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 Pacesetter Campaign kicks off with $11.85 million goal
Representatives from more than 50 corporations, businesses, hospitals and non-profit organizations helped kick off United Way of Central Alabama’s 2016 Pacesetter Campaign during a celebration at Lyric Theatre today. The…
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UWCA earns 14 consecutive top ratings from Charity Navigator: “Exceeds Industry Standards”
Birmingham, Alabama– United Way of Central Alabama’s sound fiscal management practices and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity…
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Collaborative efforts improve health rankings
Jefferson and Walker Counties are now healthier communities according to the latest County Health Rankings and Roadmaps report released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin…
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At-Risk Youth Advocate Promotes Involvement
The warehouse of a local brewery was the backdrop for United Way of Central Alabama’s Young Philanthropist Society’s social hour with Donna Dukes, executive director of Maranathan Academy. Her academy…
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New Affinity Group Launched-Women United
United Way of Central Alabama, Inc. has relaunched it’s women’s affinity group to- promote in bigger bolder ways- the critical work women are leading in Central Alabama. The Women United…
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Summer reading program launched in BCS
Birmingham City Schools, The City of Birmingham, Bold Goals Coalition of Central Alabama, The Literacy Council and United Way launched a summer reading initiative with students at Oliver Elementary School….
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Avondale Elementary celebrates end of school year with iBERIABANK
The Pre-K students at Avondale Elementary School, a United Way of Central Alabama Success By 6 school, reveled in popsicle heaven May 11 during a party sponsored iBERIABANK. The popsicle…
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IDA Program helps client move closer to her goals
Joan Collins moved here from Bloomington, Indiana in 2011 as a member of AmeriCorps’s Teach for America. She made Birmingham her home and is now setting out for her piece…
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Bluff Park Community Bike to School Day
More than 100 hundred Bluff Park Elementary students and parents rounded up May 4, for National Bike to School Day. The kids trekked from Shades Crest Baptist Church to Bluff Park…
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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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A Stronger Disaster Response System
Five years have passed since April 27, 2011, when more than 60 confirmed tornadoes touched down and tore through Alabama, leaving paths of death, destruction and devastation. In the days…
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