by uwmsnewscenter | Aug 11, 2014 | Archive
United Way of the Mid-South was recognized as a Healthier Tennessee Workplace by the Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness in a statement released last week. The recognition is given to workplaces that encourage and enable employees to live a healthy...
by uwmsnewscenter | Aug 9, 2014 | Archive
United Way of the Mid-South President Bryce Haugsdahl announced his retirement Monday after 40 years of service with several United Way chapters. As President of our local United Way he has led staff, nonprofits and local volunteers in a strategic examination of...
by uwmsnewscenter | Jul 18, 2014 | Archive
With the start of each school year, we hear the stories of teachers struggling to work with children who lack many of the basic supplies for classroom education. Often, teachers use their own money to purchase supplies for children in need. United Way’s Fill The...
by uwmsnewscenter | Apr 22, 2014 | Archive
UPS has identified Memphis as a key community for its work with the Campaign for Grade Level Reading and has selected United Way of the Mid-South as a recipient of corporate funding to help increase the number of local children who are reading proficiently by the end...
by uwmsnewscenter | Apr 19, 2014 | Archive
Strive Mid-South and the Seeding Success Partnership are still very young programs, but their potential for a big impact on Mid-South education is already getting our community’s attention. “It means 1,000 to 1,500 Memphis schoolchildren will have a quality reading...