A MAINSTAY BEHIND A WIDE RANGE OF CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS, THE UNITED WAY CONTINUES TO CHANGE WITH THE TIMES. The organization known today as…
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Double-Digit Drop in Local Veterans’ Homelessness
Earlier this month, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) announced the number of…
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United Way Area Agency on Aging of Jefferson County: Request for Application
The United Way Area Agency on Aging of Jefferson County, a program of the United Way of Central Alabama, Inc., has been designated as the Area Agency on Aging for…
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EBSCO Executive motivates Publix campaign teams
Jim Stephens, Board Chairman EBSCO Industries and Tocqueville Society Member, spoke to Publix Super Markets United Way campaign coordinators today during their campaign coordinator training. Stephens chronicled his life’s work…
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Statewide Information and Referral Service Expands
Alabama’s 2-1-1 network upgraded its functionality to expand a user’s ability to connect to needed services. The state resource hotline went from being a static call and dispatch service to…
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Credit repair the focus for lunch seminar
United Way of Central Alabama and BBVA Compass recently hosted a Credit Repair Lunch and Learn for community members, staff and Individual Development Account enrollees. The free seminar offered helpful…
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2016 Pacesetter Kickoff
The Pacesetter Campaign kicked off Thursday, June 9, with a breakfast at the Lyric Fine Arts Theatre featuring John Scalici, Get Rythm, who used a variety of drums, sound and rhythm to…
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United Way: Air Quality Awareness Week – Do Your Share for Cleaner Air!
United Way’s Healthy Communities initiative participates in Alabama Partners for Clean Air (APCA), which is an affiliation of public and private organizations working to implement voluntary strategies that improve air…
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Tocqueville Society and Young Philanthropists Society Enjoy a Day of Giving
The sound of masking tape being ripped, plastic bags being torn and cardboard boxes being filled became background noise for the laughter and good natured chatter as members of the…
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Priority Veteran – Helping Veterans Make a Fresh Start
Priority Veteran served 626 homeless veterans and their families in 2015. We were touched to receive the following thank you note from, Mr. Louie Battle, an Army Veteran, who is…
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How Working with United Way Can be Life-Changing
Loaned Executive Spotlight: Gena Hyatt Imagine for a minute your manager calls you into his/her office to let you know you have been selected for a “Loaned Executive” program, where…
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Celebrating a Lifetime of Giving
How long have you been giving to United Way? United Way of Central Alabama has identified 75 people who have been giving for 50 years or more, a lifetime of…
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