Capital Area United Way700 Laurel Street

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

225.383.2643CAUW.org

Save the Dates:Annual Meeting

July 12th

Jambalaya Jam October 6th

details coming soon

Thank Youfor

LIVING UNITED!

Community Impact: Income. Education. Basic Needs.

To GIVE, ADVOCATE, VOLUNTEER visit CAUW.org Mission: Helping People - Improving Communities

Leading the WaySpring 2011

Capital Area United Way

A quarterly newsletter for the Tocqueville Society of the Louisiana Capital Area & Gottlieb Association of Leadership Givers

Non-Profit Org.U.S. Postage

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TIPS for a Healthy Family: -provided by The YMCA of the Capital Area - Healthy Family Homes Initiative

Living a healthy life isn’t just an annual visit to your doctor - it encompasses maintaining a healthy mental, physical, and emotional lifestyle. Exercise, nutrition, support, treatment, and assistance with coping with an illness are all vital elements to being heathy. Capital Area United Way and its partners are working together to provide several programs that can help you or someone you know in need.

Why Women’s Leadership?

Join these women to discuss the launch of Capital Area United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council. The council will engage women as leaders, advocates, and fundraisers and create a strong connection through their joint efforts to enhance the quality of life in our community.

Please RSVP to Melissa Parmelee at (melissap@cauw.org)/225.346.5818limited space available.

Ruthie Golden, Realtor Coldwell Banker OneC B One, Consultant of the YearRuthiegolden.com

Leadership Calendar

Health Focus - Agency TourMental Health Association of Greater Baton Rouge and the O’Brien House will present.

• June 7th• 11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.• Mental Health Association Drop-In Center 3178 Government St., Baton Rouge, LA• RSVP to melissap@cauw.org

Give Time. Inspire Change.Capital Area United Way Community Investment Volunteers explore the programs and services of Community Partner agencies to measure their results and impact on the Capital Area. We are looking for a diverse group of people to determine how to invest donor dollars to achieve the greatest good.

• Volunteer Orientations will be held in September at Capital Area United Way 700 Laurel St., Baton Rouge, LA• Individual training sessions can be arranged• Register online at CAUW.org/focus or RSVP to karas@cauw.org/225.382.3510

Jay O’Brien, Member of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC,a full-service law firm in Baton Rouge, LA

www.mcglinchey.com

Eat Healthy: Small steps lead to big changes. With a balanced approach, even the busiest families can discover ways to eat healthier and feel better.

Play Every Day: Play may be the best way to prevent childhood obesity. By putting more play into your family’s day, you will soon find yourself getting the activity that will have your family feeling energized and strong.

Get Together: Strong relationships are one of the cornerstones of health and well-being, and few relationships are as important as those between adults and children. The time and attention that you invest now will help your children learn, grow, and thrive.

Go Outside: Good things happen when we unplug and go outside to play together. Kids and adults benefit from contact with nature as well as unstructured play and exploration. Sleep Well: Sleep is an essential part of healthy living. So many good things happen when our minds and bodies are resting.

Visit www.ymcabatonrouge.org to explore healthy tips and tools for your family!

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Did you know?In Louisiana, Pennington

Biomedical reports that 47%of children between the ages of 2 and 19 are overweight or obese.

18% of people in Louisiana do not have health insurance, putting us in the bottom ten

nationwide.

1 in 4 deaths in the United States are related to substance abuse.

Baton Rouge is 2nd in the nation in newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases.

Alice Miller, CFOKean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond, McCowan & Jarman, LLP

HEALTH.

June 8th ● 11:30 a.m.

