Education

United Way works to make sure children and youth have a foundation to reach their full potential.

In 2018 United Way of Forsyth County funded the following agencies and programs in the area of Education:

Partner Agencies:

• 4-H: Forsyth & Dawson Counties*
• Bald Ridge Boys Lodge*
• Boy Scouts*
• CASA of Forsyth County*
• Forsyth County Child Advocacy Center*
• Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta*
• Hall-Dawson CASA*
• Jesse's House*
• Literacy Programs: READ* and Literacy Forsyth*
• Mentor Me - North Georgia*
• Next Generation Youth Development*
• Sisu, Integrated Early Learning* (formerly Challenged Child & Friends)
• Wee Books*

Other Programs & Initiatives:

• 2-1-1
• Boys & Girls Club
• Creative Enterprises - Forsyth
• Cumming Civitan Club - for students and adults with special needs
• Forsyth County Juvenile Court - for truancy court programs
• Forsyth County Schools:
  • Breakfast Club Tutoring Program at Little Mill Middle
  • Credit Recovery for High School Students
  • Digital Summer Learning Expedition at Little Mill Middle
  • iFOCUS Intervention Center
  • Transportation (Central Cruisers/Raider Ride)
  • Miscellaneous educational support
• Junior Achievement Discovery Center
• Lanier Technical College - for textbook and student fee scholarships
• Leadership Forsyth
• Next Generation Focus
• Nonprofit Seminars, Community Forums & Charity Tracker
• Sawnee Cumming Optimist Club - for Oratorical Contest
• Stuff the Bus - for school supplies for students in need
• Youth Leadership - Piney Grove Middle School's Grizzly Great Day of Giving & DeSana Middle School's Day of Good Deeds
• Youth United

Total:     $692,632  

* Indicates Partner Agency