A thoughtful and generous person, who knows what it's like to be part of ALICE, is fundraising to allow an unnamed person to Go Over The Edge. Unfortunately, this person's doctor does recommend them rappelling.
ABOUT United Way of the Adirondack Region:
United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. is a voluntary fund-raising and human service organization that was started in 1949. With offices in Elizabethtown, Malone, and Plattsburgh we serve Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties of New York State. United Way and its volunteer Board of Directors has worked to unite a cross-section of volunteers and agencies, both public and private, in a community-wide effort to deliver needed health and human service programs. One priority for our organization is supporting ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) households in our region.
The United Way of the Adirondack Region has 34 Partner Agencies throughout our region in addition to local government units that we connect with on a daily basis to provide assistance to those in need. Forty-one percent of the households in our region are below the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) threshold. ALICE households are those with two or three jobs, but still living paycheck to paycheck struggling to make ends meet. Many ALICE households make difficult decisions every month on whether to pay for rent, buy groceries, or pay for needed medications. All money raised through our various campaigns and events allows us to partner with agencies and local governments to help households, families and individuals to avert financial crisis. Every dollar raised stays in our region.
