Kaua'i United Way – 80 Years and More Caring for Kaua'i

Kauaʻi United Way has served as our island's umbrella charitable organization since 1943. We raise funds at people's places of employment, where we educate people about the need for and availability of social service programs on our island and the importance of getting involved.

Our volunteers carefully review the social service needs of our island annually and allocate funding where it is most needed in our whole community. This allows us to maintain funding for ongoing needs while also maintaining the flexibility to address emerging needs.

Throughout the year, staff and volunteers protect our donors' money by monitoring our agencies to ensure meaningful services remain available to the people of Kauaʻi. Without Kauaʻi United Way, hundreds of thousands of dollars for vital social services would go uncollected. Kauaʻi United Way’s Agencies provide a broad spectrum of services to address the needs of our whole island, making life better for everyone who lives or even visits here.

Broadly, we categorize these as:

• Disaster Recovery & Emergency Services
• Disease Prevention & Health
• Rehabilitation Services
• Family Services
• Youth Services & Problem Prevention Initiatives

A KUW volunteer visits every one of our agencies annually. Such agency monitoring protects our donors' hard-earned dollars and ensures KUW is always on top of issues affecting our island and our agencies. KUW Agencies are very well vetted and monitored. This is our guarantee that money donated to KUW or to any of our Partner Agencies directly will not be wasted.

Finally, and most importantly, every dollar we are able to distribute to our Agencies represents social services that reach those in need in our community, making life on our island better for us all.

Mahalo for your support of Kauaʻi United Way!