United Way of Greater Greensboro

Contact: Lauren D. Gordon
Director, Marketing & Communications
(336) 378-6617
Lauren.Gordon@unitedwaygso.org

Greensboro, NC – United Way of Greater Greensboro presents its second annual Women In Philanthropy Luncheon on Tuesday, May 22, United Way of Greater Greensboro’s second annual Women in Philanthropy luncheon will bring together the community to celebrate the spirit of giving.  The luncheon will be held at the Greensboro Marriot Downtown, 304 N. Greene Street, beginning at 11:30 am.

Together, United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Women’s Leadership and Tocqueville Women’s Leadership groups represent Women in Philanthropy: women united, to promote community resources that advance family issues.

This year, Women In Philanthropy is excited to announce Karen Walrond, writer and photographer, as the keynote speaker. Karen Walrond, a former engineer and attorney, is the author of Chookooloonks, the award-winning website which pairs striking imagery and inspiring words to provide evidence that the ordinary is, in fact, extraordinary. Karen will share her thoughts on what makes us different makes us beautiful — and may even be the source of our superpowers.

Attendees have the opportunity to win prizes as they network with United Way partner agencies focusing on mentoring and direct volunteer opportunities with children and youth during the program showcase.  Tickets are $35 (including lunch entrée) and are available to purchase online by May 20^th at www.unitedwaygso.org.

For a building to be stable for the long term, it needs a solid foundation. The same is true for life. United Way of Greater Greensboro focuses on education, income and health, because these are the building blocks for a good quality of life.

 

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Contact: Lauren D. Gordon
Director, Marketing & Communications
(336) 378-6617
Lauren.Gordon@unitedwaygso.org

GREENSBORO, NC – United Way of Greater Greensboro held its Annual Meeting on May 9, 2012. During Annual Meeting business, changes in United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Board of Directors were announced. Many new community leaders joined the board and dedicated members announced retirement from board service.

Retiring from board

Mike Bumpass, First Point, Inc./GMA
Lee McAllister, Weaver Investment Company
Laurie Weaver, Our State Magazine/Mann Media
Otis Wilson

 

New to board

Pete Callahan, Wells Fargo
Dr. Harold Martin, North Carolina A&T
Samantha Magill, HondaJet
John Riley, Syngenta
Ben Zuraw, Greensboro Day School

 

Elected Terms Expiring June 2013

Dr. Linda Adams, North Carolina A&T
Dr. Linda P. Brady, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Mona Edwards, Center for Creative Leadership
Kathi Lester, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Susan Shumaker, Cone Health Foundation
Sapna Tejpal, Wells Fargo
Terry Worrell, Guilford County Schools
Bob Sherwood, Ecolab/Kay Chemical
Harold Martin, North Carolina A&T
Sanders Cockman, Merrill Lynch

 

Elected Terms Expiring June 2014

Ceceila Foy-Dorsett, Senn Dunn Insurance
Regina Howard Glaspie, News & Record
Bill Hoffman, United Parcel Service
Murray Kessler, Lorillard Inc.
Dan McGinn, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Brad Rable, United Guaranty
Pressley Ridgill, NewBridge Bank
Martin Schneider, VF Corporation
Judy Schanel, Cone Health
Terry Simon, KPMG

 

Elected Terms Expiring June 2015

Tina Akers Brown, Greensboro Housing Authority
Pete Callahan, Wells Fargo
Odell Cleveland, Welfare Reform Liaison Project, Inc.
Michelle Gethers-Clark
Sue Cole, SAGE Leadership
Kim Gatling, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP
John Riley, Syngenta
Aaron Strasser, Southern Plate and Glass Company
Mary Wood Copeland, Bell Partners, Inc.
Samantha Magill, HondaJet

 

Board appointees

Janice Brewington
John Cross, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Sue D. White, Donathan Properties, Inc
Mike Mahoney, Northwestern Mutual Insurance
Ben Zuraw, Greensboro Day School

 

 

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Contact: Lauren D. Gordon
Director, Marketing & Communications
(336) 378-6617
Lauren.Gordon@unitedwaygso.org

United Way of Greater Greensboro is proud to announce the 2012 Volunteers of the Year. The award recipients were honored at the annual Breakfast for Champions Campaign Celebration, which was held on Thursday, April 26th, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. The Volunteers of the Year award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to United Way, and have continually gone above and beyond in order to support our mission of improving lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

