You could win Carolina Panthers season tickets for the 2013-14 season. We’re talking club level seats for two with parking included!
$100/raffle ticket. Only 1500 tickets will be sold. Proceeds benefit United Way of Greater Greensboro’s annual campaign. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 14. Check back here for more information to on how to purchase yours.
National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate people doing extraordinary things through service. Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week focuses national attention on the impact and power of volunteerism and service as an integral aspect of our civic leadership. The week draws the support and endorsement of the president and Congress, governors, mayors and municipal leaders, as well as corporate and community groups across the country.
LIVE UNITED – Volunteer at one of the many service opportunities organized by Women’s Leadership and Young Leaders.
Click here to see the list of projects through Women’s Leadership. Women’s Leadership is focused on uniting women to empower and strengthen families to succeed. Read more about Women’s Leadership.
Women’s Leadership invites you to participate in a week of volunteer activities, from 1 hour to a full day, that impact women and families. These volunteer opportunities are open to all who want to make a difference – men and women!
To sign up for a volunteer opportunity, click the linked time slot and complete the registration form.
Click here to download an overview schedule for Week of Caring opportunities.
Assemble Materials for Bereavement Camp
Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
Up to 4 volunteers are needed to assemble materials for the Wish Ceremony during the Kids Path Bereavement Camp.
Assist Young Children in Early Literacy Program
Raising A Reader Program – Claremont Courts Community Center, 2702 Patio Place, Greensboro
4 Volunteers are needed to assist preschool children with simple learning activities.
Beautification Projects
Volunteer Center of Greensboro – Meet at Wiley Elementary School, 600 West Terrell Street, Greensboro
Several volunteers are needed to build picnic tables, bookcases, and paint murals. Wear comfortable clothes to work on. Materials are provided.
Guilford Child Development, 1200 Arlington Street, Greensboro
4 to 6 Volunteers are needed to paint an office, clean interior windows, and reorganize the agency resource center. Materials are provided.
Blood Donor Days
American Red Cross, 1501 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro
Volunteers needed to donate blood throughout the day
Volunteers needed to work in the blood donation canteen serving snacks
Volunteers needed to greet blood donors
Collect Poetry for “A Poem in my Pocket”
Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
This volunteer opportunity is to collect poems for “A Poem in my Pocket.” Write or print poems on individual pieces of paper to make a difference for patients and family members during difficult times. This project can be completed off-site at any point during the Week of Caring.
Bring items to HPCG, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, Sunday 4/21 to Saturday 4/27 between 9:00am-5:00pm
Create Crafts to Decorate Beacon Place
Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
Volunteers are needed to create spring crafts or decorations for the exterior of patients’ doors, bulletin boards, and the nurses’ station. This project can be completed on-site or off-site at any point during the Week of Caring.
Create “Worry Jars” for Kids Path Support Groups
Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
Volunteers are needed to create “Worry Jars”, a therapeutic tool made from recycled jars/containers used at Kids Path for children to write down their worries. This project can be completed off-site at any point during the Week of Caring.
Decorate Pillow Cases for Kids Path Patients and Clients
Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
Volunteers are needed to decorate pillow cases with fabric paint to use as a therapeutic tool at Hospice and Palliative Care Center of Greensboro’s Kids Path program. This project can be completed off-site at any point during the Week of Caring.
Deliver Meals to Homebound Individuals
Senior Resources of Guilford – Meet at Peace United Church of Christ, 2714 West Market Street, Greensboro
Volunteers are needed with their own cars to deliver meals to homebound individuals
Donate Shelter Items for Domestic Violence Survivors
Hold a supply drive for families at Family Service of the Piedmont’s domestic violence shelter, Clara House. Items requested include Walmart gift cards, body bath towels, eating utensils, plastic tableware, and large size toiletries.
Inspire Teens with Your Career Story
YWCA Greensboro, 4002-E Spring Garden Street, Greensboro
5 volunteers needed to speak to teen and young mothers and share your career story
Mock Interviews
Women’s Resource Center, 628 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
3 volunteers are needed to conduct Mock Interviews with clients to prepare them for job interviews. Volunteers must have Human Resource or interviewing applicants experience.
Prepare Meals
YWCA Greensboro, 4002-E Spring Garden Street, Greensboro
A group of volunteers are needed to prepare, provide, and serve a meal to 30 teen and young adult mothers and their 20 children.
Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
A group of volunteers are needed to prepare and serve a home cooked lunch or dinner to Beacon Place patients and their family members.
A group of volunteers are needed to prepare and serve a treat to Beacon Place patients and their family members.
Volunteers are needed to prepare baked goodies or frozen casseroles to be shared with Kids Path families.
Receptionist Needed
One Step Further, 623 Eugene Ct, Greensboro
1 Volunteer needed to answer phones per shift
Sort and Organize Office Supplies and Books
Reading Connections, 122 North Elm Street, Suite 520, Greensboro
4 to 6 volunteers needed to assistwith sorting and organizing office supplies and books.
