The candidates will get about one minute to respond to each question.

The League does not endorse candidates. This is strictly voter education.

The Montgomery County United Way is about connecting people in need with the resources available to us. One of the things I have found in this community is that the nonprofit sector here really works hard to collaborate and work well together.

One of the challenges we'll have is balancing response and recovery. I've always seen us as a recovery group, but we're getting pushed to response.

Our organization was founded in 1955 so it stood to reason that we would do a '50s theme. This event is meant to take us back to honor the founding families of our United Way.

This is to give voters an informed choice about the candidates running for these two particular offices.

This is their best opportunity to ask their questions of the candidates before Election Day.

We will screen questions for relevancy for the position.

It recognizes that there are individual households that have emergencies that come up throughout the year and so Montgomery County is eligible for this grant. The goal of these grants is to keep people from becoming homeless for one more month, so they won't lose their home or electricity.