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Early Learning

Read Across America Week sends Second Quarter for Literacy into overtime

March 1, 2019

To win any game, you need more than a single solid play. You need a training program to build on the strengths of each player,...

Financial Empowerment

4 Reasons why VITA means more than a tax return – it’s empowerment!

February 22, 2019

Piles of paperwork. Hours at the computer. Long visits to the accountant. For most of us, tax season is a hassle we’d rather do without....

Financial Empowerment

VITA’s got you covered: free tax prep is back for 2019!

February 13, 2019

Tax season is here – a time of year that most of us find a little, well, taxing. And with good reason! It’s time consuming,...

Early Learning

Ready to get off the sidelines?

December 7, 2018

Every chapter of a child’s life is worth cheering for. And when we fight for youth success, we empower the next generation of learners, leaders...

United Way

Disrupt the Shrug

November 2, 2018

Philadelphia remains the nation’s poorest large city, but according to the latest Census report, the deep poverty rate has actually gotten worse (rising from about...

United Way

It isn’t up to someone else

October 3, 2018

Can we get real about something? Poverty is a problem. It’s pervasive. And it isn’t up to someone else to solve it – none of...

United Way

When life happens, United Way bridges the gap

October 1, 2018

A job that pays the bills. Food on the table. A place to call home. For most of us, we have what we need. We...

Early Learning

First Quarter for Literacy with Chris Long

September 26, 2018

At United Way, we’re working to end intergenerational poverty—and fighting for youth success is a critical strategy in empowering more families, for this generation and...

Community Resiliency

Hunger: a symptom of a larger disease

September 19, 2018

Picture this: 10 Lincoln Financial Fields with every seat filled by the 750,000 people in our region who don’t know where their next meal will...

Early Learning

Fueled for Success

August 27, 2018

Pencils, erasers, notebooks, markers. Back to school season is upon us, and parents everywhere are checking all the necessary supplies off their children’s list. But...

United Way

Honoring Legacies of Impact: Gerry Lenfest and Jeremy Nowak

August 6, 2018

If there is one thing that we have learned from Jeremy Nowak and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, two of our most respected and essential civic leaders...

United Way

How to Write Your Philanthropic Story

July 25, 2018

By guest blogger Debbie Davies, Women United Charter Member, Former CEO of the Arc of Atlantic County How to Write Your Philanthropic Story This past June...

Financial Empowerment

You Don’t Know SNAP

July 11, 2018

It’s 1961. With their 15 kids in tow, Chloe and Alderson Muncy walk into the grocery store, knowing that for the first time in a...

United Way

Thank You to Our 2017-18 Annual Awards Honorees

July 2, 2018

One of the great privileges of my job is having the opportunity to personally thank so many of our region’s most committed and generous United...

Career Pathways

Strengthening Philadelphia’s Economy Through Partnerships

June 26, 2018

At a recent event hosted by our Impact Partner, Clarifi, two women spoke about their experiences before they went through the organization’s financial bootcamp. What...