by uwmsnewscenter | Jun 8, 2016 | Emerging Leaders, Events, News
United Way Emerging Leaders Society will celebrate their Young Professionals Summer Social tonight at Latino Memphis, 6041 Mt. Moriah Rd. Advance RSVP is required to attend. We’ll share details and photos from the event on the United Way website soon.
by uwmsnewscenter | Jun 7, 2016 | Crime, Education, Income / Financial Stability, Information Resources, News
The latest edition of Memphis magazine (June 2016) provides a two-page spread featuring United Way’s new strategy to impact Mid-South poverty and move more people into lives of greater financial self-sufficiency. The spread, entitled “Driving The...
by uwmsnewscenter | Jun 3, 2016 | Events, Health, News, Volunteers
The Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) program will provide medical, dental and vision services at no cost to the public Monday, June 6 through Saturday, June 25 at the Greyhound Medical Mission located in West Memphis High School’s Lehr Arena, 501 West...
by uwmsnewscenter | May 30, 2016 | News
United Way of the Mid-South welcomes representatives from our fellow United Way organizations across the region to Memphis, TN for the United Way Southeast Regional Conference this week. The conference brings United Ways together for best practices, new system-wide...
by uwmsnewscenter | May 27, 2016 | Events, Volunteers
Belz Enterprises, a longtime giver to United Way, welcomed Dr. Kenneth Robinson, President and CEO of United Way, with open arms at a thank you event held at Belz Enterprises earlier this week. Jack Belz (Chairman and CEO of Belz Enterprises) and son Ron Belz (COO...
by uwmsnewscenter | May 18, 2016 | Events, Income / Financial Stability, Partner Agencies, Volunteers
United Way of the Mid-South and ITT Technical Institute are presenting a Community Resource and Job Fair today from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at ITT Technical Institute, 7260 Goodlett Farms Parkway, Cordova, TN 38016. Twenty-Five companies and/or organizations looking...
by uwmsnewscenter | May 10, 2016 | Volunteers
United Way wants to say “Thank You” for everything you’ve done to help our work to impact education, financial stability, and health across our 8-county Mid-South region. Thousands of people working as United Way volunteers in hundreds of companies contributed their...
by uwmsnewscenter | Apr 28, 2016 | Income / Financial Stability, Information Resources, News
[Originally published 4/15/16] During United Way President & CEO Dr. Kenneth Robinson’s address at our Annual Luncheon on Tuesday at The Peabody in Memphis, he asked attendees to help inform our process in responding to local poverty by answering four...
by uwmsnewscenter | Apr 27, 2016 | Financial Documents, Free Tax Prep, News
Special circumstances can mean an individual or family needs to amend or file taxes later than the normal IRS April deadline. For cases like these, United Way Free Tax Prep is offering extended FREE tax prep and filing services from May 3 through June 25 at the...
by uwmsnewscenter | Apr 25, 2016 | Information Resources, News
Our friends at Shelby County Preparedness are reminding the Mid-South that this is Severe Weather Preparedness Week, encouraging citizens to take steps now to make sure they are ready in case severe weather hits our region.Local media sources have provided us links to...