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.
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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.
Looking to give back this holiday season? Join Young Leaders for a day of service!
Saturday, December 8 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
2012 HoliDAYS of Service Projects:
Adult Center for Enrichment (ACE) - Some of you may have volunteered here during Spring Into Service. Now we have the opportunity to help them with a Fall cleanup! United Way will provide some yard tools and hot cocoa. If anyone else has yard tools they can loan us for the day (rakes, gloves, etc.) they would be very much appreciated!
Volunteer Center of Greater Greensboro - The Volunteer Center is a great organization that helps many members of our community, and they need our help reorganizing and decorating their office. No supplies are needed.
United Way of Greater Greensboro - We will help clean and bag books for the United Way’s Thriving at 3 program. Thriving at 3 is an early childhood initiative of United Way of Greater Greensboro with a simple premise: children who are healthy, physically and emotionally, by age 3 are more likely to be successful in school and in life. No supplies are needed.
Contact: John McLendon
Director, Marketing & Communications
336-378-6617
John.McLendon@unitedwaygso.org
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United Way of Greater Greensboro Hosts Annual Trunk or Treat Event
Calling All Kids!
Greensboro, NC – On Sunday, October 28th, the United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Young Leaders will host their annual “Trunk or Treat” event from 2pm-4pm in the United Way Parking Lot located at 1500 Yanceyville Street in Greensboro.
The trunk or treat event also offers a variety of exciting activities for kids of all ages. Young Leaders will be organizing a variety of events, including face painting, guessing games, bean bag toss, a cake walk, and lots of prizes! For those with a competitive spirit, the “best-decorated” trunk will win the prize! Last year, over 40 trunks provided tricks, treats, and activities for over 700 people of all ages.
There is a variety of ways for the community to help or get involved:
1) Donate a Trunk. Donate $50.00 and your name will be displayed on one of the participating trunks. Please make checks payable to United Way of Greater Greensboro and send to 1500 Yanceyville Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Attn: Young Leaders.
2) Decorate a Trunk. Sign up to create your own ghoulishly decorated trunk, and pass out candy to children from the community and United Way sponsored programs.
3) Bring your children! Kids of all ages are welcome at the United Way Young Leaders trunk or treat! We hope to see you on October 28th from 4pm-6pm!
United Way Young Leaders is a group of young professionals under 40 years old who give $120 or more to support United Way and are passionate about volunteering to make things happen in our community.
For more information about this event or United Way Young Leaders, please contact United Way of Greater Greensboro at 336-378-6600 or visit unitedwaygso.org .
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.
This blog post was written by Susan Watson in a series of guest blogs surrounding Women in Philanthropy on May 22nd. Susan works for Northwestern Mutual and has been a UWGG donor for 12 years. Susan is a member of United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Women’s Leadership Council, serving as chair in 2010.
In the days following the 2nd Annual Women in Philanthropy Luncheon, I heard a number of discussions around the idea put forth by Karen Walrond of a life list, or as she likes to call it, a life menu. Karen explained that a menu differs from a bucket list, giving us options to pick and choose from things that make us smile or give us joy. This appealed to me because I am a list maker, lots of lists, all kinds of lists. That doesn’t necessarily mean I get a lot of things checked off, I just like to plan, organize and make lists. I strongly suspect that I’m not alone.
One conversation I heard was about Susan’s (another Susan) great Easter trip to the Mykonos Islands. After hearing her describe it, I added it to my list which is already filled with travel. But, as we are making our life menus, I hope one phrase comes to mind that Karen, very carefully wove in an out of her story: “help where you can”. She heard it from her father all through her childhood, help where you can. Our greatest smiles come when we’ve taken the time to make others smile.
In the spirit of helping others, my list (I still like to call it a list) also has an entry for a foreign mission trip. Does that mean I can check off helping others with that one big trip? I think not. I believe that Karen’s father meant help where you can, every time you can, with the talents and resources that you’ve been given.
