sharks Swim Club Asset Building Committee
		Eaton Rapids Senior Center	Community Education
		Eaton Rapids Youth Football	Eaton Rapids Wresting Club
		Eaton Rapids Parks & Recreation

The 2003 Olivet United Way Committee members are:
		David Campbell	Sharon Powell
		Bonnie Judd Beth Page	Randy Smith Christopher Snow
		Tamyra Walters

     The following Olivet agencies received funding from the 2002 Eaton County United Way campaign:

Homeless Assistance Fund Olivet Band Boosters Olivet College Service Learning        The 2003 Potterville United Way Committee members are:           Jim Wheeler, Chair Brian Grosnickle Leonard Benden Olivia H. Lowe The following Potterville agencies received funding from the 2002 Eaton County United Way campaign:    Homeless Assistance Fund Holiday Food Basket Committee Imagination Station Playground Imagination Library             Eaton County United Way P.O.  Box 14 - 350 Lansing St., suite B Charlotte, MI 48813 517.543.5402 ecuw@ecuw.org