As the United Way of Southern West Virginia’s 2009-2010 fundraising campaign has progressed, reference has been made to the 29 agencies in five counties that are served by your donations.

Today we present a list of those agencies and where they are based so that you can see just where your dollars go and whom they are helping.

n American Red Cross, Central West Virginia Chapter, Sheri McGraw, director of communications, 304-253-1508; serving Raleigh, Summers and Wyoming counties

- Beckley Health Right, Jeff Graham, CEO, 304-253-3577; serving Raleigh, Fayette, Wyoming and Nicholas counties

- Buckskin Council Boy Scouts of America, Trey Aliff, district executive, 304-308-0405; serving Raleigh, Fayette, Summers and Wyoming counties

- CCS Whitesville/Pettus Food Pantry, Sue Pauley, manager, 304-854-1043; serving Raleigh County

- Fayette County 2nd Grade Dental Program, Dr. L. Ed Eckley DDS, director, 304-252-0771; serving Fayette County

- Fayette County 4-H, Deborah Tate, WVU Extension agent, 304-574-4253; serving Fayette County

- Fayette County Education Fund, David W. Pollard, 304-574-4258; serving Fayette County

- Fayette County Emergency Food Assistance, David Bair, director, 304-574-3733; serving Fayette County

- Fayette-Nicholas Red Chapter American Red Cross, Roseann Berry, director, 304-469-4636; serving Fayette and Nicholas counties

- Fayette Starting Points, Kelly Gladwell, director, 304-779-3109; serving Fayette County

- Food for Body and Soul Food Pantry, Millie Cox, 304-253-3944; serving Raleigh County

- Friends-R-Fun Child Development Center, Judy Olson, director, 304-872-2157; serving Nicholas County

- Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council, 304-252-9836; serving Raleigh, Fayette, Wyoming and Nicholas counties

- Helping Hands Community Resource Center, Linda Fincham, 304-253-3467; serving Raleigh County

- Hinton Health Right, Jeff Graham, CEO, 304-253-3577; serving Summers County

- Hospice of Southern West Virginia Inc., Janett Green, executive director, 304-255-6404; serving Fayette, Raleigh, Summers and Wyoming counties

- Just for Kids Inc., Celi Van Dyke, director, 304-255-4834; serving Fayette and Raleigh counties

- Loaves & Fishes, Michael Vincent, director, 304-466-2110; serving Summers County

- New River Health Association, Mt. Hope School Based Health Program, Teri Harlan, director, 304-465-1378; serving Fayette County

- Nicholas County Starting Points, Marla Short, director, 304-846-4479; serving Nicholas County

- Pine Haven Homeless Services, 304-255-9138; serving Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Summers and Wyoming counties

- Raleigh County Commission on Aging Inc., Jack Tanner, executive director, 304-255-1397; serving Raleigh County

- REACHH-Family Resource Center, Kristal Straub, executive director, 304-466-2226; serving Summers County

- Right from the Start Program, Kristi Atha-Radar, CEO, 304-438-6188; serving Raleigh, Nicholas and Fayette counties

- Summers County 2nd Grade Dental Program, Dr. L. Edward Eckley DDS, director, 304-252-0771; serving Summers County

- Summers County Council on Aging, Linville F. Goins, executive director, 304-466-4019; serving Summers County

- The Salvation Army, Capt. Robert Barber, 304-253-9541; serving Raleigh, Fayette, Summers and Wyoming counties

- The Summersville Salvation Army Outpost, 304-872-1837; serving Nicholas County

- Women’s Resource Center, Patricia Bailey, director, 304-255-2559; serving Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas and Wyoming counties

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The United Way of Southern West Virginia is working to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life — a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement and good health.

Our goal is to create real, long-lasting change that prevents problems from happening in the first place.

We invite you to be part of the change. Together, united, we can inspire hope and create opportunities for a better tomorrow. That’s what it means to LIVE UNITED.

Send your donations to United Way of Southern West Virginia, P.O. Box 5456, Beckley, WV 25801.

— Bill Baker is executive director of the Jobs Foundation and the chair of the 2009-2010 United Way of Southern West Virginia fundraising campaign.