Paramount Real Estate
Welcome to the "Little Black Dress" campaign! We're excited to have you on board as we come together to raise awareness about poverty in our community. This initiative, led by Women United and their friends, is all about making a difference. By wearing a black outfit for four days and aiming to raise funds, we're supporting the United Way's education initiative. This means helping families stay in their homes, ensuring kids get the education they deserve, and providing mentorship opportunities. Your involvement in this campaign is a powerful way to create positive change and uplift those in need. Thank you for joining us in this meaningful journey!
Why is Little Black Dress such an important campaign in our community?
- Allows struggling readers in Kindergarten through Third Grade to get intensive, research-based tutoring.
- Ensures children get a designated mentor that meets with them for an hour each week.
- Provides a case manager to work with hundreds of children to de-escalate conflict and develop the personal skills necessary to reduce inter-personal conflict in the future.
- Helps caring case workers spend thousands of hours addressing the barriers to a good education and a stable family caused by poverty, mental illness, unemployment, homelessness, and more.
Low income students working with United Way’s Education Initiative were 20% more likely to be able to read at grade level, 27% more likely to be meeting math benchmarks and 18% more likely to be meeting reading benchmarks than low income students without these services.