Posts in: "Volunteering"

Play-Doh, Legos & Emerging Leaders

Guest blogger Anne Disabato from Microsoft volunteers on our Emerging Leaders Marketing Committee. Read on to get the inside story around volunteering with the Emerging Leaders. Read Article

Break out the cap and gowns, baby squash are graduating!

Cassie Lee is a Warranty Business Analyst at PACCAR Inc., who was inspired to get more involved in the community. For her, Emerging Leaders was the answer; so here she is after only just a few volunteer experiences, writing on the positive effects she has seen so far. Read Article

Maybe You’ve Seen Some Project LEADers

Project LEAD graduates have just hit the 1,000 mark. That's a great milestone. But what's greater is what it means: that many people—more specifically people of color—are using this training to serve on nonprofit boards and other leadership positions in our community. Because why wouldn't our nonprofits reflect our area's spectacular diversity? Read Article

Inspired by people helping people become financially stable

Hear from our Community Connections VISTA team member, Charlotte Gavell, whose first day with us as a VISTA was spent scavenger hunting and visiting a United Way Free Tax Prep site. You’ll be hearing from her and her fellow VISTA’s as they share with us their experience in joining us in the fight against poverty. Read Article

VISTA visits Fare Start – It’s a good thing

Meet Alexis, one of our newest VISTA team members. Alexis will be working as one of our Hunger Free Schools/Nutrition Hub VISTA's. Wow, now that's a title, but an important one to an important issue. Read on about her first day as a VISTA at United Way. Read Article