Philip Jones, Reporter at WFMY News 2, and Tamera Ziglar, Leadership Giving Manager at United Way of Greater Greensboro, presented the awards to outstanding companies and individuals. The Volunteers of the Year for 2012 awards went to:

Aaron Strasser, Vice President of Southern Plate & Window Glass, has provided volunteer leadership to United Way of Greater Greensboro for five years.  He currently serves as the chair of the Caring for Everyone’s Health Focus Area Committee, is a member of the Community Investment Council and Board of Directors, and has participated in United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Funding Objective Review Process.  During Mr. Strasser’s tenure, he has devoted more than 200 hours of his time. “Volunteering at the United Way is meaningful to me because I know that the work we are doing has an impact in our community,” Mr. Strasser said. “Every day, programs that we support are making the lives of members of our community better.”

Cleon Reece is a Campaign Associate for United Way of Greater Greensboro. Sponsored by International Textile Group, Mr. Reece has served in his capacity of Campaign Associate for nearly 15 years. His passion for the vision and mission of United Way is unmatched. Eager to share the message of United Way, Mr. Reece openly gives of his time, treasure, and talents for our community. Mr. Reece is a prime example of what it means to LIVE UNITED.

Laurie Weaver, Online Media Manager at Our State, has served on the Helping People Help Themselves Focus Area Committee for more than five years, chairing the committee for a majority of that time.  She is also a member of the Community Investment Council and Board of Directors. This year, Ms. Weaver participated in United Way of Greater Greensboro’s funding objective review process. “United Way is such an important part of the greater Greensboro community. As a volunteer, I feel fortunate to have been able to see first-hand, through the allocations process, the great work of so many diverse agencies and programs,” Ms. Weaver said. “It’s been a truly rewarding experience to be a part of the United Way’s effort in supporting that work.”

Tina Akers Brown, Executive Director of the Greensboro Housing Authority, has been a dedicated volunteer with United Way of Greater Greensboro for 14 years. Most recently, Ms. Brown has led the Growing Successful Kids Focus Area Committee. In addition, Ms. Brown serves on United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Board of Directors, Community Investment Council, Funding Objective Review Process, and actively participates in Women’s Leadership and African American Leadership groups. United Way looks forward to celebrating the upcoming opening of the Thriving at 3 Born Learning Trail at Greensboro Housing Authority’s Claremont Courts Neighborhood, a collaborative project between United Way of Greater Greensboro and Greensboro Housing Authority, which couldn’t have been achieved without Ms. Brown’s support.

Lucy Kluttz has been a volunteer with United Way since 2009. Ms. Kluttz wears more hats for United Way of Greater Greensboro than can be found in a hat store. From being the first person to greet people at United Way’s door to coordinating volunteers and supporting fundraising efforts, Ms. Kluttz does it all. “I saw so much need out there when I used to practice bankruptcy law,” Ms. Kluttz stated. “I felt like there had to be another way to help more people. I think United Way is the most efficient way to help the most people.”

An online photo gallery of last week’s event on is available on United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/unitedwaygso). United Way funds programs and initiatives that address critical community needs. United Way is committed to Growing Successful Kids, Helping People Help Themselves, and Caring for Everyone’s Health.

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Contact: Lauren D. Gordon
Director, Marketing & Communications
(336) 378-6617
Lauren.Gordon@unitedwaygso.org

Greensboro, NC – United Way of Greater Greensboro in partnership with Greensboro Housing Authority will participate in the painting of the Born Learning trail.  Volunteers are invited to help paint the trail on May 7^th in preparation for the grand opening of the trail on May 11^th.

Volunteers are needed from 9am-1pm to assist with the following:

• set up/clean up
• handing out and snacks and water
• distributing supplies and materials
• helping parents w/their children paint shapes, letters, numbers, hopscotch squares, etc. along the walkway of the Born Learning Trail

For decades the statistics have shown that children of different socio-economic backgrounds are performing at significantly different levels when it comes to literacy. The achievement gap widens in reading as children progress through school and may be caused by a deficit in vocabulary. Children from low socioeconomic backgrounds are exposed to nearly 30 million less words than some of their more privileged peers by age three. Exposure to words as a young child can make the difference in the future of students when it comes to reading ability. Kindergarten scores on the early literacy measures are highly predictive of their scores on reading comprehension and receptive vocabulary in fourth and seventh grade.

