The Kitchener-Waterloo Federated Charities was formed in 1941 by community and business leaders to raise money for war work done by local agencies. When World War II ended, the organization continued to raise money for local social service organizations and charities. In 1969 its name was changed to Federated Appeal of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area. On June 12, 1984 the board voted to join United Way/Centraide Canada and its name was changed again, to United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area. The organization's mandate has always been to aid people who need help by conducting a yearly fund-raising campaign benefitting its member agencies, who provide that help. (Williams, Cindy. Fifty Years of Caring and Sharing: a History of the United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area, 1941-1991. Kitchener, Ont.: United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area, 1993, c1992.)
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Material relating to the organization, administration and operation of the United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area from 1941-1994. Included are include correspondence, minutes and reports, financial records, publications, ephemera, scrapbooks, sound and moving image material, artifacts, and other material created or received in the course of business. The fonds includes material relating to the organization, management and results of yearly campaigns, as well as material relating to the allocation of funds to member agencies. Information about member agencies is present as well and includes their financial reports and ephemera. Publications issued by local, provincial and other social service agencies and United Ways help provide a context for understanding the larger framework within which the local organization functions.
Arranged in 14 series:
1\. Campaign/Organization Files, 1941-1985;
2\. Committee Minutes, 1976-1993;
3\. Financial, 1952-1986;
4\. Office Files/ Executive Director's Files, 1987-1994;
5\. Allocations Files, 1979-1992;
6\. Agency Files, 1965-1994;
7\. Publicity and Promotion, 1981-1992;
8\. Publications, 1975-1993;
9\. Scrapbooks, 1940-1942, 1958-1974, 1980-1981;
10\. Ephemera, 1976;
11\. Photographs;
12\. Slides, 1975-1986;
13\. Audiovisual, 1979-1993;
14\. Artifacts.
Donated by the United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area in 1996 and 1997.