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Your gift supports life-changing programs and keeps every dollar working directly for families in Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA.

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One-Time Gift

Make an immediate impact where it’s needed most. Your contribution directly supports programs helping local families with basics like rent, utilities, transportation, and education.

Monthly Donation

Provide steady, reliable support throughout the year. Monthly giving ensures families get help when unexpected crises arise.

Workplace or Corporate Giving

Join other local companies making a difference across Bristol TN/VA. Workplace campaigns and corporate gifts strengthen programs serving children, seniors, and working families.

Legacy or Endowment Giving

Create lasting impact by contributing to the United Way Endowment Fund. Because the endowment covers operating costs, 100% of your gift today and tomorrow goes directly to community programs.

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What is Resource United?

UWB serves as the HUB in our community for resource connection and navigation for those in need and in crisis situations. We receive 350+ calls per month from people seeking assistance with rent, utilities, food, housing, water, home repairs and other needs. Our Resource Coordinator works with each family/individual to pull together the resources to help meet their needs. 

Apply Now for Resource Bristol and/or Ride United

Resource Bristol

Ride United

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Ride United

In 2023, United Way of Bristol implemented a new transportation gap program in partnership with Lyft. This program assists employees without transportation get back and forth to work. 

Thank you to our sponsors: Tennessee Valley Authority 

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ReUNITE Program

This program, developed by UWB during COVID, helps reunite unsheltered people with their families back home in other communities. We make contact with the family to ensure that they are willing to pick the person up at the bus station, provide them a place to stay and help them reconnect with resources in their home community. We have reunited 101 unsheltered people with their families in 32 states.

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Bristol Afterschool Network(BAN)

A partnership established between UWB and the TN Afterschool Network to create the Bristol Out-of-School Network HUB to improve access and the quality of after-school programs through training, support and advocacy. Our goal is for our children, youth and families to have safe, healthy and enriching out-of-school time experiences. We have had two trainings, one on Human Trafficking within the youth population and another to educate our network on the resources/tools available on the TN Afterschool Network with more than 15 local groups represented.

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K-Ready Kids Program

This literacy program distributes more than 900 back packs annually to incoming kindergarten students in the Bristol VA Public Schools, Bristol TN City Schools and the East Zone of Sullivan County. This program was developed to encourage parents to read with their children and to help them build their home libraries. Each child receives a backpack with new books, a parent engagement activity, school supplies, one package of paper towels and Kleenex. We serve 900+ kindergarten students annually. We have served 2700 students since the program began four years ago

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Senior Digital Literacy Program

This program provides training, digital access, new internet ready devices for seniors in Tennessee (age 60+), to help them connect to services (which are mostly online nowadays), stay engaged more and be less isolated.

VOLUNTEER

Sometimes time is more valuable than money.

SingleCare

United Way of Bristol TN/VA partners with SingleCare (formerly FamilyWize) to provide community members with access to affordable prescription medications, ensuring greater health and financial stability. 

The SingleCare prescription savings card:

  • Always free to use by everyone—just show it to the pharmacist
  • No registration or eligibility requirements. Use it right away!
  • Save up to 80% on 10,000+ prescription medications 
  • Accepted at major pharmacy chains nationwide
  • Sign up on SingleCare.com for additional member savings (earn $1 per eligible script!!)
  • Works whether you’re insured or underinsured
  • Unlimited uses

How do I get a card?

Download and print a card on SingleCare.com

Text “family” to 700700 to receive a card on your phone (Message and data rates may apply. SingleCare Terms and Conditions)

Download the free SingleCare mobile app from the App Store or Google Play Store.

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