From store shelves to community support: How United Way’s ‘United We Give’ program turns surplus into hope

From store shelves to community support: How United Way’s ‘United We Give’ program turns surplus into hope

Mount Vernon, IL — Every day, essential items sit on retail shelves across the country—school supplies, hygiene products, household goods, diapers, over-the-counter medications, food, and children’s items. When those items don’t sell, they are returned to distribution centers and classified as surplus. Through United Way of South Central Illinois’ United We Give program, those items are finding new purpose—and the impact has been significant. In…