United Way Trivia! What do YOU know? 2013 Edition.

United Way Trivia!What do YOU know? 2013 Edition

United Way Trivia!

Divide into TWO TEAMS

1. After the question is read out loud, the team that rings the bell first, gets the first opportunity to answer the question.

2. The “referee” has final call on which team rang the bell first.

3. One point is awarded for each correct answer.

4. Each team gets one try to answer the question. An incorrect answer will pass the question to the other team.

5. Highest Team Score Wins!

UNITED WAY TRIVIA! Rules

Round 1

Category: United Way

Category: United Way

True or False: United Way’s Women’s Initiative has a Flagler County Chapter?

A: True B: False

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

A: TrueThe Flagler Chapter

started in 2009!

Category: United Way

FamilyWize FREE Prescription Discount Cards:

The Discount Card has saved Volusia & Flagler County residents how much in just

over 5 years?

A. Half a Million

B. $1 Million

C. $2 Million

D. $1 Billion

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

C. $2 Million

Category: United Way

Campaign for Working Families:

CFWF provides which of the following services?

A. Free Money Smart Classes

B. Free Tax Preparation Services

C. Both

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

C. BOTH

Free Money Smart Classes

AND Free Tax Preparation Services which are primarily

volunteer based.

Category: United Way

True or False?The United Way has secondary office

space located in Flagler County?

A. True B. False

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

A: True! It’s located at Office Divvy which

donates office space to United Way and they located off Palm Coast

Parkway in Palm Coast.

Category: United Way

What number can you call to volunteer and to get FREE information about

available area resources and services?

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

2-1-1

Category: United Way

Which of the following is not one of the top reasons for calling 2-1-1?

A. Housing Assistance (rent/mortgage & utilities support)

B. Contact Information for a specific providerC. Income & Food/Meal Assistance

(need money for car repair/gas, home repair, etc.)

D. How to catch the midnight train to Georgia.

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

D. Midnight train to Georgia

Top reasons to call 2-1-1 include: Food, Rent and Utility Assistance

Category: United Way

True or False?

When you call 2-1-1, we try to interview clients to help uncover other resources

or services available to them if they allow us to further help them.

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

TRUE

Clients call in for a specific need, but we hope to interview them to help confirm if

other resources or services are available to them.

Category: United Way

Last year 2-1-1 answered how many calls?

A. Almost 20,000

B. Over 30,000

C. Over 27,000

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

C. Over 27,000 calls

Category: United Way

What is United Way’s newest community initiative to help

children learn to read? A.Book-It.

B.ReadingPalsC. Success By Six

Category: United Way

ANSWER!

B. ReadingPalsFunding by Carol and Barney Barnett

this early literacy program pairs volunteers with Pre-K or Kindergarten

children for one-on-one weekly reading/teaching sessions.

Round 2:

Partner Agencies

Category: Partner Agencies

How many United Way Partner Agencies are there?

A. 35 B.14 C. 58

ANSWER!

A. 35 agenciesUnited Way funded 58 programs

Category: Partner Agencies

The local Boys & Girls Club has how many

club sites?

Category: Partner Agencies

ANSWER!

EightLocated throughout Volusia

and Flagler Counties.•http://www.bgcvfc.org/#!our-clubs/cj97

Category: Partner Agencies

Which local agency provides specialized telephone equipment to the residents of

Volusia and Flagler counties who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind or speech

impaired?

Category: Partner Agencies

ANSWER!

Easter Seals of Volusia – Flagler

Counties

Category: Partner Agencies

True or False:

United Way gives money to any nonprofit that asks for it.

Category: Partner Agencies

ANSWER!False: United Way funds programs via Partner Agencies that have been thoroughly reviewed by community citizens.  

Category: Partner Agencies

Round 3:Campaign Stumpers

Sometimes people have

“Bad” United Way Stories…Why?

A. Unrealistic Expectations

B. They don’t realize that the services provided by partner agencies that are funded by United Way

C. No such service/programs is available

D. All the above

D. All the above

Category: Campaign Stumpers

TRUE or FALSE

United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties’

administrative rate is well below 35%

ANSWER! TRUE

The U.S. Government says that Non-profits that have administrative cost at 35% or less are doing good.

TRUE or FALSE

United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties’

president makes over $1 million a year!

ANSWER! FALSE

Salaries for the highest paid staff can be found on our 990. (And no one makes anywhere near that much!)

Round 4Our Community

When a child ends up in the

Juvenile Justice System, it cost us

as tax payers how much annually?

A. Below $5,000 annually

B. Over $10,000 annually

C. Over $20,000 annually

ANSWER!

C. Over $20,000

annually

What percentage of our school children

in both Volusia and Flagler Counties are

on the FREE or reduced lunch program?

A. Almost 30%

B. Over 40%

C. Over 60%

ANSWER!

C. Over 60%

Volusia – over 60%

Flagler – almost 70%

THE WINNER IS……