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SOCIAL ISSUES: Pathways helped 1,100 youth this year United Way $2.1 M from goal BY CHRIS TRABER ctmherwyrmg. ( om With a month to go, United Way of York Region is within $2.1 million of its record 2010 campaign goal. 'l‘o date. $5.9 million, or 74 per cent, towards the EBBâ€"million target has been raised, United Way 2010 campaign cabinet chairper- son Bruce Macgregor announced Monday at Pathways for Children, Youth and Families of York Region lnc. “This is a detemiined group ofsenior volun- teers," Mr. Macgregor said of the 26 corporate leaders that make up his cabinet. “There is no slowing down. Not in the final stretch. Not in the face of the need we have seen and the sto- ries we have heard from people touched by United Way across the region. “The goal is in reach. We can do this with everyone's help and participation. United, we can provide much needed supports to the one in three people who reach out to United Way funded programs each year in our region." Host organization Pathways chairperson Rob Spence validated the need. “We have been in the business of inspir- ing and empowering young people in crisis to turn their lives around for two decades,” he said. There has never been this level of vul- nerability in York Region with young people and their parents reaching out for a helping hand, including counsel- ling programs, shelter beds or transitional housing, Mr. Spence said. Pathways served more than l,l()() youth regionwide this year, Mr. Spence said. United Way chief executive officer Daniele lanotti defined the campaign as one of vul- nerability and determination. '1 'he organization is seeing a staggering increase in the number of new people seeking help from United Way-funded programs... The organization is seeing astaggering increase in the number of new people seeking help from United Way-funded programs, he said. He cited vulnerable families struggling to make ends meet since a bread earner was laid oh”, a vulnerable teen caught between deâ€" pression, suicide and trying to find sen/ices close to home, a vulnerable mom and her twins waiting for that right time to run from abuse and a vulnerable senior, living alone and unable to care for them self any longer. "We know this spirit of caring will continue over the last month of the campaign." You can help United Way In the home stretch. To make a donation. call 90574749974, ext. 242 or visit unitedmyyorkregioncom all the time «91 t ’r. 'v x . y ‘5 December I - 23 Monday ~ Friday Saturday Sunday December 24 December 25 December 26 December 3l January l.20l I van xvpsmtu I moo'uotflaqxokw I aunqul -ung QHIWHOJS‘ ‘ an, L L UH) éseringxels .905 887 5651 r, sprmgvalwtg comer of Kennedy gndyStoufl'ville Rd. MALL CLOSED MALL CLOSED