Spread Comfort and Joy

Make a difference while spreading comfort and joy in honor of your family, friends, colleagues and clients this holiday season through the United Way Holiday Giving Catalog.

Browse our Holiday Giving Catalog below to find gifts that will support life changing programs serving those in need in Pickens County. Select Education for gifts to help a struggling reader or support a young learner through programs like Camp iRock or Preschool Pages, or select Financial Stability gifts to lift a family out of poverty through programs like Pathways or Free File.

After checkout, you will have the opportunity to choose from six holiday card designs to instantly print and give to your gift recipients.

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$10: PRESCHOOL PAGES BOOK

Your $10 gift provides a board book for a toddler in the Preschool Pages program and helps him develop critical early literacy skills, build his own home library of age appropriate books, and become kindergarten ready!

$12: CAMP iROCK FIELD TRIP

Field trips are educational and fun... a perfect combination for Camp iRock! Each $12 gift provides a struggling reader with enriching field trips to enhance their summer learning.

$25: WHERE NEEDED MOST

Use my gift to support the Education and Financial Stability work of United Way of Pickens County where it is needed most!

a woman tutors a girl

 

$25: TUTORING

Your $25 gift provides tutoring for underprivileged struggling 1st through 3rd grade readers at local elementary schools. This tutoring provides a much needed support to the schools, families, and students as it grows their love for reading and reading skills.

$25: FREE FILE SNACKS

Many of our low-income taxpayers and their children arrive at the Free File tax site hungry. Your $25 gift provides a box of snacks to have on hand at a tax site to ease taxpayers hunger while having their taxes prepared for free.

$25: CAMP iROCK BOOKS

Children are more likely to fall in love with reading when they can fill their home libraries with books they truly like. Each $25 gift provides one Camp iRock struggling reader with a set of 10 books of their choosing- books on their level which they will love to read again and again!

$50: FINANCIAL COACHING

Pathways is a long-term, one-on-one, intensive financial coaching program for hardworking people who want to learn how to manage their money. Each $50 gift provides one Financial Coaching session for a Pathways participant.

$100: FREE FILE SHIRTS

When a Free File volunteer wears a branded t-shirt, it makes them easily identifiable to tax payers, and helps them feel like they are a part of a team. Your gift of $100 provides t-shirts for all of our volunteers which makes it easy for low-wealth individuals to confidently go to the right place for this free tax preparation service.

$100: PATHWAYS SAVINGS MATCH

Saving for a rainy day is often a new concept for Pathways financial coaching participants. Coaches help every participant set a goal of setting aside at least $100 in emergency savings. Your $100 gift provides a 100% match as a special incentive, encouraging the Pathways participant to save even more!

$125: SPONSOR A PRESCHOOL PAGES CHILD

Your $125 provides a toddler with an entire year of books and early literacy programs through Preschool Pages, building her very own home library of age appropriate books and helping her become kindergarten ready!

Two college students at a Free File tax site in smile in front of a computer

 

$1,000: FREE FILE COLLEGE STUDENT SPONSORSHIP

College students have the opportunity to gain an IRS Advanced Tax Preparer certification and real-life experience through an internship with Free File. Your $1,000 gift provides training and testing materials, a secure laptop, and necessary supplies for processing tax returns, and also allows the student to earn a stipend to cover travel costs. The student gives back to the community and gains essential knowledge and experience that helps them towards their career.

 

$1,800: SPONSOR A CAMP iROCK STUDENT

Camp iRock is a life changing program for children who struggle with reading. Your gift of $1,800 can provide a young elementary student with a summer of personalized literacy instruction and enrichment activities, to help them read on grade level and succeed in school... and in life.

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