In response to the community needs, United Way of Greater Greensboro began Thriving at 3, an early childhood initiative which operates under the premise “children who are healthy physically and emotionally by age three are more likely to be successful in school and in life”. Thriving at 3 officially became part of United Way of American’s Born Learning national public engagement campaign in 2008 with primary support from Tocqueville Women’s Leadership.  Born Learning is the public engagement campaign that helps parents, caregivers and communities create early learning opportunities for young children.  Today, Thriving at 3 provides direct service to over 100 families focusing on children’s development, parenting education, family support and promoting early literacy. Extending opportunities in the broader community, the Tocqueville Women’s Leadership Group also support the McGirt-Horton Family Place Play-N-Learn free and fun playgroups for children 1 t0 3 years old and their parents/caregivers.

“We care so deeply about these kids.  We are committed to every child in the Claermont Courts community that they all get off to the best start.  The partnership with GHA Born Learning Trail is the perfect way to link together important assets to the community,” said Keith Barsuhn, President, United Way of Greater Greensboro .

The Born Learning Trail is an actual walking path bordered with playground and fitness equipment; and colorful signage offering guidance encouraging parents/caregivers to interact, talk, listen and play– engaging them in learning activities with their children.  The path connects the Claremont Courts community to the McGirt Horton Library.

Three hundred plants were also donated to United Way on April 26^th by Syngenta’s Demonstration day event.  Mums, Geranium and Veronica are being planted around the trail prior to the trail opening.

For more information on how you can get involved, contact United Way of Greater Greensboro at 336.378.6600.

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Contact: Mary Beth Myers
Greensboro Housing Authority
Special Projects Manager
336-303-3174
mbmyers@gha-nc.org

Greensboro, NC – “Paint Day” for the Claremont Courts Born Learning Trail will be held Monday, May 7^th, from 10 am to 1 pm in the community located off Phillips Avenue.

Children enrolled in the Thriving at Three program, along with their parents, service providers, and staff and volunteers from Greensboro Housing Authority (GHA) and United Way of Greater Greensboro will participate in painting hopscotch, shapes, designs and numbers on the trail that extends approximately 1,373 feet through the heart of Claremont Courts to the McGirt Horton Library.

The Born Learning Trial is an engaging path of interactive activities that helps parents/caregivers promote language and pre-literacy skills, motor skills and school readiness for their young children.  The trail, funded in part by the Tocqueville Women’s Leadership of the United Way of Greater Greensboro, includes exercise equipment, play and sidewalk graphics and will serve as an educational and fun area for young children in the community.

“Our commitment is that every child in the Claremont Courts community gets off to the best start.  We care so deeply about these kids and their families,” said Keith Barsuhn, President, United Way of Greater Greensboro. Thriving at Three operates under the premise of “children who are healthy physically and emotionally by age three are more likely to be successful in school and in life.” “The partnership with GHA Born Learning Trail is the perfect way to link together important assets to the community,” stated Barsuhn.

Claremont Courts provides 250 affordable housing apartments for over 700 low-income, handicapped and elderly Greensboro residents.  The modernization of the community was made possible by the award of $5.58 million in Housing and Urban Development Capital Capital Fund Formula Grant funds pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  The community now includes newly designed exterior facades for all apartments; the addition of a new handicap-accessible community building that houses community meeting space, a kitchen, Police Neighborhood Resource Center, property management offices, and program staff offices; and new landscaping throughout.  An additional $1.8 million in GHA’s Capital Funds provided installation of 250 high energy-star rate 15 SEER heating and cooling systems for the community.

“With the help of Tocqueville Women’s Leadership and United Way of Greater Greensboro, we will offer our youngest residents a great beginning with the Born Learning Trail.  Through the complete community renovations, we will provide Claremont families a great place to call home,” said Tina Akers Brown, Chief Executive Officer for the Greensboro Housing Authority.

Three hundred plants were also donated on April 26th by Syngenta.  Mums, geraniums and salvia are being planted throughout the community. The official Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting for the community will be held May 11, 2012.

 

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Contact: Lauren D. Gordon
Director, Marketing & Communications
(336) 378-6617
Lauren.Gordon@unitedwaygso.org

Greensboro, NC- United Way of Greater Greensboro held its “Breakfast for Champions” campaign celebration at the Greensboro Coliseum’s Terrace Banquet Room this morning. Dr. Linda Brady, United Way of Greater Greensboro’s 2011 Campaign Chair, announced that United Way of Greater Greensboro has raised more than $10.6 million for the community. United Way of Greater Greensboro will continue to fundraise year-round to have the greatest impact on community needs.

