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...
by uwmsnewscenter | Apr 15, 2014 | Archive
Now through May 4, three billboards along heavily-traveled interstates in Memphis salute the great partnership of United Way of the Mid-South and First Tennessee. The billboards are part of First Tennessee’s 150th anniversary celebration. The billboards are...
by uwmsnewscenter | Mar 30, 2014 | Archive
United Way of the Mid-South has awarded Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center with the highest honor it can give to a partner agency with the presentation of the prestigious United Way of the Mid-South 2014 G. Bradley Wanzer, Jr. Award for Excellence. Healing Hearts...
by uwmsnewscenter | Feb 28, 2014 | Archive
Jeff Edmondson, Managing Director of Strive Together, visited Memphis yesterday to share more information about the Strive Together framework of collective impact to build a cradle-to-career civic infrastructure with leaders from local business, nonprofits and...
by uwmsnewscenter | Jan 31, 2014 | Archive
Earlier this afternoon, Congressman Steve Cohen, City of Memphis Mayor AC Wharton and Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir spoke at our Hickory Ridge Mall Free Tax Prep site about financial stability and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Today is Earned Income Tax Credit...