Work in the Garden
Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 2500 Summit Avenue, Greensboro
A group of volunteers are needed to work with Hospice Horticulture Therapist in the Kids Path and Beacon Place gardens. Work gloves are the only required materials to bring.
Today, as a part of International Women’s Day, United Way of Greater Greensboro celebrates women.
We should be proud our city’s historical role in advancing the status of women. Greensboro was the champion of North Carolina for educating women of all races, long before women and minorities were legally recognized as equal citizens. Read more about Greensboro’s role in the history of women in North Carolina.
We celebrate the achievements our community has made to improve women’s equality. We remain vigilant and tenacious for further sustainable change.
The advancement of women is of prime importance to the economy, business, and society. United Way of Greater Greensboro and many community partners are working to improve our local economy by focusing on family economic success.
One of the significant challenges to becoming stable and self-sufficient is the affordability of child care. Safe, affordable, quality child care allows parents to obtain and retain a job. It also helps children develop in a healthy manner and ultimately start school ready to succeed. Access to affordable child care is essential for a strong economy.[i]
Many families in Greensboro are fortunate to have access to child care subsidies and scholarships from government and charitable sources, like United Way. However, working families and families that have a parent attending post-secondary school are often on waiting lists for 1 to 2 years before their family becomes eligible to apply. At any given point there are 2500+ children on the waiting lists in our area to receive help. [iv]
In honor of International Women’s Day, take this opportunity to share this story with a woman who wants to make a difference in her community. Then, consider making an online donation to United Way of Greater Greensboro to help us continue providing child care scholarships and addressing the challenge of affordable child care.
Click here to read more about our state’s child care subsidy program.
Click here to go to child care subsidy fact sheets for each NC county.
Click here to read more about our community partner, Guilford Child Development’s, child care scholarship program.
[i] Child Care Aware® of America (2012, September 11). Helping Parents Find Affordable, Quality Child Care is Critical to the Economy. Retrieved from: http://www.naccrra.org/news-room/press-releases/2012/9/helping-parents-find-affordable-quality-child-care-is-critical-to-th
[ii] Laughlin, L./U.S. Census Bureau (2010). Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2005 and Summer 2006. Retrieved from: http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p70-121.pdf
[iii] NCRCCR&R ‘s database as of 6/30/09 (based on licensed programs) as cited in Guilford Child Development (2011). 2010 Child Care in the Guilford County. Retrieved from: http://guilfordchilddev.org/docs/rccrr/rccrr-childcare-stats-guilford-county.pdf
[iv] J. Fairley, personal communication, March 5, 2013 / D. Hill, personal communication, February 28, 2013
United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Women’s Leadership is a group of women united to empower and strengthen families to succeed.
United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Women’s Leadership members invite you to attend the 3rd annual Women in Philanthropy Luncheon, benefiting programs & initiatives supported by United Way of Greater Greensboro.
Join us for this luncheon open to all who want to make a difference.
This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Maya Angelou, Renaissance Woman and Best Selling Author.
Only a few tickets remain! To purchase tickets, please contact Julie Longmire at 378.5023 or Julie.Longmire@unitedwaygso.org.
When: Tuesday, May 14 from 11:30 am- 1:30pm
Where: Grandover Resort & Conference Center
Tickets are $50 (including lunch entrée)
United Way of Greater Greensboro’s office will be closed on January 1st, 2013 for New Year’s Day.
Please note that 2012 donation payments may be mailed to 1500 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, NC 27405 throughout the end of the year. Check donations postmarked and dated by December 31, 2012 will be honored as 2012 contributions if they are received by United Way the first week of January 2013. Credit card payments must be made by 5:00 p.m. December 28, 2012.
Online giving is for new donations/payments only, not for payment of outstanding balances.
If you are paying off a current pledge by credit card this must be done by phone or in person at the United Way location on Yanceyville St. before 5:00 p.m. December 28, 2012
If you wish to make a new donation and pay that donation online this must be done prior to 5:00 p.m. in order to process the charge and be eligible for your tax donation. Online credit cards are NOT processed automatically, so please make sure you post your pledge/payment by 5:00 p.m. December 28, 2012.
Our website will not accept new pledges after December 28, 2012. It will reopen January 2nd for new donations.
If you have any questions please contact Dawn Taylor at dawn.taylor@unitedwaygso.org or 336-378-6612.
Contact: John McLendon
Director, Marketing & Communications
336-378-6617
John.McLendon@unitedwaygso.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
United Way of Greater Greensboro Adds Three New Team Members.
Greensboro, NC, November 20, 2012 – United Way of Greater Greensboro announces the addition of three new key staff members to its team.
Marci Peace has been hired as the new Vice President of Finance and Administration. In her new role, she will be responsible for the Finance Department, Human Resources and IT. Marci is a Certified Public Accountant with experience in audit, cost, managerial, and donor accounting, reporting and analysis, as well as, process improvement. She joins United Way from Greensboro College where she was the Vice President of Administration and Finance since 2001.
Ray Robinson joins the team as a new Relationship Manager. His responsibilities include fundraising and managing volunteer strategies. Ray most recently served as Director of Development at Ken Etheridge & Associates a full-service marketing and advertising agency.