United Way supports 70 programs and initiatives through 29 member agencies. Each program and initiative must demonstrate that it meets a need in the community, makes an impact, and aligns with United Way’s objectives. Let me say it once more, fully vetted programs that meet a need right here in our community. There is something for you. This is your call to action: join us, Women in Philanthropy, African American Leadership, Young Leaders… help where you can.
I think William Arthur Ward said it best: “Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.”
There are approximately 45,000 students in the Guilford County School System who qualify for free or reduced price meals. For 180+ days each year, these students consistently know where their breakfast and lunch will come from.
What happens when school lets out?
Hunger is one of the most severe roadblocks to the learning process. Lack of nutrition during the summer months may set up a cycle for poor performance once school begins again. Hunger also may make children more prone to illness and other health issues. 1
We believe that children should not have to worry where they will find their next meal.
While Guilford County Schools provides seven Greensboro locations for summer meals, United Way’s 2012 Summer MeaningFULL Meals project seeks to provide substantive meals for students in the Gillespie Park Elementary and Wiley Elementary School communities for the 10 weeks school is not in session.
Because of generous contributions, last summer approximately 100 families received weekly bags of non-perishable food at Gillespie Park Elementary School.
This year we are expanding the MeaningFULL Meals program to include students in United Way of Greater Greensboro’s African American Male Mentoring Pilot Program, located at Wiley Elementary School. Both the Wiley Elementary School Principal Dr. Shelia Gorham and Mentoring Program Director Rashard Jones are excited to learn that the progress gained by the 50 young men in grades 2-5 will be supported by a unified effort to provide nutritional meals for the students over the summer break. In addition to MeaningFULL Meals, participants in the AAM Mentoring Pilot Program at Wiley will also participate in a summer enrichment program.
LIVE UNITED and get involved!
GIVE
Donate food items including:
Mac & Cheese (microwaveable); Canned Veggies; Bread; Tuna & Chicken (vacuum sealed); Ramen Noodles; Fruit Cups; Applesauce; Fruit Roll-Ups; Juice Boxes; Dried Rice & Beans; Peanut Butter & Jelly (pre-made or individual jars); Breakfast Cereal (hot and cold); Pop-Tarts; Graham and Other Snack Crackers; Chips; Pasta & Spaghetti Sauce; Freeze Pops; Hamburger Helper; Single Serve Size Spaghetti & Lasagna (non-perishable)
Donations can be dropped off at United Way of Greater Greensboro’s Office (1500 Yanceyville St., Greensboro) Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
ADVOCATE
Share facts about summer-time childhood hunger with your friends and colleagues. Click here to download one fact for each week throughout the summer.
Coordinate a food drive at your workplace. We need sustained drives from now until the end of August. Contact Tamera Zigalar (Leadership Giving Manager) at 336-378-6604 for additional information about coordinating a drive.
VOLUNTEER
Sign up to pack bags and distribute food on a Tuesday or Thursday at either Gillespie Park or Wiley Elementary school. Distribution begins Tuesday, June 12 and ends Thursday, August 23. Click here to register as a volunteer.
1-US Dept. of Agriculture Summer Food Service Program (www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/summer/)
Young Leaders will be getting together at The Speak Easy Tavern (1706 Battleground Ave., Greensboro) for an afternoon of friendly competition! We have the patio and back bar reserved from 1-4 PM and will be providing free appetizers. Click the link below to register your team in the competition.
Young Leaders are professionals under age 40 who give $120 or more to support United Way of Greater Greensboro. Some Young Leaders are passionate about being an advocate for issues like Education, Income Stability, and Health. Other Young Leaders are passionate about volunteering and want to make things happen in our community. They know that if they want to make things happen they have to get involved.
Being a Young Leader is about connecting with people who care and supporting the work of United Way. Like us on Facebook to stay up to date with Young Leader events and activities.
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