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¿Hablas español? Volunteer with SparkPoint!

February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Put your Spanish-language skills to work for our community as a SparkPoint San Francisco volunteer!

United Way needs Spanish-speaking volunteers to greet clients at our SparkPoint Center at Plaza Adelante in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Volunteers will help introduce clients to the wide variety of services available at SparkPoint, including:

  • Free tax preparation
  • Job training and career development
  • Financial coaching • Accessing higher education
  • Establishing and building savings

Volunteers can serve as their schedules permit, within the following dates and times:  January to April,  Monday – Friday, 1 to 8 p.m. or Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Learn more by contacting Stephan Pippen,  United Way’s Director of Volunteer Engagement, at  spippen@uwba.org or (415) 808-4345.

Help us spread the word by downloading and posting our SparkPoint Volunteer Flyer in your workplace.

 

 

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Target Puts a Bullseye on Giving Back

December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

As holiday shoppers filled local Target stores searching for the perfect present, Target team members celebrated the season by giving back to the community.

A group delivered gifts, played games and decorated with kids at Abode in Fremont, a United Way partner organization. Each Bay Area Target store also donated $300 worth of wish list items to benefit families served by many of the nonprofits who partner with United Way through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. Samaritan House in San Mateo, one such organization, reflected on the impact of Target’s gifts.

“In 2010 Samaritan House distributed holiday toys and gifts to 3,300 children and teens in need in our community through our Holiday Program,” said Kitty Lopez, Samaritan House Executive Director.  “We could not have hoped to accomplish that same goal this year without the help of Target and its partnership with United Way. Thank you for helping us put smiles on the faces of those less fortunate.”

Wish lists included winter clothing, toys, household items, strollers for new families, and gifts for teens living in shelters. Target also gave families a special holiday experience- the chance to see presents waiting under their own Christmas tree through the Share a Tree program. United Way helped coordinate this program, allowing more than 20 Bay Area nonprofits to provide a tree to a struggling family. Thirty-six sparkling trees adorned with ornaments made the holidays a little brighter for Bay Area residents.

Thank you to Target and each and every store team member for your commitment to the community!

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Women’s Leadership Council Wraps Up Great First Year

December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Yesterday, members of United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) spent the afternoon wrapping books as holiday gifts to give to students at John Muir Elementary School, a community school supported by United Way. The WLC has chosen to partner with John Muir Elementary School as part of its efforts to improve educational opportunities for children from low-income families.

“Thanks to our generous Women’s Leadership Council members, all 27 fifth graders at John Muir Elementary School will be receiving a holiday care package containing two of their favorite books – one to read on their own and a second for their caregiver to read with them,” said Shani Ahearn, senior director, who is United Way’s lead for the Council. “In addition, our holiday drive inspired a group of amazing Girl Scouts to donate money from their cookie sales to purchase 10 books for the book drive. Incredible and completely inspiring!”

Click on the photo gallery below to see the merry WLC elves in action.

The holiday book drive, gift-wrapping party, and delivery of the books to students this week wraps up an eventful first year for the Women’s Leadership Council. The WLC launched in May, when more than 75 women leaders from a wide variety of backgrounds came together to create a women’s leadership group dedicated to United Way’s poverty-cutting goal.

The group offers members opportunities to make a meaningful difference through advocacy, volunteering, networking, and professional development. Current projects include a year-long lecture series about the need for more women in leadership roles and collaborating with United Way staff to refine our public-policy agenda, as well as the blossoming partnership with John Muir Elementary School. The Council has also organized a school-uniform drive, which will continue into the New Year.

Learn more at www.uwba.org/wlc and/or subscribe to the WLC mailing list.

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