PICK A PARTNER
These amazing community partners can help make your campaign thrive this year!
Fundraise for a good cause, support local businesses AND save yourself time and effort!
We are so excited to work with amazing local business partners that can help make your fundraising campaign seamless and special. Explore below and find the right fit for you and your team!
bbQ catered to your door
Enjoy award-winning barbeque! 10% of catering proceeds will be donated to United Way of the Midlands.
- Closed Mondays
- Five-day notice required
- Be sure to mention the UWM partnership when placing your order!
Clean your vehicle for a cause
Purchase a Rocket Carwash for $10 ($24.99 value) and Rocket Carwash will donate $6 back to United Way of the Midlands.
Purchase a Rocket Carwash for $10 ($24.99 value) and Rocket Carwash will donate $6 back to United Way of the Midlands.
All car washes purchased can be used at any Rocket Carwash location and are valid for 12 months.
Washes are delivered automatically via text message and are giftable through any digital format.
Sign up your company to partner with Rocket Carwash through your UWM representative.
Pick your pronto pack and support uwm!
It’s easy to enjoy the great taste of Biaggi’s at home or on the go. Their Pronto Packs are perfectly sized to serve 4-5 people and include your choice of a House or Caesar salad with freshly-baked bread and Biaggi’s Butter for dipping. Choose from 14 different pasta dishes and take a night off from cooking – it’s good for your community!
Biaggi’s will donate 20% of your purchase to United Way. Click the button below to learn more and to download a flyer you can share with your team.
Contact Information:
Zach Link, Manager
13655 California St, Omaha, NE 68154
(402) 965-9800
Amy Goddard, Marketing Director
(309) 445-6620
Description:
- For online sales, employees will use a coupon with a specific code that donates 20% of their purchase to United Way of the Midlands (UWM) on behalf of your company’s campaign.
- To get your specific code, contact Diane Moore at dmoore@uwmidlands.org.
Options:
1. Arrange with Biaggi’s to promote onsite at your kickoff meeting or in your lobby with restaurant information (including Pronto Pack descriptions and online ordering instructions); Contact the manager, Zach Link, to participate (zlink@biaggis.com or 402-965-9800).
2. Your company promotes to its employees online (URL coming soon!) – Your organization will receive a flyer that includes your specific code.
Benefits:
Your company will receive 20% of the proceeds from online sales of Pasta Pronto Packs and Entrée Pronto Packs at Biaggi’s that will be included in your campaign results.
Promotion:
A flyer is available on the UWM HQ site.
Your company will send the flyer via email to employees or print it off and post it in workspaces. Each flyer will have a code specific to your organization.
Timing:
This is available from August through December; can also extend to spring campaigns in 2024.
Financial:
Biaggi’s will tally sales and write a check to UWM on behalf of your company.
A Night Out to paint the town
Paint your way to a stronger community!
Have fun, bond with coworkers and give back with our new Corky Canvas partnership. Corky Canvas will donate 28% of the ticket price back to United Way of the Midlands.
There are multiple options to choose from including in-studio, at the office or virtual!
Contact Diane Moore at dmoore@uwmidlands.org. Diane will work with you and Ashton Porter, Manager of The Corky Canvas, to make arrangements.
- The Corky Canvas needs two weeks’ notice prior to the date of the event.
- United Way of the Midlands is partnering with The Corky Canvas to offer a special event where guests have the opportunity to create a painting through a class led by an experienced instructor.
- The Corky Canvas will donate 28% of the ticket price back to United Way of the Midlands, which will go directly to the company’s campaign!
Venue:
Option 1: In-studio class at The Corky Canvas (need a minimum of 12 people participating, max capacity is 50).
Option 2: At the office. The Corky Canvas is available to come to your company, 18 participant minimum.
Option 3: Take it Virtual: Companies can hold a fully virtual event and follow along to a live class.
Benefits:
28% of the proceeds from ticket price will go back to United Way of the Midlands and will be included in your campaign results.
Your team can choose to create one painting from the gallery to create during the class, gallery link.
Each guest will receive a kit of materials to create the painting selected for the class. The kits include:
Canvas: the canvas size varies based on the painting selected. The sizes are: 11×14, 16×20, and 10×20
Paint
Brushes
Instructions (for extra help)
Paper towels
Cost:
The $35 ticket price includes a kit with all of the materials needed for the class and a two-hour class taught by a professional Corky Canvas instructor.
United Way of the Midlands will receive $10 donated back from each ticket, 28% of the ticket price.
