For Immediate Release: November 14, 2007
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Triangle United Way Announces 2008 Agencies of Excellence
MORRISVILLE - Triangle United Way’s Board of Directors recently approved three nonprofit organizations serving Durham, Orange and Wake counties as the 2008 “Agencies of Excellence.” Interact, Hilltop Home, Meals on Wheels of Wake County, Inc. have each received the award for meeting 34 best practices of accountability in areas related to governance and management.
“Triangle United Way is proud to welcome three new agencies to our roster of Agencies of Excellence, said Ed Kerwin, chairman, Triangle United Way Certification Committee and Executive Director, Orange Water and Sewer for Orange County.” It is a great achievement to meet the strict standards required for this award. These agencies, along with 17 other Agencies of Excellence, provide much needed services and operate with exceptional organizational excellence in the Triangle. Our community can look to them to lead the way in caring for others.”
All Triangle United Way member agencies must be certified annually by meeting 23 essential standards of accountability. In addition to meeting the required essential standards, there are best practice standards outlined in “Triangle United Way Standards of Member Agency Accountability.”
The 2008 Agencies of Excellence join the following member agencies
who received the three-year award certification in 2006 and 2007
| Alliance of AIDS Services – Carolina | Girl Scouts, NC Coastal Pines Council, Inc. |
| The American Red Cross, Orange County Chapter | Hospice of Wake County, Inc. |
| The American Red Cross, Triangle Area Chapter | Learning Together, Inc. |
| Child and Parent Services, Inc. | Orange County Rape Crisis Center, Inc. |
| Child Care Services Association | SouthLight, Inc. |
| Children’s Home Society of NC, Inc. | Triangle Family Services, Inc. |
| Family Counseling Service of Durham, Inc. | Urban Ministries of Wake County, Inc. |
| Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC, Inc. | Wake Enterprises, Inc. |
| Freedom House Recovery Center, Inc. |
Triangle United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities. Through partnerships, long-term planning and wise investment of donor gifts in critical needs, Triangle United Way supports the community’s health and human service safety net. Triangle United Way serves Chatham, Durham, Orange and Wake counties by connecting callers to health and human service programs through United Way 2-1-1, a free, bilingual, 24-hour-a-day telephone information and referral service. To learn more about Triangle United Way visit our website: www.unitedwaytriangle.org..