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It can be difficult to keep children from spending their holiday break from school in front of a TV or video game. At Free Arts for Abused Children in Arizona, a United Way partner organization where I serve as Development Director, our program staff is constantly creating fun and innovative projects for children of all ages to experience. At home and throughout our community, there are a host of fun and innovative projects to delight and inspire kids.
I rediscovered the joy of first-time volunteering at Project Connect, a monthly event that provides resources people in our community –experiencing or on the brink of homelessness–to start their journey back to health, financial stability and housing.
Want an extra $400 in your wallet? For many, that would be a welcome addition, but for the 39 percent of Arizona families who fall below the poverty line, those funds may keep a roof over their heads and food on their table.
With our partners, United Way is working to develop 1,000 permanent supportive housing units. Additionally, we are building a $15 million endowment to ensure the ongoing funding needed to end all chronic homelessness our community.
Learning to follow a partner’s lead in ballroom dancing is a new adventure for Stefanie Taylor, but the ASU alumna and Generation United steering committee member, is always one step ahead when it comes to giving back to the community.
Student United Way and Sun Devils Unite—student organizations at ASU and partners with Valley of the Sun United Way—raised more than $875 through two events during Homecoming weekend.
In three minutes the crowd—made up of families, ASU students, Scout troops, co-workers and friends—assembled 1,993 food bags for United Way’s WeekEnd Hunger Backpack program, smashing the previous record by nearly 100%.
Here’s a few of our favorite Halloween book selections from The Best Children’s Books and The Children’s Book Review.
We’re excited to launch a program that ensures new WLC members know they’re not only welcome, but valued.
I thought “he is fine,” but I had to be honest with myself. I noticed other children in the daycare who were already talking, while Michael’s words didn’t make sense.