Drinks are an additional cost if hosting the event at The Corky Canvas.
shop for good in-store or online
Our Kendra Gives Back program is to help fundraising efforts by offering 20% of all proceeds from designated shopping events this year at Kendra Scott Village Pointe.
Kendra Scott is offering 20% of all proceeds from designated shopping events this year at Kendra Scott Village Pointe.
Kendra Scott also has a virtual platform that allows us to reach communities that might not have the chance to shop locally. By hosting a virtual event online, we will set up a custom code for your audience to shop our website, with 20% of all proceeds benefiting United Way. Your code would be live for two days.
Your business would choose a two-hour time frame for your supporters to come and shop our collections. We will create all the marketing for you to use for social media, email blasts and internal portals as well. All that we ask of you is to provide a full two weeks of promotions through your promotional platforms
a unique gift idea
Help United Way by purchasing delicious and adorable treats from The Cordial Cherry!
Use your customized company code when checking out and save 10% on your entire purchase and The Cordial Cherry will donate an additional 10% to United Way!
Partner with The Cordial Cherry and save 10% on every purchase and they’ll donate an additional 10% to United Way.
You will receive a unique company code
Direct employees to purchase gifts at www.TheCordialCherry.com
Use your unique company code when checking out
All purchases linked to your company code will be tallied
Use your customized company code when checking out and save 10% on your entire purchase and The Cordial Cherry will donate an additional 10% to United Way!
T-SHIRT FUNDRAISER
Purchase a Midlands Strong T-shirt today and help those in need!
Show your pride for your community and support local basic needs programs that provide food, shelter and more for those who are struggling. By helping our neighbors meet their basic needs, you help them gain stability during difficult times.
Employees will record their company during checkout so your campaign will receive credit.
When you buy a T-shirt from United Way of the Midlands, the proceeds from your purchase will be invested in basic needs programs that are providing food, shelter and more for people in need right here in our community. By helping our neighbors meet their basic needs, you help them get on their feet and start down the path to stability during difficult times.
- Multiple color options are available. Sizes up to 5XL.
- Orders will be placed together on the 1st and 15th of each month. Delivery will be 7-10 days after the according date.
- Employees will record their company while checking out, so your campaign will receive credit for their purchase.
HOST AN ONLINE AUCTION
Is your auction a staple of your campaign, but you’re not sure how to pull it off this year? Learn more about a special partnership with OneCause and United Way and other digital platforms you can use to set your auction apart, even while on a budget.
1. Utilize a free or cost-effective auction platform.
Company: 32 Auctions
Free Package Details: Feature up to 20 auction items, Mobile-friendly platform, 1 image per item, Third-party ads run on the free package, Customized auction link, Instant outbid notices, Display a fundraising goal meter, Custom privacy settings
Want to upgrade? The pricing options for upgrades are based on the individual features needed. For example, if you want up to 100 auction items, the price is $30. If you do not want any third party ads to appear, the price is $40. This customized pricing allows for you to cater the auction to the needs and wishes of your company.
Donation Collection Options: Bidders can pay with a credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Stripe account. Offline payment options are also offered for convenience. When bidders choose to process their card on the site, there is a transaction fee of 2.9% + $.40 per online payment.
Demo
2. Use your company’s internal platform, like Google Docs or OneNote, as virtual bid sheets.
General implementation strategy:
- Create a PDF of auction items:
- Input auction items and images into a PDF with package descriptions
- Include the minimum raise for each item as well as the minimum bid for each item
- Consider adding a “Buy now” option at a large donation amount for bidders who simply cannot part with an auction item
- Create a Google sheet to serve as your virtual bid sheet:
- Add the package names and package number of each auction item as individual pages in the sheet
- On each auction item sheet, add the name of the package, minimum bid, minimum raise, and spaces for bidders to add their name and bid amount
- Open the auction:
- Send the PDF and Google sheet to employees when bidding opens and let employees know when the auction will close
- Have bidders type their name and bid amount in the sheet on the auction items they hope to win
- The sheets will update in real-time as more employees place their bid
- Close the auction:
- When the auction is scheduled to close, the admin that created and owns the sheet will adjust the sharing settings so that no one besides the admin is able to edit the sheet
- Send a follow-up email for employees with winning bids to complete a pledge form or pay for their auction items right away
3. Resources to support implementation:
Utilizing Google Forms
- This video depicts how to incorporate Google Forms to further streamline the process: YouTube video
- Here is more information about how to implement an auction: YouTube video