To be the leader in creating lasting change in people's lives and in the community where we live.

The Mission of the
United Way of Greater Augusta, Inc.

In active partnership with our community, the United Way of Greater Augusta, Inc. serves as a catalyst to improve the lives of its citizens by:

• Assessing and prioritizing needs,
• Mobilizing and focusing resources,
• Supporting and facilitating solutions.

 In active partnership with our community, the United Way of Greater Augusta, Inc. serves as a catalyst to improve the lives of its citizens by: assessing and prioritizing needs, mobilizing and focusing resources, supporting and facilitating solutions. This critical role requires that all of the United Way of Greater Augusta (UWGA) board members, staff, volunteers and representatives who foster such essential public good must assume the responsibility of earning public trust.
 
Accordingly, UWGA plays a unique role both as a leader in the health and human services sector and as a major resource to the community by building trust through all that we do. This bond of trust goes far beyond legal or regulatory requirements to include our core values and ethics. To fulfill this special obligation, four core values provide the foundation on which we base our actions and decisions:
 
INTEGRITY: We believe that integrity inspires the highest truth, which we exemplify by:

VOLUNTEERISM:  We believe that the most effective models of service and excellence are created through the leadership of volunteers, which we demonstrate by:

• Encouraging, supporting and soliciting community volunteers.
• Modeling volunteerism.

INCLUSIVENESS: We believe we are strongest when we involve every segment of the community which we become by:

• Acting in ways that respect the dignity, uniqueness, and intrinsic worth of every person.
• Utilizing the rich diversity and gifts of all people.

PARTNERSHIP:  We believe that community partnerships are catalysts for positive change, which we develop by:

• Being committed to partnerships with our community to make positive and measurable differences.
• Leading processes that multiply the impact of people’s desire and capacity to care for one another.

Adopted by the UWGA Board of Directors