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Valley of the Sun United Way has trained hundreds of Financial Coaches who helped more than 3,200 families in the last year to increase their income and savings, decrease debt and improve their credit score. So why is financial security important to you and the whole community? Get answers from our financial Coaching Expert Cherylyn Strong, Community Impact Manager at Valley of the Sun United Way.
Everyday, thousands of kids throughout the Valley go to school without breakfast. We’ve teamed up with the Arizona Department of Education and the Dairy Council of Arizona to make sure all kids in our community start the day off with a good meal.
Joe’s is a familiar face at Project Connect, events held throughout the year to provide life-saving resources including employment, health and legal services. Meet Joe and learn why he is a shining example of what it means to Live United.
Marines live to serve our country. On a recent Saturday, they spent the day in 100plus degree heat painting, shoveling, mowing, raking, stirring and pouring concrete as a service project for Marine Week Phoenix (Sept. 10-13).
Getting a solid education starts with students showing up – physically and mentally. Chronic absenteeism is higher among children who live in high poverty areas; which means not all children have the same chance to succeed in school. The good news, it’s a problem we can solve.
A team from Wells Fargo recently “walked a mile” in the shoes of Valley individuals and families who struggle daily with making ends meet. Here’s a look at their journey.
Amy Schwabenlender, Vice President of Community Impact for Valley of the Sun United Way, recently attended by special invitation a White House summit of federal government, corporate and private foundation, and non-profit leaders engaged in the work of ending veteran homelessness. For Amy, the discussion proved that the strategic initiatives successfully employed in our community to end chronic homelessness among our veteran population, can and should be applied to ending homelessness for everyone in the Valley.
By age 11, Anthony Arellanes had a criminal record for vandalizing his elementary school. A year later, he was seen tossing a chemical bomb into a bathroom at a Boys and Girls Club.
“I was on a bad path,” Anthony recalls, more than 20 years later. His path began in South Central Los Angeles where his father was well-known in both criminal and law enforcement circles as one of the biggest heroin dealers in the area.
Here is our three-part series, showing parents and kids putting the kit into action, making learning fun for the whole family.
