Te impact o\ue000 our partnerships, alliances and investments is seen in the lives that are changed. In this report, you\u2019ll read about fve people whose lives have improved as a result o\ue000 our work.

More than 185 programs, services and initiatives received support \ue000rom United Way/
Centraide, thanks to our donors, the volunteer work o\ue000 more than 100 community
leaders who sit on our six impact councils and 13 special initiatives, and the
countless volunteers who tirelessly fnd the resources to make our community better.

We invested $14.9 million in support o\ue000 special initiatives and aboriginal
programs, as well as those programs, services and initiatives directed to our six
impact areas: children and youth, immigrants and new Canadians, seniors,
people with disabilities, individuals and \ue000amilies in need and crisis, and agency,
neighbourhood and community capacity.

In telling this story, we have chosen to use the image o\ue002 a ball o\ue002 thread. Roll a ball o\ue002 thread
down a slope and it gains momentum along the way \u2014 not unlike what we are seeing as
a result o\ue002 the money we raise and the work we do every year. \ue001ie the threads together \u2014
donors and \ue002unding partners, community agencies and coalitions, volunteers who are at
the heart o\ue002 our work \u2014 and we can create lasting change in this community.

\ue001o help target our investments, our impact councils re\ue000ned their strategies \ue002or each o\ue002 our six impact areas \u2014 children and youth, individuals and \ue002amilies in need and crisis, seniors, people with disabilities, new Canadians and immigrants, and agency, neighbourhood and community capacity.

Tirteen community-wide partnerships and initiatives \u2014 like the Leadership \ue001able on
Homelessness and the Civic Engagement Initiative \u2014 have grown out o\ue002 this impact work
because we have a deeper understanding o\ue002 the community as a whole and through the
ties we continue to \ue002orge with individuals and organizations.

We\u2019re \ue002orging links in other areas as well: between aboriginal groups with government and
local service agencies; skilled immigrants with employers; and low-income seniors with
service providers.