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Campaign Toolkit

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Welcome to the campaign toolkit – your resource for planning and running a successful United Way workplace giving campaign. Here you’ll find everything you need to get started, including campaign materials, promotional assets, and best practices to engage your team and make an impact.

Interested in starting a workplace campaign or enhancing your current campaign? Please contact our Resource Development team.

View UWECI’s 2024 Impact Report

Manage Your Company Campaign

This section includes resources to get your workplace campaign up and running!

Company Coordinator Guide

The Company Coordinator Guide is your resource guide for all things United Way to get your campaign up and running!

Sample Campaign Schedule

Here is the sample campaign schedule to help you kick off your event.

Promotional Tools

This includes a variety of materials you can use to promote your United Way Workplace Campaign throughout your organization. It includes a brochure, information sheets, posters and more promotion materials.

Sticker

Please contact UWECI if you would like to request stickers for your organization.

Communication Tools

Elevator Speech

If you had 60 seconds in an elevator with someone to tell them the best parts of your organization, would you be able to? The United Way Elevator Speech gives notes on what to say about the work UWECI is doing in the community.

Social Media Toolkit

This Social Media Toolkit gives you a content for social media posts as well as photos to use when posting about UWECI.

Email Toolkit

This toolkit gives you content on UWECI when sending out communication to your organization.

Campaign Email Toolkit – UWECI

Campaign Email Toolkit – United Way Worldwide

Engaging Your Employees in Campaign

This section gives you the tools to take back to your workplaces to engage your peers and get them excited about your UWECI campaign.

Campaign Ideas

Need some ideas on how to engage your employees. Our Campaign Ideas Sheet gives you some suggestions on how to get your peers involved.

Volunteer Project Opportunities

Corporate Volunteer Experiences

UWECI Corporate Volunteer experiences address critical resource needs in our community by inviting corporate groups to volunteer with a community non-profit or to participate in a large group volunteer kit build.  We provide levels of support depending on the needs of your company.

 Connection Service

For companies who are looking for a group or an individual volunteer experience with our nonprofit partners, without a formal budget and are comfortable coordinating a project or activity on their own.

  • Connection to Individual Donor Opportunities through our Volunteer Now platform.
  • Connection to Group Volunteer Projects cultivated with UWECI partners, with a light hand off to partner agencies to coordinate project.

Visit Volunteer Now

Limited Service

For companies who are looking for a one-time large group volunteer kit build. Budget required. Minimum 6 weeks planning time.

Large Group Volunteer Opportunties

  • We source project
  • Shopping list/drive and planning tool kit
  • General presentation for your group
  • Identification of recipient(s) for your completed kits
  • Share your impact on your customized social media post as well as UWECI social media

Visit our project request page

Full Service

For companies with special or large scall workplace events to complete a custom kit build.  Budget required.  Minimum 8 weeks planning time.

  • Supplies ordered and delivered
  • Tailored presentation for your group
  • Identification of recipient(s) for your completed kits
  • Transportation and delivery of completed kits
  • Project planning support and on-site management
  • Branding opportunities (if available)
  • Strategic alignment with your corporate social responsibility goals and community needs.

Visit our project request page

Examples of kit building opportunities for corporate volunteering:

  • Personal care
  • Snack pack
  • Winter care
  • House and home kit
  • Diaper drive

How To Sign Up For Volunteer Now

Instruction sheet for signing up for volunteer now.

Workplace Volunteer Council Brochure

Download the Workplace Volunteer Council Brochure.

Joe Peterson

Vice President of Donor Engagement and Development
Phone: 319-398-5372 ext. 818
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Jeff Shedosky

Corporate Engagement Manager
Phone: 319-398-5372 ext. 816
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Taylor G. Nelson

Corporate Engagement Manager
Phone: 319-398-5372 ext. 821
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Related Campaign pages:

Why Run a Campaign | Donors & Leadership Giving |