by warner | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog
United Way of the Mid-South’s Resource Development team is happy to share a few success stories from their workplace campaigns taking place during the pandemic. The team has worked tirelessly to ensure corporate partners have what they need to continue their support...
by warner | Jan 6, 2021 | Blog
The Free Tax Prep 2021 season officially opens Monday, Jan. 18th. If your household income was below $57,000 in 2020, you qualify to have your taxes filed for free by an IRS certified tax preparer. We are building on the innovative Drive-Thru Drop-Off approach...
by warner | Jan 6, 2021 | Blog
United Way of the Mid-South’s Driving The Dream received a $100,000 grant from the Siemer Institute to serve families who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness and have at least one school-aged child under the age of 18 in the home. Siemer Institute funds...
by keshia | Dec 19, 2020 | Driving The Dream, Grants, News
Saturday, 19 December 2020 — Memphis Commercial Appeal USA TODAY NETWORK – TENNESSEE ~ Dima Amro The Plough Foundation is granting $5 million to United Way of the Mid-South to provide security for the future of the agency. The Memphis-based foundation announced...
by warner | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog
In October, United Way of the Mid-South Campaign Representatives partnered with Porter-Leath to participate virtually in Read for the Record, the largest shared reading experience in the country. Each representative read “Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away” to a classroom...
by warner | Dec 2, 2020 | Blog, Driving The Dream
We are pleased to announce that in November 2020, Urban Child Institute awarded $200,000 to United Way of the MId-South to support Driving The Dream’s Care Coordination Hub services at Porter-Leath and continue to expand relationships with agencies throughout...
by warner | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog
The Resource Development team at United Way of the Mid-South is in full campaign mode as several of our corporate partners are committing to raising funds for our cause. Valero Memphis Refinery raised more than $400,000 during their annual United Way campaign to...
by warner | Oct 29, 2020 | News
Our Community Impact team partnered once again with the Afterschool Alliance for their annual Lights on Afterschool. For the past 20 years, Lights on Afterschool has brought attention to the importance of afterschool programs which benefit communities holistically by...
by warner | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog
The deadline for non-filers to register for the IRS Economic Impact Payment is November 21st. You may still be eligible for the EIP even if you don’t normally file taxes. Visit https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here to learn more and to...
by warner | Oct 29, 2020 | News
Driving The Dream recently announced its partnership with Church Health to offer site-based Care Coordination Services to 45 Spanish-language families, beginning in October 2020. Church Health is the largest faith-based private healthcare nonprofit organization in...
