Aired on July 12, 2026

• Social Services, Community Collaboration, Chatham Success Network

The United Way has always been the nonprofit that helps other non-profits by fundraising and providing grants to them. Now, the United Way is working with those other non-profits on a day to day basis to tackle resonating issues that affect many people and that no one entity can solve on its own. Those issues might be transportation access, or affordable housing but ultimately the big goal is to help people in Chatham move out of poverty and their goal is to do that by 2030. The United Way hosts monthly meetings to convene case managers from Chatham Literacy, Salvation Army Chatham, Partnership for Children, Love Chatham, and Communities in Schools to meet with reps from the Department of Social Services and Chatham County Schools and they’re making significant impacts. Listen in and meet our guests:

Carlos Lima (middle) is a native of Caracas, Venezuela. He moved to North Carolina with his family in 2001. Before coming to United Way, Carlos was Director of Operations and Finance at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill for 20 years. Carlos has been the Executive Director of United Way of Chatham County for the past year, and he has learned firsthand the value of service to the community and the benefits of collective impact in addressing the most critical needs of the residents in our county. Carlos and his wife and four grown children have called this area home for over two decades. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, reading, and playing board games.

Daisy Butzer (left) is the Impact Manager at United Way of Chatham County, where she leads the Chatham Housing Collective and the Chatham Success Network. Through both collaboratives, Daisy works closely with community partners to coordinate services and use data to better support individuals and families. She draws from her professional experience supporting various public health programs, research studies, and philanthropic initiatives. Originally from Oklahoma, Daisy and her husband moved to North Carolina in 2022 to attend graduate school at UNC.

“On The Porch” is hosted by Randolph ”Randy” Voller. He is also the publisher of Chatham County Line. Randy welcomes guests to the show who are from the communities of art, academia, business, and politics for friendly and informative conversations. “On The Porch” airs every Sunday at 6 and 11am, then 6 and 9pm on WCHL-FM 97.9. The show also streams on ChapelBoro.com. Current and previous shows of “On The Porch” are posted as podcasts on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
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