Jane is a single mother of five who first walked through the door of the Earn It! Keep It! Save It! free tax preparation site at Community Action Marin in 2009. United Way and Community Action Marin have partnered for several years on Earn It! Keep It! Save It!, offering free tax assistance and asset-building [...]
"I Don't Let Self-doubt Stop Me"
April 13, 2010 By
Here is an inspiring success story from United Way grantee Opportunity Junction: Mary Castillo had her life all planned out. She married her husband when she was 20 and spent the next 35 years staying home and raising their four children while her husband supported them. All of that changed when her husband was diagnosed [...]
Quote of the Day
January 21, 2010 By
We have a lot of folks who really need care. Transportation is an issue for many of our clients and, being the county’s second largest city, it would be great to have some services, like easily accessible health care.” – American Canyon Family Resource Center Executive Director Sherry Tennyson From the Times-Herald article, “Napa County [...]
Creating A More Livable City
January 20, 2010 By
19-year-old Henry Bran takes special pride in the Mission District neighborhood where he grew up. As an intern with the Neighborhood Parks Council, he is helping other youth — and residents of every age — appreciate the neighborhood’s vibrant parks. For the last two years, Henry has served as an Outreach Intern with the NPC, [...]
Bay Area Law Firms Go Bananas, Donate $1.3m
December 17, 2009 By
Yesterday evening, United Way and the Bay Area General Counsel Group presented the 21st Annual Koko Challenge Awards, recognizing local law firms for running exceptional United Way fundraising campaigns. This year, 18 participating firms raised $1.3 million for charitable causes – up 10.5% over 2008. The 2009 top award recipients, recognized by firm size, were: • Baby Koko [...]
AT&T Awards $50K "Family Engagement" Grant to United Way
December 11, 2009 By
United Way of the Bay Area has been awarded a United Way World Wide/AT&T “Family Engagement for High School Success” grant of $50,000. This funding is part of a new initiative designed to help parents and caregivers of at-risk students get more involved in their child’s education. United Way of the Bay Area will partner [...]
Create a Deeper Relationship with Your Community
November 30, 2009 By
The last six weeks of the year is a time when people who feel blessed in life typically give back to their communities. In the spirit of the holidays, people volunteer at food banks or work with those who are less fortunate. At United Way, we decided to ask our employees and community members to [...]
Be a Champion for Children's Health
November 6, 2009 By
Congress is debating health care reform legislation that could create barriers to care for millions of uninsured and underinsured children. As the debate goes forward in both houses, we at United Way urge Congressional leaders to ensure that all bills contain guarantees that every child has access to affordable, quality and comprehensive head-to-toe health insurance [...]
Fedex Employees Dig Volunteering
October 26, 2009 By
Last month, as part of Fedex Cares Week, a volunteer army of 125 local Fedex employees spent a day lending a hand at the Alameda Point Collaborative, a United Way grantee that is working to end homelessness. Fedex Cares Week is a week-long volunteer event that benefits local communities and United Way by encouraging more than 2,100 FedEx team members [...]
Professional Volunteers Help Nonprofits Succeed
October 26, 2009 By
Nonprofit organizations have great potential to address our community’s most challenging problems, but often lack the resources to fulfill that potential. Correspondingly, more than half of the Bay Area nonprofits who responded to United Way’s Nonprofit Pulse Survey stated they needed more in-kind support from specialists, such as pro-bono legal or marketing counsel. Forty-four percent of [...]
