MeaningFULL Meals: How One Neighbor Helped Grow a Greensboro Summer Food Drive
When communities come together, real impact happens. That’s the idea behind MeaningFULL Meals—a partnership between United Way of Greater Greensboro and BackPack Beginnings to help ensure children have access to food during the summer months, when school meals are no longer available. Across Greensboro, this community food drive is helping address food insecurity at a critical time of year. And sometimes, it starts with just […]
United Way of Greater Greensboro Celebrates Cone Health and ES&E with 2025 Spirit of North Carolina Awards
[Greensboro, NC] — United Way of Greater Greensboro is proud to celebrate Cone Health and Electric Supply & Equipment (ES&E) as recipients of the 2025 Spirit of North Carolina Awards, presented annually by United Way of North Carolina to recognize outstanding community leadership, partnership, volunteerism, and commitment to creating long-term impact across North Carolina communities. Cone […]
The Choices No Family Should Have to Make
By Frank McCain, President & CEO, United Way of Greater Greensboro Every day in Greensboro, families who are doing everything right still face impossible choices: pay the rent or buy groceries; cover childcare or keep a job; fill a prescription or fill the gas tank.These aren’t isolated stories. Nearly 1 in 5 Greensboro residents lives below […]
Seven United Way Partners Honored with Spirit of NC Awards
Greensboro, NC (February 28, 2022) – Seven local United Way of Greater Greensboro partners will be honored with Spirit of North Carolina Awards at United Way of North Carolina’s annual award event on March 1, 2022. Every year, United Way of North Carolina recognizes organizations that have succeeded in raising funds to support their community and […]