Help Them Stay Warm
Ending Homelessness
It’s only the beginning of January, but 2018 is proving to be one of the harshest winters in our region’s history and fuel assistance benefits are already maxed out. Record freezing temperatures…
Year in Impact: Youth Unleashed
This was a very exciting year for Youth Unleashed, one of our Youth Venture teams! The West Roxbury-based Ohrenberger Community Center team was selected as one of the 128 early-stage…
Year in Impact: Stopping the Summer Slide
In recent years, there’s been a push to have more local summer learning programs – a move that many parents agree with – but the demand for these programs exceeds…
Year in Impact: Real Estate Industry Raises $3M to End Homelessness
In 1993, real estate industry leaders Kevin Phelan and the late Ed Sidman founded the United Way Real Estate & Building Industry Leadership Breakfast, bringing together 200 real estate professionals…
Year in Impact: Increasing Summer Opportunities for Kids in the Merrimack Valley
For hundreds of youth in the Merrimack Valley, United Way provides safe and rewarding summer opportunities. Every year, the United Way-supported Summer Experiences in Greater Lowell (SEGL) provides a variety…
Year in Impact: Private Equity/Venture Capital Community Provides Unique Expertise to Help Families in Need
United Way’s relationship with the PE/VC Community spans more than a quarter century and is marked by extremely generous financial support, but also by a deep, hands-on commitment to interacting…
Year in Impact: A Unique Partnership Helps Kids Start School with Success
Last summer, for the first time, United Way partnered with NBC Boston, NECN, Telemundo Boston and other NBC- and Telemundo-owned television stations and other nonprofits, to raise donations of supplies…
Year of Impact: More Kids on the Seacoast are Ready for Kindergarten
K-Ready Kids outfitted 1750 kids in the Seacoast with the school supplies they needed to enter kindergarten ready to learn. K-Ready Kids works to ensure that kids on the Seacoast…
Year in Impact: Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Power of Healthy Snack Time
Last Spring, teams of volunteer employees dubbed the “Blue Crew” put together 1,300 Healthy Living Kits and 1,500 Healthy Snack Packs for 2,800 local children. The packages were distributed to…
Year in Impact: Pay for Success is Reversing the Trend in Homelessness
When you consider all the complex factors that can contribute to a person becoming homeless – and the many obstacles people face to getting back on their feet – it’s…