Through its community-wide fundraising efforts, the Capital Area United Way helps to support 35 programs and services offered through 16 local United Way funded agencies. Supports Community Impact Programs that help improve the lives of people affected by issues such as health, income and education. Programs include: - Girls on the Run/Girls on Track serves girls in 3-8th grade and helps prepare them for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. - Imagination Library provides free books to children, ages 0-5, who reside in Hughes and Stanley counties. - Mobile Dental Program helps children who don't have access to dental care. - Project H.E.R.O. provides milk tickets and emergency transportation tickets to students to ensure they are healthy and able to get to school on time, and ready to learn. - Lion's Club Vision Screening Serves as a connecting place for volunteer opportunities. Agencies share that information through a publication in the paper called Volunteer Connections, as well as in the high school newspaper. Also, helps connects groups looking for a project with agencies needing volunteers.