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Don’t let the do-gooder in you get stymied by a busy holiday schedule. With MAKE IT BE micro-volunteering, you can help out a local charity in as little as 15 minutes! Whether you’ve got some down time on the bus, a break during lunch, or just want something productive to do during TV commercials, United [...]
This past Tuesday (Oct. 18) United Way, the Oakland Raiders and UPS teamed up for Hometown Huddle at Oakland’s Garfield Elementary School. Oakland Raiders Rock Cartwright and De Marcus Van Dyke joined UPS volunteers to promote active and healthy living among Garfield students. Rock and De Marcus lead the students in a series of fun [...]
United Way’s Week of Caring is one of the Bay Area’s largest corporate volunteering events, bringing thousands of people together to work throughout our community. Jo Esguerra Sevilla, a long-time volunteer, has racked up 665 volunteer hours over the years. She knows because her employer, Wells Fargo, keeps track as part of its commitment to [...]
The month of August may mark the height of the lazy days of summer for many people, but not the twenty employees from Service Source who wielded paint brushes, prepared a “Welcome Back to School” mailing and gave bulletin boards in classrooms and hallways a fresh look at John Muir Elementary School in San Francisco’s [...]
United Way’s Week of Caring (September 12-17) is the largest corporate volunteer program in the Bay Area, bringing thousands of local employees to hundreds of projects benefiting our nonprofit community. Last year, more than 8,000 employees volunteered at nonprofits across the region. Many of these nonprofits wouldn’t be able to complete essential projects without volunteer [...]
Last week, Target team members across the Bay Area happily volunteered their time to make certain that those who need the comfort of a meal receive it. Target delivered a powerful punch in the fight against hunger, as 290 Target employees packaged, prepared and served food at Bay Area food banks and soup kitchens. Their [...]
Spring is here, which means it’s time for United Way’s annual spring Clothing Drive. Time to clean out your closets and donate your gently-used professional clothing to youth in need. Your clothing donations will provide young job seekers with appropriate attire for job interviews, summer internships and employment. Donated clothing will benefit youth who participate [...]
On April 6, United Way’s Emerging Leaders were in Sacramento for our annual “Day at the Capitol.” They met with ten Senators and Assembly members to advocate for legislation that ensures effective and efficient health care enrollment for low-income families under the Affordable Care Act. Emerging Leaders also helped United Way voice our opposition to [...]
There are 12 days left to file your 2010 tax returns! From January through April, Earn It! Keep It! Save It! is preparing tax returns for low-income individuals and families in seven counties around the Bay Area. The goal of the United Way-led coalition is to help individuals and families claim their maximum benefits and refunds, especially [...]
Last Thursday, on the last day of Women’s History month, a group of powerful Bay Area women were making a little history of their own. More than 50 extraordinary women leaders from a wide variety of backgrounds came together to inform the creation of a women’s leadership group dedicated to United Way’s goal of cutting [...]
