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United Way of Lee County asks Harnett commissioners to permit employee fundraising campaign
Summary
United Way of Lee County requested county permission to run a payroll-deduction campaign for Harnett County employees and described local program spending and needs identified through NC 2-1-1.
Kendra Martin, executive director of United Way of Lee County, asked the Harnett County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 11 to authorize a United Way campaign for county employees to permit payroll-deduction donations.
Martin told commissioners United Way of Lee County began serving Harnett County in 2019 after the local United Way closed and has provided almost $47,000 in funding to six Harnett County nonprofits since then; in the current programming year the organization is supporting four agencies with $12,450. She said the organization does not receive government funding and that employee payroll deductions are a convenient way for staff to support local partners.
Martin described United Way’s “barrier busters” program, which provides small, targeted payments intended to help people secure or keep employment (she gave an example of a Dunn resident who could afford steel-toed boots because of barrier busters funding and started a construction job the next day). She cited NC 2-1-1 call data included in the commissioners’ packet showing 177 identified needs across 51 categories from Harnett County residents in January.
Martin said United Way’s application period for agencies opened the day before the meeting and directed interested organizations and agencies to leecountyunitedway.org to apply for either barrier busters or traditional United Way funding.
The board accepted the presentation and asked questions; no formal vote or direction to staff was recorded on this agenda item during the session.
