by uwmsnewscenter | Mar 4, 2016 | Events, Fund Raising, Volunteers
United Way of the Mid-South will celebrate a year of tremendous accomplishment and transformation at our Annual Luncheon, Tuesday, April 12 at The Peabody, 149 Union Avenue in Memphis. Rev. Kenneth S. Robinson, M.D. President/CEO for United Way of the Mid-South, along...
by uwmsnewscenter | Mar 4, 2016 | News, Volunteers
United Way Chairman of the Board of Directors Shannon A. Brown has been honored as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America” by Savoy magazine in its Spring, 2016 edition. Savoy’s selection process for honorees is “based...
by uwmsnewscenter | Feb 19, 2016 | Education, Emerging Leaders, Events, Volunteers
United Way Emerging Leaders Society is partnering with Gen Now, a new professionals group at First Tennessee Bank to support two United Way partner agencies in a children’s book drive throughout the month of March. The drive is collecting children’s books, for all...
by uwmsnewscenter | Jan 12, 2016 | Events, Free Tax Prep, Income / Financial Stability, News, Technology, Volunteers
Approximately 1 in 4 people who qualify for the Earned Income Tax credit do not claim it because they do not know about it – even though the credit can mean hundreds or possibly thousands of extra dollars for your tax refund. When you take that statistic and...
by uwmsnewscenter | Dec 16, 2015 | Grants, Health, Labor Participation, News, Volunteers
Earlier today, the AFL-CIO Labor Council and representatives from numerous labor unions across the Mid-South assembled and distributed over 150 Christmas food boxes to local families in need thanks in part to a special grant from United Way of the Mid-South. Dr....
by uwmsnewscenter | Dec 3, 2015 | Fund Raising, Volunteers
We reported last month about the great support United Way enjoyed from the City of Memphis campaign, and now a new YouTube video captures that spirit of generosity and good will. The video features City employees from a variety of divisions voicing their support for...
