As inflation soars, 1,000 families gifted infant care essentials at region-wide distributions BOSTON – United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley celebrated its 12th annual Community Baby Shower on…
The pandemic forced city governments and community-based organizations to rethink how to deliver critical services to residents. Annual free tax preparation programs responded, adding remote services and playing a key…
Boston Tax Help Coalition to provide remote and community-based tax preparation services in 9 languages. BOSTON – On Friday, January 28, Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the Boston Tax Help…
United Way has played a big part in empowering teachers. That’s why we helped design and plan the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Externship, held in Boston this past August. In…
June is innovation month here at United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. So we’re talking with the winners our first-ever Venture Fund competition, held in collaboration with Aetna. We’ll…
Here’s a question most parents of teens ask at least daily: How do I get my teen off their screen? The answer isn’t as elusive as you may think: it’s…
State Representative Andy Vargas stepped up to the podium in the House Chamber and told the standing-room only crowd about how he got his start in policy and government. When…
There’s nothing quite like getting ready to send your kid to college, you no doubt have an ever-growing list of questions about the process. From applications to possible majors your…
When Joel arrived in Boston from Guatemala at seven, he knew very little English. His parents knew he needed to learn the language if he was going to succeed, but…
This month, we’re exploring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and the need for more kids to get involved and excited about STEM topics in middle school, where interest usually…