Crawford Gives 2026 | August 19–21, 2026
Mark your calendar. Crawford Gives 2026 is set for August 19–21, 2026, and it is your chance to turn generosity into county-wide impact.
Help More Children Fall in Love with Reading
This year, we're raising funds to launch StoryBook Trails throughout Western Crawford County.
Imagine taking a walk through a local park or community space where every few steps reveal the next page of a children's story. StoryBook Trails combine literacy, physical activity, family time, and outdoor exploration into one unforgettable experience. They encourage children to read, move, imagine, and discover together while creating free learning opportunities that are available to everyone, every day.
Your support will help purchase display materials and installations needed to bring these interactive literacy experiences to communities across Western Crawford County.
Keep Books Arriving in Mailboxes Every Month
For more than 500 local children, one of the most exciting days each month is the day a brand-new book arrives addressed just to them.
Through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, children from birth through age five receive a high-quality, age-appropriate book delivered directly to their home every month at absolutely no cost to their family.
Those monthly books help build vocabulary, school readiness, confidence, and a lifelong love of reading before a child ever steps into a classroom.
As postal rates and program costs continue to rise, it now costs approximately $1,500 each month to provide books and postage for children throughout Western Crawford County.
Your Crawford Gives donation helps ensure every eligible child can continue receiving the gift of reading, one book at a time.
Build Hope, One Home at a Time
Everyone deserves a safe place to call home.
During 2026 Make A Difference Season, volunteers from across our community will come together to complete critical home repair projects for local homeowners who simply cannot afford them.
Funding from Crawford Gives will help complete five critical home repair projects, with an estimated direct project cost of $3,000. These repairs often include accessibility improvements, safety modifications, and essential exterior or interior work that allows older adults, individuals with disabilities, and struggling families to remain safely in their homes.
It's more than fixing houses. It's preserving dignity, independence, and hope.
Every Dollar Goes Directly to Service
One hundred percent of the funds raised for these featured initiatives support direct program expenses. Your generosity purchases books, literacy materials, construction supplies, and the resources needed to make these projects possible for local families.
When you give through United Way of Western Crawford County, your donation goes further than a single cause. United Way supports multiple local initiatives, partners with trusted organizations, and tackles the root issues affecting our neighbors. One gift. Many solutions. Real results.
Looking to make the most impactful choice during Crawford Gives? Choose United Way and help strengthen youth opportunities, healthy community, financial stability, and community resiliency across Western Crawford County.
Visit the Our Work section to explore current initiatives and Partners to see the community partners behind the impact.
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