UB88   GREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY  
  (616) 396-7811 - e-mail: info@gouwvc.org  
  web page - www.gouwvc.org  
UB88 8900 American Red Cross 7.4
UB88 8901 Association For The Blind & Visually Impaired 15.4
UB88 8902 Boy Scouts 7.2
UB88 8903 Boys And Girls Club 18
UB88 8904 Catholic Social Services 11.6
UB88 8905 Center For Women In Transition 11.8
UB88 8907 Child Development Services 11.6
UB88 8923 Children's Advocacy Center 13.2
UB88 8909 Girl Scouts, MI Trails Councils 12.4
UB88 8910 Good Samaritan Ministries 19.3
UB88 8911 Heritage Homes 12.3
UB88 8914 KANDU Industries 13.5
UB88 8922 Ladder Inc 9.9
UB88 8916 North Ottawa Area Council On Aging 10.3
UB88 8917 OAR (Ottagan Addictions Rehabilitation) 24.9
UB88 8906 Pathways MI 8.1
UB88 8924 Second Harvest Gleaners 1
UB88 8920 Tri-Cities Family YMCA 24.1
UB88 8921 West Michigan Legal Services 18.4
UB88   Greater Ottawa County United Way 22.2

 

Agency Descriptions

 

American Red Cross

Provides relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.

 

Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Our rehabilitation program advances the independence of people who are blind or visually impaired through low vision exams, rehabilitation training, counseling, and support groups.

 

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland

The program will focus on increasing the amount of youth who regularly utilize the wide array of services provided to them through the Boys and Girls Club.

 

Boy Scouts (Gerald R. Ford Council)

Preparing young people to make ethical choices, provides training in citizenship, service and leadership; also educational opportunities for skill development, self growth and healthy behavior.

 

Catholic Social Services

Counseling services for families and individuals; unplanned pregnancy counseling; rehabilitation and counseling for adolescent substance abusers; conservator and guardianship support for those in need.

 

Center for Women in Transition

Provide services and prevention programs for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, offers women’s support services and the Girls on the Run program.

 

Child Development Services

Provides quality educational programs for young children and their families with an emphasis on those with limited resources and enhance parent/child relationships through social services.

 

Children’s Advocacy Center

The Children’s Advocacy Center provides multi-disciplinary investigation, assessment and treatment for child sexual abuse victims and their supportive family members in a safe environment.

 

Girl Scouts (Michigan Trails Council)

Provides programs to girls ages five to seventeen with a positive adult role model; which will build the girls of courage, confidence, and character.

 

Good Samaritan Ministries

The Community Housing Partnership, through collaborative efforts by Good Samaritan Ministries, Community Action House, and area churches, addresses the multiple needs surrounding homeless families.

 

Heritage HOME’s

Providing specialized care to children with significant disabilities, allowing their parents to briefly, yet routinely focus on other important people and events in their lives.

 

Kandu

Uses work as the therapeutic medium for vocational development.  Work performed may be sub-contract work or work on prime products.

 

Ladder House

Supported independent living offers a unique solution to the housing problems for adults in our community with mental illness.

 

Legal Aid of Western Michigan

Provides free legal assistance in non-criminal matters to low income and elderly citizens in the seventeen-county area of Western Michigan.

 

NOCCOA (North Ottawa County Council on Aging)

Prescription Assistance helps people secure free or affordable medications through several programs, mostly for low income people 60 and older.

 

OAR (Ottagan Addiction Recovery)

OAR exists to provide professional treatment and educational services to individuals and families who suffer from alcoholism or other drug addiction.

 

Pathways, MI

(Formerly Child & Family Services and Children’s Resource Network)

Helping to educate and service the community in prevention areas; providing information and services in early childhood, child welfare and offering clinical counseling.

 

Second Harvest Gleaners Food Bank of West Michigan

Regional nonprofit clearinghouse for donated food on its way from the food industry to charity agencies that provide food assistance to the needy.

 

Tri-Cities Family YMCA

Provides summer programming for all area youth and offers scholarships for youth who come from financially disadvantaged families allowing them the ability to participate.