Corporate Engagement

Are you looking for fun and meaningful ways to engage your team? Look no further! Read about some of our offerings below. To learn more about these and other options or if you’re ready to schedule your event, contact us at unitedway@unitedwaycassclay.org or 701-237-5050.


Blankets for Good

At United Way, we help individuals and families stop the cycle of homelessness. We invite you to help welcome families home—for good. These blankets are given to local children who were once homeless but are now moving into a new home with their family. The goal is to make their experience (and home!) just a bit warmer.

Learn more about Blankets for Good here.

Encouragement Cards

Do you remember a time you received a note from someone that inspired you? We know that positive peer interactions encourage greater growth in child and youth development areas such as self-management, interpersonal skills, and positive mindsets.

Learn more about our Encouragement Cards here.

Literacy Kits

Literacy and early learning are critical to ensuring kids are ready for kindergarten. Our literacy kits were designed to focus on skills young children need when learning to read. All kits will be distributed to local children in Cass and Clay Counties. This can be done onsite at your office and can be extremely flexible.

Learn more and download the flyer here.

Opportunity Matters

Host this unique event to learn about the importance of providing opportunities to at-risk and underserved families and children. The Opportunity Matters activity is designed to support your team members’ development as informed, empathetic community advocates. This can be done virtually or in person.

Poverty Simulation

United Way is providing a unique opportunity to experience and understand what it might be like to live in a typical low-income family, working hard to survive month to month and succeed. Done with a group of 40 or more, United Way Poverty Simulations allow participants to gain a new perspective on the realities faced by low-income households and opportunities to learn more about what United Way of Cass-Clay is doing to support those in need and ways you can help.

Check our calendar of events for upcoming Poverty Simulation or contact us to learn more about hosting a Poverty Simulation for your company.

Poverty Test

This activity challenges you to see life through the eyes of a child struggling with poverty. Participants play the role of a child, whose mind is dealing with experiences and barriers their family may be facing, and then are asked to focus on a challenge. It’s meant to help people better understand the challenges with learning that come from being in poverty.

Contact us to learn more about hosting a Poverty Test for your company.

SNAP Challenge

Being in poverty can make it difficult, sometimes impossible to feed your family. In this activity, small teams are given the challenge of putting together a meal plan and shopping list that fits within their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. It’s meant to help people better understand the challenges families in poverty have in creating healthy and fulfilling meals for themselves and their children.

Contact us to learn more about hosting a SNAP Challenge event for your company.