Linda Brady stated, “This year’s campaign is an excellent example of how Greensboro steps-up to support community needs by giving, advocating and volunteering.” This year has been an exceptional year of milestones for United Way of Greater Greensboro.  They include embarking on the African American Male Initiative, which supports educational and personal growth of 2nd-5th grade boys at Wiley Elementary School.  United Way celebrated its first Million dollar donor, Lorillard, Inc.  Additionally, African American Leadership held its inaugural African American Speaker Series featuring internationally renowned, Pediatric Neurosurgeon and bestselling author Dr. Benjamin Carson.  “We are fortunate to have generous corporate and individual partners who join together to make a difference in our community,” said Brady.

Corporations and individuals were recognized for outstanding accomplishments throughout the 2011 Campaign. Corporate partners and individuals were recognized with a variety of awards. They are:

Spirit of Greensboro Award                                                                       

The Spirit of Greensboro Award recognizes outstanding commitment, participation, volunteer engagement, and successful leadership.

Award winner: Lorillard Inc.

 

Excellence Awards

This award recognized each top company in four groups who had the highest percent increase in their employee and leadership giving, volunteer engagement, and involvement over the previous year.

Large Company (1,000+ employees): Lorillard, Inc.

Mid Size Company (101-999 employees): Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Small Company (Up to 100 employees): Southeast Fuels, Inc.

Non Profit Organization: Communities in Schools 

 

Achievement Awards

Presented to companies with increased participation and giving per capita.

Platinum Level (100% participation and $400 + per capita)

2H Drafting, Inc.

Leeper, Kean & Rumley, LLP

Southeast Fuels, Inc.

Gold Level (75%+ participation and $250 + per capita)

Bank of North Carolina

The Business Journal

Carruthers & Roth, P.A.

Craft Insurance Center, Inc.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Hagan, Davis, Mangum, Barrett and Langley, PLLC

Kayser-Roth Corporation

Lorillard, Inc.

Premier Commercial Bank

Piedmont Natural Gas

PwC

Silver Level (50%+ participation and $175+ per capita)

 

Brown Investment Properties, Inc.

Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Greensboro Chamber of Commerce

Johnson, Peddrick, & McDonald, PLLC

M.G. Newell Corporation

NewBridge Bank

Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP

Bronze Level (40%+ participation and $100+ per capita)

Berico Fuels, Inc.

BGF Industries, Inc.

Duke Energy Corporation

First Citizens Bank & Trust

Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Greensboro

Lincoln Financial Group

Morrisette Paper Company

Penn National Insurance

Senn Dunn

United Guaranty Corporation

VF Corporation

 

Leadership Award

Recognizes the campaign with the highest level of participation at the leadership giving level.

Award winner: Cone Health

 

Community Impact Award          

Recognizes the workplace campaign with gifts given directly to the LIVE UNITED GIVE UNITED campaign which is the most powerful way to invest locally. These companies had an average per capita gift of $1,443; 58% participation, and 99.77% undesignated dollars.

Duke Energy Corporation

Higgins, Benjamin, Eagles & Adams, PLLC

Lincoln Financial Group

Piedmont Natural Gas

Come Back Kid Campaign

The Come Back Kid Campaign award recognizes the workplace campaign with the most significant revitalization of their campaign.

Award winner: Cone Health

 

Top 10 Companies

1.       Lorillard, Inc.	$1,004,155
2.       Lincoln Financial Group	$630,945
3.       Moses Cone Health System	$611,843
4.       VF Corporation	$601,728
5.       Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.	$341,382
6.       UPS	$296,939
7.       United Guaranty Corporation	$285,488
8.       Guilford County Schools	$249,315
9.       Procter & Gamble	$236,424
10.   Volvo Group of Companies	$229,672

 

CEO Leadership Award                                                 

This year United Way of greater Greensboro recognized a CEO who is visible and vocal in his/her involvement and support of United Way. 

Award winner: Murray Kessler – Chairman, President and CEO, Lorillard, Inc.

 

Outstanding Team Award

Recognizes the team that demonstrates extraordinary leadership, initiative and management of campaign with a high level of organization and creativity.

Large Company (1,000+ employees): Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

Mid Size Company (101-999 employees): Novartis Animal Health

Small Company (Up to 100 employees): McGladrey

Non Profit Organization: Greensboro Housing Authority 

“Reaching out a hand to influence the condition of ALL” Award

Recognizes companies that create unique opportunities to increase awareness and meet the critical needs in the community.

