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When Earn It! Keep It! Save It! said they needed translators fluent in Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese, United Way Community Project MatchBridge was more than happy to respond.
Earn It! Keep It! Save It!, a community project of United Way of the Bay Area, is a free, tax-preparing service offered to qualifying individuals and families. [...]
Jenny Li of San Francisco lost her health insurance and her job as a line supervisor at a Bay Area electronics manufacturer because the company relocated to Mexico in 2007. The loss of insurance would have had devastating effects. Jenny’s teenage son is challenged by mental-health issues that require two types of medication and regular [...]
The first few years of a child’s life are so important, and it has been said that 90% of the brain’s growth occurs from ages zero to five. With the help of partners across the Bay Area, United Way is working both directly with children to boost their reading skills and learning potential; as well [...]
One of our long-standing focuses has been on raising student achievement across the Bay Area. One of the ways we’ve done this is through our Community School model which integrates multiple support services like mentoring and parenting programs, with school activities in low-income neighborhoods. This has yielded significant results for students including reduced violence, [...]
Send a Valentine’s Day Card to your honey and help United Way earn some money! Target, a long time United Way supporter has created Super Love Sender which lets you send a quirky Valentine’s Day, football-inspired video card to friends and family all while raising funds for United Way.
For each card the online community sends, [...]
RYSE Center, a United Way grantee, is a safe and welcoming place for West Contra Costa County youth, that is building and empowering the next generation. They have a number of programs based around social justice, harm reduction, and youth leadership. The organization was born out of the community response to a particularly violent incident [...]
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, [...]
I want to get work experience. I’m trying to find myself, to see what I want to be when I get older, to see what kind of worker person I am.”
— Kile Grayson, a Solano Middle School 8th-grader, who is participating in a new internship program for American Canyon teens
From the Times-Herald article, “AmCan students [...]
In their latest newsletter, MatchBridge Executive Director Emily Linaman urges San Francisco business professionals to “Pay It Forward” by supporting and mentoring youth. We’ve posted her message in full below. In the video, Emily explains in her own words what inspires her and offers advice to young job seekers.
As we enter yet another holiday season, [...]
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 share, [...]
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