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Lessons learned: Hiring ex-offenders pays off, but the workers need help

November 27, 2017

Lessons learned: Hiring ex-offenders pays off, but the workers need help By Jane M. Von Bergen, Philly.com NOVEMBER 27, 2017 — 7:25 AM EST One...

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Weekend Picks: Thanksgiving Edition

November 23, 2017

POSTED 9:00 AM, NOVEMBER 23, 2017, BY CHANDLER LUTZ So you’re full from your Thanksgiving feast but still have the whole weekend ahead… what do you...

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Letter: Help in difficult times is just 3 digits away

November 20, 2017

Letter: Help in difficult times is just 3 digits away For most of us, the holidays are a time of joy, when gratitude, gifts and...

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PJM Honored With United Way Impact Award For Charitable Giving And Volunteerism

November 14, 2017

PJM Honored With United Way Impact Award For Charitable Giving And Volunteerism VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Nov. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — PJM Interconnection, operator of the nation’s largest power...

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How to Raise a Reader

November 10, 2017

How to Raise a Reader By Pamela Paul and Maria Russo — New York Times From the moment you’re expecting your first child, you are...

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Study: People Happier When They Give

October 18, 2017

Study: People Happier When They Give – Andy Segedin, The Nonprofit Times Front-line fundraisers can stop holding their breath and crossing their fingers. Donors really...

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Preschool’s hidden value may be in combating poverty

October 4, 2017

Preschool’s hidden value may be in combating poverty – Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report It’s been hard to prove that attending preschool makes a difference...

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J. Gordon Cooney, Jr. to lead United Way’s Regional Board

August 24, 2017

Philadelphia, August 24, 2017 – J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., leader of the global litigation practice at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, has been named...

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This leadership program for African American nonprofit leaders graduated its first cohort

August 13, 2017

It’s a five-month professional development series supported by United Way, the Urban League and the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute at Bryn Mawr College. This leadership...

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PSA: Philly’s 2-1-1 hotline has a texting option now

July 26, 2017

Text 898-211 to get connected with the city’s health and human services offerings. 2-1-1’s Meg Finley visited “Around the Corner” to share more. PSA: Philly’s...

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North Penn United Way Merges with United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey

July 10, 2017

PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 2017 – North Penn United Way has joined United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) through a merger agreement...

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United Way, 600+ volunteers LIVE UNITED against hunger at United2Feed 8,000 emergency food boxes will provide 120,000 meals to local

May 26, 2017

PHILADELPHIA (May 26, 2017) – Too many individuals – nearly 750,00 in our region alone – lack access to affordable, healthy food and don’t know...

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United Way Appoints Carniesha Kwashie Director of Workforce Development

March 16, 2017

PHILADELPHIA–March 16, 2017 – United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) today announced the appointment of Carniesha Kwashie as director of Workforce...

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Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council Selected as Regional Lead for United Nations Impact 2030 Action Team

March 8, 2017

PHILADELPHIA– March 8, 2017 – The Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council (GPCVC), a coalition driven by United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey...

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Eileen C. McDonnell of Penn Mutual Named 2017 United Way Women’s Leadership Initiative Honoree

March 1, 2017

PHILADELPHIA (March 1, 2017) – Eileen C. McDonnell, chairman and chief executive officer of The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, will be presented with the...