Bank of America

Beacon Technologies, Inc.

Cone Health

Evonik Stockhausen

News & Record

Scott Insurance

United Guaranty Corporation

Volvo Group of Companies

 

Employee Campaign Managers Award

Recognizes Campaign Managers who have shown exceptional leadership and commitment to their workplace campaign. 

Award Winners:

 

Ruth Edwards – The ARC of Greensboro

Ford Bowers – BB&T

John Buford & Kathryn Whitaker – Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Karin Henderson – Cone Health

Chandra White & Tracey Parker – Deluxe Financial Services Customer Center

Kara-Lyn Little & Jim Wooten – Evonik Stockhausen      

Natasha Howell – Guilford Child Development

Linda Fitts – Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro

Jeff Busch & Kristine Williams – Kay Ecolab

Leslie Welch – Lorillard, Inc.

Brent Holmes – Procter & Gamble

Linda Jackson & Team – Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP           

               

 “I  Would do Anything for United Way” Award

This award recognizes companies that use creative incentives to get staff involved.

Cone Health

Lincoln Financial Group

 

Engagement Group “Stand-Outs”

This award recognizes individuals for their service to a United Way of Greater Greensboro Engagement group with enthusiasm and dedication.

African American Leadership: Deno Adkins and Regina Howard-Glaspie

Women’s Leadership: Samantha Lyons-Kittrell

Young Leaders: Cindy Edwards

 

Agencies & Standouts                                                  

This year United Way member agencies participated in over 200 company rallies, tours and fairs.

Outstanding United Way Member Agency Speaker of the Year Awards:

Judy West – Adult Center for Enrichment

Jimmi Williams – Communities In Schools

Sabrina Cooke-Davis – Family Life Council

Johnny Vineyard – Family Service of the Piedmont

Linda Fitts – Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro

Jenny Gore – Reading Connections

Marcy Ray – Reading Connections

Outstanding United Way Member Agency Speaker Coordinators of the Year:

 Frances Deblois and Diane Spurgeon  – Family Service of the Piedmont

Tammy Chaput – Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro

Marcy Ray – Reading Connections

United Way of Greater Greensboro Volunteers of Year

Individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to United Way and has continually gone above and beyond in order to support United Way’s mission.

Tina Akers-Brown

Lucy Kluttz

Cleon Reece

Aaron Strasser

Laurie Weaver

 

Keith Barsuhn, President and CEO of United Way of Greater Greensboro stated, “The contributions from companies and individuals are extraordinary, greatly appreciated and so very critical at this time.  These dollars represent the largest collective source of private sector funds in Greensboro allocated each year to health and human service needs.  More lives will be positively changed as a result of this collective impact.” United Way of Greater Greensboro Board of Directors approves funding decisions in May and its fiscal year ends June 30.

United Way funds programs and initiatives that address critical community needs. United Way is committed to Growing Successful Kids, Helping People Help Themselves, and Caring for Everyone’s Health.

 

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Contact: Lauren D. Gordon
Director, Marketing & Communications
(336) 378-6617
Lauren.Gordon@unitedwaygso.org

WHAT: United Way of Greater Greensboro will hold its Annual Breakfast for Champions Campaign Celebration to recognize and thank volunteers. United Way will recognize the outstanding commitment, participation, volunteer engagement, and successful leadership of organizations and individuals that made a difference in their community in 2010-2011. Presenting awards will be Philip Jones, WFMY News 2 and Gretchen O’Shay, Vice President, Donor Relations, United Way of Greater Greensboro. Breakfast will be served.

WHY:  “The contributions from companies and individuals are extraordinary, greatly appreciated and so very critical at this time.  These dollars represent the largest collective source of private sector funds in Greensboro allocated each year to health and human service needs.  More lives will be positively changed as a result of this collective impact.” –Keith Barsuhn, President and CEO, United Way of Greater Greensboro

CONTACT:  Lauren Davis Gordon @ 336-509-3668

WHO: United Way of Greater Greensboro

WHERE: Greensboro Coliseum’s Terrace Banquet Room

WHEN: Thursday, April 26^th, 7:30am – 9:00am

Press Release with award recipients will be sent out on Friday AM after the celebration.

