A Better Winnipeg Together

For 50 years
United Way and Labour
have demonstrated that
we are very much stronger
together, now and for future
generations.
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INSPIRING ACTION
Members of the Winnipeg Labour Council team show their strength at the 2015 Plane Pull.
Labour and United Way pull together
United Way Winnipeg and the Winnipeg’s Labour community
are family. The relationship reaches back to 1965, when the
Winnipeg Labour Council and the Winnipeg Chamber of
Commerce came together to create United Way.
In January this 50-year partnership in practice was formalized
with the signing of an official agreement — a framework to
enhance and grow our shared goals and values.
Among many shared principles and commitments is the
following — the first on the list:
“Both parties are committed to the idea that strong, active,
safe and respectful communities can result from the
collective involvement of community members.”
A milestone on the green
The 23rd Annual United Way Golf Tournament swung into
the history books as the one to cross the $1 million mark for
total dollars raised on the links by generous Winnipeggers.
Rain did not dampen any spirits as 132 golfers at Bel Acres
Golf & Country Club holed a record amount of just over
$130,000. That a total of $1.1 million in the combined 23
years the tournament has run.
“That is an incredible milestone and so significant and lifechanging,”
2015 Golf Tournament Chair Tim Prokipchuk told
guests and golfers relaxing after their 18 holes.
A past participant of the Rock It Out Summer Band Camp for
teens shared her story of being helped for depression at the
camp. The camp — a United Way-supported program run by
the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba — allows teens
at risk or affected by mood disorders to experience a sense
of community and develop peer relationships.
Thank you volunteers and golfers!
UNITED WAY WINNIPEG ANNUAL REPORT 2015–16