Home of Ruthie Golden15013 Via Horti Ct. Baton Rouge, LA 70810

June 14th ● 11:30 a.m. Fidelity Bank 9655 Perkins Rd., Ste. G Baton Rouge, LA 70810

*Sources: Pennington Biomedical, Kaiser Family Foundation’s statehealthfacts.org, innovatorsawards.org/facts, batonrougeaidssociety.com

June 2nd ● 11:30 a.m. Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond, McCowan & Jarman, LLPII City Plaza, 400 Convention St., Ste. 700 Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Joanie Netterville, PresidentFidelity Bank

Capital Area United Way salutes our 5 Star Award Recipients:ExxonMobil & Turner Industries

One of the many faces of LEADERSHIP:

Member of Women’s Leadership Council & Young Leaders Society

Company: Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

Title: Sales Executive

Hometown: Vicksburg, MS

College Alma Mater: Ole Miss

What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Live life to the fullest and take advantage of the opportunities that come your way. What was your first job?My grandfather’s hardware store, Mississippi Hardware in Vicksburg.

When not at work, where do you go to have fun?Usually dinner or drinks with friends. I like Chelsea’s, Marcellos, and Rock N Sake.

When did you start giving to United Way? And Why? When I moved to Baton Rouge 5 years ago I started participating in my employer’s campaign. I feel it is extremely important to be invested in the community you live in. Give back, be involved in trying to make Baton Rouge a better place for everyone.

Why at the Leadership Level? I have been extremely blessed with a good job. It is so important to give back to your community appropriately. As I have become more successful, I wanted to make sure I continued to increase my contribution. The Leadership Level seemed like the right next step.

Kate Wilson

There is little in life that impacts us more on a day to day basis than our health. When you are feeling great you can conquer whatever the day holds, add a sniffle and it all becomes more difficult. Good health therefore is an important first step in our community’s ability to meet the challenges before it.

Capital Area United Way invests in programs that impact health, education, income, and basic needs. It is amazing to see how much each of these areas impacts the others and nowhere is that more apparent than in the area of health. A lack of education makes it more difficult to make healthy dietary choices. Income struggles might mean no visits to doctors or purchases of critical items such as medicine or toothpaste. Lacking basic needs certainly means high risk of malnutrition and exposure to the elements. The opposite is equally true, when a person’s health is poor they lose education and income opportunities, and may find themselves having to make choices between meeting their medical or basic needs.

There are 28 health programs funded by Capital Area United Way. These span the full range from programs that build better health, to those that assist those with health challenges and on to those that help patients and family at the end of life. No matter what stage of life or circumstance it is good to know there are so many out there willing to help.

Message from the

CEO

Leading the Way Spring 2011 Newsletter

LIVE UNITED Moments:

Send us your LIVE UNITED photos today to melissap@cauw.org.Karen J. Profita, President & CEO

Angelle Bertrand (right), leadership giver at

Hancock Bank, and Erin Flynn (left), Office

of Administration, spent January 17th, Martin

Luther King Day, at Sweet Olive Cemetery.

Over 100 volunteers scrubbed and painted

graves to bring attention to the oldest African

American cemetery in Baton Rouge.

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Give. Advocate. VOLUNTEER.

Your Dollars at Work:1 Donation, 125 Programs, 1,000s impacted

Capital Area United Way’s funding model is based on high-impact, high performing, and effective programs with measurable results in Education, Income, Health, and Basic Needs. In 2010, 120 Community Volunteers spent more than 3,000 hours reviewing agency programs and outcomes to ensure the highest level of accountability for our donors. Below you will see a few illustrations depicting projected outcomes related to health in our community. Capital Area United Way funds 28 programs supporting health in our community, for a full listing of programs and projected results please visit CAUW.org/programs.

200 campers

American Diabetes Association ● Camp Victory: a summer camp where diabetic children receive

the benefits of diabetes education

425 child participants

YMCA of the Capital Area ● Trim Kids/Healthy Kids Day: teaches obese children effective behavioral modification,

age appropriate exercises, and how to maintain healthy eating habits

250 families served with 1,350 counseling sessions

Livingston Youth and Family Counseling ● Individual and Family Counseling Program: provides individual therapy, couples counseling, play therapy, family counseling, and group therapy

270 hearing screenings, 300+ adult evaluations and fittings

& 100+ pediatric evaluations and fittings

Baton Rouge Speech and Hearing Foundation● Audiology Service:provides free hearing screenings and evaluations for adults and children, including hearing aid fittings on free hearing aids