Yesterday, Oakland Raider Nnamdi Asomugha teamed up with United Way volunteers to provide 47 Bay Area youths with professional clothing and accessories, as well as job interview training. The event, sponsored by UPS, was the final part of United Way’s Spring Professional Clothing Drive, in which employees from 12 Bay Area companies donated more than 200 suits, [...]
5 Tips for Landing that Summer Internship
April 19, 2010 By
As we get closer to summer, young people start looking for internships to build skills, enhance their college applications, and to find out what they might want to do (or not do) later in life. We asked Ed Oh, Communications Specialist with MatchBridge, a United Way community project for some helpful tips for young job [...]
It All Starts With One Summer…
April 5, 2010 By
Over at MatchBridge, a community project of United Way of the Bay Area, they occasionally post some profiles of the young people they’ve been able to help. As we approach the summer and young people begin looking for employment opportunities we thought it might be nice to share the story about how one member got [...]
Doing More Than Just Talking
March 17, 2010 By
United Way’s Matchridge encourages businesses to open their doors and work with young people to enjoy the benefits they can bring to a workplace and to invest in the workforce of tomorrow. Since its inception, MatchBridge has taken every opportunity possible to offer paid internship opportunities to youth in the community including within their own [...]
Speaking the Language of Taxes
March 8, 2010 By
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 [...]
Fighting for Children’s Health
February 16, 2010 By
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 [...]
Seven Ways to Boost Your Child's Reading
February 9, 2010 By
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 [...]
Thinking Outside the Classroom to Help Children Achieve
February 8, 2010 By
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, better [...]
Will You Be Mine?
February 2, 2010 By
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 [...]
I Am Not a Stereotype
January 25, 2010 By
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 [...]
