Impact Week: Let’s meet ALICE
By Ken Toll Maya Angelou once penned an essay titled I’ve Learned. She offered great nuggets of wisdom, including this…
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IMPACT! Creating Economic Success
People don’t always think of United Way and building our local economy together, but guess what? It happens a lot!…
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Let’s End The Violence – Together
The plea was simple: Can we all get along? Thirty years later, our society can’t seem to find a way…
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IMPACT! Feeding a Family in Need
Food is essential to life, yet thousands of people right here in Jackson County don’t know where their next meal…
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United Way SCMI Takes on Kalamazoo County VITA Program
KALAMAZOO – This tax season, United Way of South Central Michigan’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Shared Services team has…
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IMPACT! Making a Family’s Life Better
Over a third of households countywide are single-parent households, nearly all of them female-led and many struggling financially. Those realities…
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Veterans Struggling: ALICE Analysis Outlines Financial Hardship
They’ve served and sacrificed for our country, yet more than one of every four veterans in Michigan struggle to afford…
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IMPACT! Touching a Single Life
The COVID-19 pandemic upended life for all of us. When the most vulnerable are affected, that’s where United Way partnerships…
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IMPACT! Helping ALICE Beyond a Barrier
ALICE – Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. This describes the thousands of Jackson County residents who fill jobs we count…
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IMPACT! Giving Hope to Students
You know the old saying: “It takes a village.” That’s especially true for young people dealing with Autism Spectrum Disorder.…
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