United Way of Portage County

March 14th is World Kidney Day.  We at United Way of Portage County honor this day of recognition by sharing a story of how our organization is helping those in our community who are going through kidney dialysis treatment.  Our organization provides support to the Kidney Foundation of Ohio to assist Portage County residents with transportation for their treatments and help with medication expenses.  Below is a story that shares the experience one woman ha

Volunteers are the backbone of nonprofit work, especially at United Way.  They are the wonderful people who give their time, their talents and their dedication to ensure that people in our community are receiving the help they need.  We are fortunate to have tremendous volunteers who support our local United Way and we wanted to highlight one story of a volunteer who has worked with us for multiple years and has made additional education programs available to c