The YWCA of McLean County receives help in providing services from your donations to United Way. (YWCA Facebook)

By Dan Petrow

Bloomington – United Way of McLean County is helping raise funds that support many charitable organizations' operations.

One organization that receives funding from United Way is the YWCA. Marketing and Public Relations Director for the YWCA, Christy Germanis says United Way's funding helps get people to and from their medical appointments.

"We have home care services and medivan, we both get funding for both of those services from United Way," says Germanis. "The medivan program is the only to door to door service to get people to their medical appointments."

Germanis says that YWCA childcare services would not be provided without the funds they receive from United Way.

"The childcare services, some of the funding for that goes to help emergency or crisis situations where we help them keep that consistent professional training," says Germanis. "There kids can come in and have that consistent place to go."

Donating to United Way and YWCA is easy, just go to uwaymc.org. Every dollar makes the community a better place said Germanis.

Dan Petrow can be reached at [email protected].