DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The United Way of Door County is just four days away from wrapping up its yearly campaign and is still in need of donations.
After a record-breaking fundraising campaign last year, the United Way of Door County is struggling to meet their 2018 goal.
Organization director Amy Kohnle tells FOX 11 is getting down to the end.
“We officially kicked off our 2018 campaign in August and now it ends on January 7, so Monday. We need to raise $600,000 to reach our funding obligations.”
Around 30 different businesses and organizations in the area benefit from the donations.
One of them is the Barker Child Development Center.
It provides childcare to hundreds of kids in the area.
But without an additional $130,00 in donations, Candis Dart, one of the program’s coordinators, tells FOX 11 many families could be left without.
“A lot of the families in Door County access services through multiple different organizations and a lot of them receive money from United Way of Door County. So if there is an impact or cut on some of the programs that could mean a lot of changes for the services families are using.” .
Because of the success, this fundraiser has had in the past, the United Way is hopeful they’ll reach their goal.
“If we don’t reach the goal we will be sad but happy and grateful for the donations we received and knowing we did the best we could with the funds we had. But we know if we have fewer dollars to grant out, programs will struggle to provide the services they need to deliver,” said Kohnle.
The United Way of Brown County is also in the middle of their campaign, it hopes to raise $4 million by January 31.
