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Enhanced VolunteerOUR MISSION
Nationally, the United Way system of having one community fund drive to financially support a variety of local agency services started in 1887 in Denver, Colorado. It started as a response to a horrific fire that engulfed the entire city of Denver. Local business, government and clergy leaders got together and decided to have one large fund drive to aid the city and all of its citizens.
Today, more than 1,400 independent United Way chapters operate in the United States and raise a collective annual total of $4.2 billion. United Way Worldwide oversees United Way operations in dozens of countries (changed its corporate name in 2009).