United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County — Local services in San Antonio

So it's United Way drive time again and I'm filling out my Campaign Pledge Form. I start looking for the Scouts USA UW code when I realize it's nowhere to be found. So...I did some digging and I've recently learned of the new "funding model" of the United Way of San Antonio - and it's not good. Support for Scouts USA aka Boy Scouts is gone meanwhile I can't figure out how some other agencies that are receiving funding contribute to "Growing Strong Individuals & Families". #confused

PLEASE NOTE It is still possible to designate DIRECT donations to Scouts USA VIA CODE 310 which is what I plan to do for this year. Next year when the campaign form shows up on my desk - unless support for Scouts USA is reinstated - most likely I'll respectfully decline participation in the annual United Way coporate funding drive and merely send my donations directly to the Scouts and other agencies near and dear to my heart. I detest UWSA leadership bundling buckets of agencies together as a platform and then hoping I'll give my hard earned monies to groups THEY think will grow strong individuals...including groups that do not align with my...

After 80 years of partnering with the Boy Scouts of San Antonio, the United Way no longer believes in the goals of Scouting. We live in a time when conserving our natural resources, training young people to be new leaders, and understanding citizenship is so desperately needed. And now, the United Way of San Antonio thinks we DON'T need those things? Well, if the United Way can't support the cherished conservation, leadership, and citizenship values of Scouting, don't expect my support any longer. What an awful example you are setting for the young people of...

Tears came to my eyes after I needed information for San Antonio and Beaxer County were prescribed to me by The United Way of San Antonio TX. I got resources and directions for my life saving needs. Veterans are amazed by the results of just calling them and telling it like it is....