Katherine Pickett has been named Executive Administrative Assistant. In her role, she will be responsible for providing support to the President and other key leaders. Katherine has a track record of excellent support and joins United Way from Targacept, a pharmaceutical research company.
United Way of Greater Greensboro supports critical needs in our community in the areas of education, income and health. 2012 marks the 125th birthday of the United Way. In 1887, in Denver, CO, United Way became one of the most important social inventions in history and sparked a movement that established United Way. In 2012, United Way of Greater Greensboro celebrates 90 years of local investments.
Contact: John McLendon
Director, Marketing & Communications
336-378-6617
John.McLendon@unitedwaygso.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNITED WAY ANNOUNCES HANDBAGS FOR LITERACY, A CELEBRATION OF FASHION AND COMPASSION.
Greensboro, NC, September 25, 2012 –United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Women’s Leadership Committee announces its third annual fall event, “Handbags For Literacy”. The event will be held Thursday, October 18th, with doors open at 5:30 p.m. in the Empire Room at 203 South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro.
The event includes a live auction of an incredible selection of new and gently used “designer” handbags. Admission to the event is only $5.00 and includes appetizers and celebratory beverages for everyone as well as a bidding number for the handbag auction.
The money raised from the auction will benefit the new expansion project for United Way’s Thriving At 3 Initiative – “Raising A Reader”. The program specifically assists economically disadvantaged families in the Greater Greensboro area and provides them access to a broad collection of high quality, award winning children’s books for parents to share with their children.
“Our mission, in Women’s Leadership, is to develop powerful philanthropists through giving and volunteerism. This event is a wonderful opportunity that will help empower parents as teachers to prepare children for a strong start in kindergarten as life-long learners and will enrich a child’s life for years to come”, stated Kim Yount, Women’s Leadership Committee Chair.
For the event, United Way is requesting donations of new and gently used “designer” handbags by October 10th. Donations are being accepted at the United Way of Greater Greensboro offices located at 1500 Yanceyville Street, between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. There will also be a one-day drop-off site on Thursday, October 4th from 10 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Friendly Shopping Center Customer Service Center at 3110 Kathleen Avenue.
Also available is the “Girlfriend Package” for tables up to 6 guests which includes admission, bidding paddles, guaranteed seating, a bottle of champagne to share, and a platter of appetizers. The cost is $75 prior to September 30 and $100 thereafter. A limited number of tables is available.
For more information, contact Julie Longmire at (336) 378-5023 or Julie.longmire@unitedwaygso.org. More details are also available at unitedwaygso.org.
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United Way of Greater Greensboro supports 89 programs and initiatives through 29 member agencies and partners meeting critical needs in our community in the areas of education, income and health. 2012 marks the 125th birthday of the United Way. In 1887, in Denver, CO, United Way became one of the most important social inventions in history and sparked a movement that established United Way. In 2012, United Way of Greater Greensboro celebrates 90 years of local investments.
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Many issues are important to all of us. Issues like the economy, jobs, a good education for the next generation of American workers and building strong communities.
If you care about these or other issues, the best way you can make a difference, is to register to VOTE and turn out on Election Day or during early voting to make sure your voice is heard.
Today through October 12, you can register (and update your registration) to VOTE in the November 6th elections.
You may be wondering, “Am I eligible to vote?” Do you meet these requirements:
If you were previously convicted of a felony, your citizenship rights must be restored to make you eligible to vote.
If you answered yes to the questions above, you are eligible to VOTE.
Registering to VOTE is a simple process. Visit ncsbe.gov to download registration forms, see sample ballots and discover answers to questions like:
Join with United Way and make your voice heard on important issues like education, financial stability and health.
VOTE on election day. REGISTER NOW.
Third Annual Handbags for Literacy: A Celebration of Fashion and Compassion
WHEN: doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Live auction begins at 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: “That” Space located in The Empire Room
203 S. Elm Street, Greensboro
*Complimentary Parking in adjacent deck
Bring your family and friends out for an incredible night of fun, fashion and fundraising to benefit disadvantaged children on Thursday, October 18. For a $5 admission, each participant receives a bidding number, wine, appetizers and the chance to own a designer handbag. A wide selection will be auctioned, with a bag to fit every budget.
The money raised from the auction will benefit the new expansion project from United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Thriving at Three Initiative – “Raising A Reader.” The program specifically assists economically disadvantaged families living in the Greater Greensboro area and provides them with access to a broad collection of high quality, award winning children‘s books for parents to share with their children. By empowering parents as teachers to read to their children and prepare them for a strong start in kindergarten, they will be encouraged as life long learners.
Donations of New and gently used designer handbag may be made at United Way of Greater Greensboro, 1500 Yanceyville Street.
New for 2012! Reserved seating is available with the Girlfriend Package, which includes sponsorship and registration for a table up to six seats, a bottle of champagne, souvenir glasses to keep, and a platter of appetizers for the table to share.
For more information, contact Julie Longmire at 336-378-5023.
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