The Mesa County Imagination Library, run by United Way of Mesa County in partnership with the Dollywood Foundation, is a powerful early childhood literacy program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income. Books are mailed monthly to every registered child across Mesa County, and the selection is determined by an expert panel in early childhood literacy for content that is informative, age appropriate, and inspiring.

Volunteer United is an innovative online community volunteer portal hosted and managed by United Way of Mesa County that features up-to-date volunteer opportunities from dozens of nonprofits across Mesa County. The portal is hosted right on the United Way of Mesa County website, providing those looking to give back a simple and accessible one-stop shop for meaningful volunteer positions in their local area.

Mesa County has been described as a “child care desert” due to a lack of affordable child care options. The United Way of Mesa County Child Care Fund works closely with local child care facilities, government officials, and experts on child care to find solutions. The economic, social, and educational issues tied to child care are complex and it is easy to feel helpless. By donating to this fund, not only may your gift be eligible for Colorado tax incentives, it also guarantees that your contribution is doing the most good by addressing current pressing needs

United Way of Mesa County is teaming up with local agencies to offer community-based education courses and outreach programs to help raise awareness, inspire solutions, and help solve the issue of homelessness in our community. The courses will be designed to help those currently experiencing homelessness and connecting that population to resources to help secure permanent housing and basic needs, to help current homeowners who could quickly lose their homes understand options available to them, and to teach the general public, business community, local government and nonprofts the impacts of homelessness in our community and how to advocate for change.

United Way of Mesa County has a grant cycle to determine which nonprofit agencies in Mesa County will receive funding from our Community Impact fund. United Way of Mesa County also helps government agencies and others administer grants locally.