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For the last three years, MatchBridge has teamed up with the real estate industry to offer the youth they serve an leg up in finding positions within the industry. The program is called Real Estate 4 Tomorrow’s Adults (RE4TA) and is a partnership between MatchBridge, United Way of the Bay Area, and the San Francisco [...]
United Way has produced a short video from last week’s “Pass H.R. 211″ press conference and rally with U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo. Check it out! Take action to support 211 today: visit www.liveunited.org/211, where you can quickly identify your Congressional representatives and send an email to urge them to bring H.R.211 to a vote.
According to a new report posted on the Urban Institute almost half of all children born into poverty remain in poverty throughout their lives. In their report on Childhood Poverty Persistence the authors point out that “49 percent of American babies born into poor families will be poor for at least half their childhoods…Among children who [...]
Over on the Huffington Post, check out United Way National Women’s Leadership Council Chair Kye Kilpatrickt Fox’s op-ed, “It’s Time to Pass the Calling for 2-1-1 Act.” She points out that in times of disaster or emergency 2-1-1 is especially helpful, perhaps even more so as we sit on the edge of what may turn out to [...]
One in every three high school graduates was college ready.. .the top five counties were all in the Bay Area. –College Readiness Data, via kidsdata.org
As part of helping the Bay Area get ready for the next disaster we’ve encouraged people to find out about and enroll in Emergency Response Training on a local level. Sometimes called NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Training) these community emergency response teams are composed of private individuals who sign up to receive training so they [...]
For hundreds of thousands of callers each year, 211 is a vital lifeline connecting them to important services like food, housing and health care. Now you can learn more about how this service works, and help people in the process. We are currently recruiting volunteers to help us continue to expand the reach of the [...]
The ‘punny’ folks over at Ben & Jerry’s have annoucned two new exclusive flavors that along with tasting good, encourage people to volunteer in their local communities. Launched in conjunction with an affiliated website, the company, which is famous for its charitable and community-oriented ways, is hoping people volunteer more by offering a free pint of ice [...]
Some problems require looking at things with a new perspective. We live in a country with a very low savings rate but a new piggy bank for children might be able to teach good habits to them at a young age. The banks were designed by a studio called Materious and have an interesting concept [...]
Tonight, Monday, June 21 from 8-10 pm ET, CNN will air a telethon on Larry King Live to raise funds and awareness for the United Way Gulf Coast Recovery Fund and two other charities working to respond to the crisis. The program will repeat 12-2 a.m. Viewers will have the opportunity to give to three areas of [...]
