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| United Way Coordinates Tax Assistance |
| Thursday, February 5, 2009 |
| The United Way of Madison County, Community Access Network (CAN) partners and the Alberta Bowman Center VITA volunteers have joined together to conduct VITA Super Saturdays every Saturday in February. VITA - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance - provides free tax preparation for low-income families. Individuals must schedule an appointment with United Way |
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| Thank you for being a friend |
| Thursday, February 5, 2009 |
| Friend to Friend. It's easy; it's direct; it makes a difference. Friend to Friend is a fund drive specifically to provide energy assistance to residents of Madison County. We have benefited tremendously from a partnership with the City of Anderson utility office through the leadership of Greg Graham, currently chairman of the Board of Works. The city |
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| School's out, but learning isn't |
| Sunday, June 1, 2008 |
| School just let out for the summer, so why am I writing about getting ready for school? Simple. Learning moments that occur every day are the essential ingredients to school success for children. So, as the formal school year wraps up, the Born Learning Coalition is gearing up to continue outreach to families with preschoolers.
The premise of Born |
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| 1st Annual UW/Chamber Golf Classic |
| Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
| Register Now for the 1st Annual United Way/Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic!
Player registration and sponsorship packages are sought for the first annual United Way/Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic at Anderson's Meadowbrook Golf Course, Friday, July 11, 2008. The 18-hole event will tee off at 8:30 a.m., following a 7:30 a.m. registration with |
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| A look at non profit standards |
| Monday, May 26, 2008 |
| A look at non profit standards
Last week the United Way board spent most of a day involved in an intensive self assessment. The activities focused on our continuing evolution from a fund raising organization to a community impact organization and on our adherence to United Way of America standards of excellence.
At the end of the day we had |
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| Goals focus on education, income, health |
| Monday, May 19, 2008 |
| Last week our staff joined in the United Way of America Community Leaders Conference opening session via the wonders of technology. Through a webcast, we watched live as CEO Brian Gallagher announced the first national system goals for United Way's work over the next decade to advance "the common good" in America:
• Cut in half the number |
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| It's getting easier to be green |
| Monday, May 12, 2008 |
| We just observed the 38th annual Earth Day; however, the event has decidedly taken a backseat to our everyday realities. This is no longer about "tree-huggers," it's about our quality of life. United Way is not an environmental organization, but as an organization that is focused on The Common Good, we can't escape the fact that everything |
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| This stamp is provided by your letter carrier |
| Monday, May 5, 2008 |
| A remarkable event will take place Saturday, and while it will happen right in front of you, it will be so efficient, so coordinated, so convenient that you may not even realize its impact. Through the efforts of the 300,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) - that includes your mailman or mailwoman - millions of pounds of food |
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| OOPS! |
| Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
| OOPS!
In the Spring 2008 issue of CommUNITY Quarterly, on pages 3 & 5, some of our certified agency funded programs listings were deleted during the printing process.
You will receive a corrected newsletter in the upcoming week. We apologize for any confusion.
Download a list of our 2008-09 funded programs.
Download the Spring 2008 CommUNITY |
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| Cultural detox may be in order |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 |
| "In recent months, the awareness about people unable to disconnect from technology for even a short period of time has gotten a lot of attention." The piece in an e-newsletter that came in last week went on to discuss the recognition of this "compulsive-impulsive" disorder.
I began to think about addictions in a broader sense than we |
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