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United Way of the Bay Area Blog
- Wells Fargo Gives $450K for SparkPoint InitiativeWhen Nicole, a SparkPoint coach gets out of bed in the morning, she knows she’s going to be empowering low-income community members to take control of their finances. She helps people create a budget, access financial assistance, get good jobs, improve their credit and start saving. Coaching – and supporting a person’s complete financial picture [...]The pos […]United Way
- Looking for Work is a Full-Time JobIt’s Saturday morning, and I am on BART heading to the Summer Jobs+ Youth Resource Fair to volunteer for the afternoon where we will set up more than 700 young people with resume prep, mock interviews and job connections. I just started as an AmeriCorps VISTA at United Way, so I am excited to see [...]The post Looking for Work is a Full-Time Job appeared fir […]Ben Valentine
- Emerging Leaders Take on the CapitolWhile most of the Bay Area was just getting ready for work, five Emerging Leaders recently headed to Sacramento to take part in United Ways of California’s seventh annual Capitol Day, sponsored by Target and UPS. This year, our largest United Way of the Bay Area policy team yet met with 21 California State Senators [...]The post Emerging Leaders Take on the […]Nikole Saulsberry
- The Afterglow of Our 90th Anniversary GalaIt’s the Friday after United Way of the Bay Area’s fabulous 90th Anniversary Gala Celebration, and we are all still basking in the afterglow of a warm and wonderful evening. More than 450 of us had the pleasure of witnessing this historic gathering of donors, volunteers, community partners and well-wishers while we celebrated a near-century [...]The post The […]Ginny Nichols
- Got Jobs for Youth? Bring ‘EmMelissa Thomas is a 21-year old San Franciscan who has been looking for work for more than two years. She’s on public assistance and says she could easily fall into homelessness. At the end of the month, she has no food in the fridge, and depends on an elderly relative to eat. Melissa wants nothing [...]The post Got Jobs for Youth? Bring ‘Em appeared first o […]Beth Trimarco
