United Way of Greater Greensboro Celebrates 95 Years!
United Way of Greater Greensboro Celebrates 95 Years! On March 1, 2017, United Way of Greater Greensboro officially celebrates 95 years of improving lives and building a stronger community. The founding of United Way of Greater Greensboro is traced back to The Community Chest, which officially launched its first philanthropic fundraising campaign in Greensboro on […]
Five United Way of Greater Greensboro Partners Receive Statewide Spirit Awards
Five local United Way of Greater Greensboro partners were honored with Spirit of North Carolina Awards at United Way of North Carolina’s annual award luncheon on February 16. Local Spirit Award winners include: City of Greensboro and Guilford County – City/County Municipality 5001+ Employees Guilford County Schools – School Campaigns 5001+ Employees SunTrust Bank – […]
Family Economic Success Day Offers Free Tax Prep
United Way of Greater Greensboro knows the importance of a family’s financial health and has teamed up with BB&T Bank to host its fourth annual Family Economic Success Day, Tuesday, February 28, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at a new location this year – Guilford Child Development, 1200 Arlington St, Greensboro, NC 27406. Family Economic Success […]
City of Greensboro and United Way Seek to Engage Volunteers During National Mentoring Month
January is National Mentoring Month, and this year the City of Greensboro and United Way of Greater Greensboro are celebrating 15 years of the mentoring movement and expanding quality mentoring opportunities in support of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) initiative. This is an opportunity to connect more of our community’s young people with caring […]
PRESS RELEASE: United Way Receives $25,000 Grant From North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
United Way of Greater Greensboro (UWGG) has been awarded a $25,000 North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Ribbon of Hope grant to support UWGG’s Family Success Center. The NC GlaxoSmithKline Foundation grant will allow United Way to increase the capacity of the Family Success Center and expand the educational services provided to low-income families. Funding […]
United Way of Greater Greensboro Receives $25,000 Women to Women Grant to Serve Family Success Center Members
United Way of Greater Greensboro has received a $25,000 grant from the Women to Women Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. Grant funds will be used to increase GED program participants at United Way’s Family Success Center. “The Women to Women Fund is innovative and solution oriented. We are honored and grateful to […]
United Way Joins Drive to Help Kayser-Roth Employees Impacted by Hurricane Matthew
United Way of Greater Greensboro is supporting Kayser-Roth’s local efforts to supply food and relief items for the over 500 Kayser-Roth employees located in Lumberton who were impacted by hurricane Matthew. Kayser-Roth is headquartered in Greensboro and will deliver donated items to Lumberton employees later this week. People can drop off food and relief items […]
White House Summit for My Brother’s Keeper Communities in NC Takes Place at United Way of Greater Greensboro
In advance of the President’s trip to Greensboro for the student forum hosted by ESPN, The White House, in coordination with Bloomberg Associates, hosted a summit on My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) in North Carolina to highlight progress and provide technical assistance to bolster local efforts. The summit took place at United Way of Greater Greensboro. […]
Procter & Gamble engages over 700 employees in service to the community
As part of an annual all staff retreat, on September 21, P&G employees volunteered for 2 hours, making 7,500 trail mix snack packs, over 7,000 toiletry kits, countless encouraging cards and notes, 250 pencil bundles, and almost 100 no-sew blankets. The products produced were donated to over 20 nonprofit organizations, including: Salvation Army Center of […]
CEO Breakfast hosted by Honda Aircraft Company: August 26, 2016
A very special thanks to Honda Aircraft Company for hosting United Way of Greater Greensboro’s annual CEO breakfast. Like Honda’s corporate philosophy of “going to the spot” to identify and solve business and community needs, United Way goes to spots in our community that need the most help so we can make a long-term impact.United […]