{"id":375444,"date":"2026-08-19T08:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375444\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:26:15","slug":"united-way-of-lee-hendry-and-glades-reaches-annual-campaign-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375444\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades reaches annual campaign goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Seven partner agency CEOS unite \u2014 One in a Million donation. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n

Through the generosity of donors, businesses, foundations, partner agencies and community supporters, United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades has successfully reached its annual campaign goal, ensuring funding for critical programs and services that serve thousands of individuals and families.\n<\/p>\n

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LARC \u2014 One in a Million donation. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n

The achievement follows the launch of United Way\u2019s \u201cOne in a Million\u201d campaign, a community-wide effort that rallied support to help close a significant $1.6 million funding gap needed to reach the $11,512,716\u00a0goal to fund its partner agencies and United Way-operated programs for the 2025-2026 campaign. Campaign funding supports both United Way-operated programs and its network of 92 partner agencies that collectively improve the lives of more than 500,000 people in the community through services including food\u00a0assistance, housing support, youth programs, educational\u00a0opportunities\u00a0and other essential resources.\n<\/p>\n

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Elevate Home Services \u2014 One in a Million donation. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n

\u201cThis accomplishment is an example of how our community steps up in big ways to ensure critical services remain available across our community,\u201d said Hannah Pelle, interim president and CEO of United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades. \u201cWhen we shared the need, our community responded with generosity and a steadfast commitment to helping our neighbors. We are so grateful for all who stepped up to make this possible.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

United Way extends its gratitude to every donor, business, foundation, partner agency and board member who helped make the campaign a success. As a result, 178 individuals and corporations made gifts of all sizes, while a smaller group of community partners also stepped forward with increased gifts, matching donations and fundraising efforts to help inspire others to give.\n<\/p>\n

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San Cap Community Bank \u2014 One in a Million donation. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n

Notable examples of community support included:\n<\/p>\n

$250,000 from Lee Health through the Lee Health Foundation
\n$100,000 matching gift from a private family foundation
\n$100,000 matching gift from Linda and Tom Uhler, longtime United Way supporters
\n$100,000 gift from Janie and Dean Schreiner
\n$100,000 gift from anonymous donor
\nMany United Way partner agencies launched their own challenges and fundraisers within their networks to help inspire giving<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw firsthand what is possible when our community comes together to make a difference,\u201d said Carolyn Rogers, co-chair of the annual campaign. \u201cWhether someone gave a first-time gift, increased a donation, fulfilled a pledge or made a transformational contribution, every act of generosity played a significant role in reaching this goal.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

To learn more about United Way and the impact of its annual campaign, visit\u00a0UnitedWayLee.org<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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United Way Logo. -COURTESY PHOTO<\/p>\n

About United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades\n<\/p>\n

United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades has raised and distributed more than $283 million since its establishment in 1957, with all funds staying local to support a vast network of partner agencies and community programs. Together, we serve the community by nurturing youth, strengthening families, helping the elderly and people with disabilities live independently, supporting veterans, and empowering neighborhoods by delivering essential health and human services. Visit\u00a0UnitedWayLee.org<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven partner agency CEOS unite \u2014 One in a Million donation. -COURTESY PHOTO Through the generosity of donors,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-375444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}