United Way Changes

1950: Freeport Community Chest Formed
1975: United Way of Freeport, Inc.
1991: United Way of Northwest Illinois, Inc. (serving both Stephenson and Jo Daviess Counties)

Agency Membership

• Amity Society (included Senior Amity, Junior Amity, and Visiting Nurse's Association
• Arthritis Foundation (withdrew in 1980)
• Boy Scouts
• Children's Home and Aid Society
• Freeport East Side Recreational Center (now MLKCSI) (terminated in 2001)
• Girl Scouts
• Junior Education and Recreation Center (JERK) (closed in 1973)
• The Salvation Army
• YWCA

• St. Vincent's Orphanage (withdrew in 1958)
• United Defense Fund (withdrew 1956)

• YMCA

• American Red Cross

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters
• USO (terminated 1999)

• Association for the Handicapped (now Malcolm Eaton Enterprises)

• Stephenson County Senior Center

• Sojourn House

• Jane Addams, Inc. (now FHN Jane Addams)

• Norman C. Sleezer Youth Home
• Prairie State Legal Services

• Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse (now Assault and Abuse Services of Stephenson County)

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• Family Life Center

• Lutheran Social Services

• Northwestern Illinois Community Action Agency

• Catholic Charities

• Jo Daviess Workshop
• Rainbow Ridge

• Freeport Area Church Cooperative

• Mother Hubbard's Kiddie Cupboard

• Regional Access and Mobilization Project (RAMP)

• Neighborhood Housing Services

• Tyler's Justice Center for Children

• Youth Becoming Leaders, Inc.

• Stephenson County Health Department Foundation