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Contact: Lauren Gordon
Director, Marketing & Communications
(336) 378-6617
Lauren.Gordon@unitedwaygso.org

GREENSBORO, NC – On Saturday, April 14^th, Fifteen United Way Young Leaders spent their morning volunteering at Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro. Sally Cobb, Horticultural Therapist at Hospice, directed each of the volunteers throughout the morning. Sally began the day by leading the volunteers on tour of the Hospice campus, showing them the lush gardens that residents and their families use for therapeutic purposes at Beacon Place.

When the tour concluded, ten United Way Young Leader volunteers created a beautiful path for residents to safely enter the newly remodeled prayer garden.  “I’ve wanted to volunteer for awhile now.  When I saw that United Way Young Leaders had a gardening project, which was an opportunity to be outdoors and to help others, I was even more excited,” explained United Way volunteer, Lindsay Garland.  “I don’t believe they could maintain the gardens without community support; it is too big of a job for one person.”

Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro is a non-profit organization aimed to ease the hardship of caring for loved-ones facing a life-limiting illness. A patient is eligible for hospice care when they have been given six-months or less to live by a physician and curative treatment is no longer an option. In conjunction with Hospice, Kids Path is a specialized program for children living with serious, progressive medical conditions.  In addition, Kids Path provides support for children and youth experiencing the grief associated with the illness or death of a loved one. Kids Path was founded by Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro. The United Way of Greater Greensboro is proud to help fund certain programs through Hospice and Kids Path because it will lead to an increase access to healthcare, support, and prevention education services for individuals with, or at risk of, specialized health needs.

The physical, emotional and spiritual demands of caring for a person in declining health can be daunting. Hospice care provides support as well as comfort and dignity for patients and their caregivers and families in order to ease those demands and cope with the impending death. Please help provide the support they need even just for a day in the beautiful garden at the Hospice & Palliative Care of Greensboro.

For more information about how to get involved in Young Leaders please contact Julia Cox, Leadership and Giving Manager, at Julia.Cox@unitedwaygso.org or (336) 378-6605.

 

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Greensboro, NC – United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Women’s Leadership seeks to foster mentoring relationships with teenage mothers through the Teen Parenting Program administered by Family Services of the Piedmont.  By meeting with the young ladies over afternoon ‘Tea’,  Volunteers from the Women’s Leadership group were able to initiate conversation with Teens.  The participating members of Women’s Leadership and Teens will later connect to continue this relationship in a mentoring capacity.  The pairing of Teens and supportive mentors is based on mutual interests, career aspirations and similar personalities.

This event took place on Saturday April 14^th in the boardroom of the Children’s Home Society from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.  Women’s Leadership members provided tea sets and light hors d’oeuvres.  A brief etiquette lesson will also be shared. The mission of Women’s Leadership is: To mobilize women to become powerful philanthropists through their time, talent and treasure; improving the lives of children and families.

Women’s Leadership empowers a community of women to become philanthropic leaders. Approximately 450 diverse women contribute $1,000 or more annually to United Way to improve the lives of children and families. Together they create opportunities to cultivate leadership skills while networking and volunteering throughout Greensboro.

For more information about the United Way Women’s Leadership, contact Tamera Ziglar, Leadership and Giving Manager, at Tamera.Ziglar@unitedwaygso.org.

 

United Way funds programs and initiatives that address critical community needs. United way is committed to Growing Successful Kids, Helping People Help Themselves, and Caring for Everyone’s Health.

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Contact: Lauren D. Gordon
Director, Marketing & Communications
(336) 378-6617
Lauren.Gordon@unitedwaygso.org

United Way Young Leaders are coordinating a 2012 “Pirate” team theme for the Human Race to raise money for United Way of Greater Greensboro.  The Human Race is an annual fundraiser that provides critical funding for numerous non profit organizations. Many agency programs depend on this event for a majority of their funding.

Last year, United Way Young Leaders raised over $3,000, which surpassed their goal of $2,000.  This year they have set a goal to raise over $4,000 that will go to United Way programs and services.  To view a complete list of United Way programs and services that are creating a real impact in the Greensboro community, visit www.unitedwaygso.org/ourfocus.

The race will begin at the Greensboro Coliseum on March 31^st at 10:00 am. Registration begins at 9:00 am.  All those interested in joining the United Way team are encouraged to sign up on the United Way of Greater Greensboro website. The team will be both a walking and a running team. Other volunteer opportunities are available with race day logistics or to cheer on the team.

Sign up to volunteer at unitedwaygso.org. For questions about this event or about United Way Young Leaders, please contact Julia Cox at Julia.cox@unitedwaygso.org.

 

 

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