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New York's Families Need Minimum Wage Increase

Gordon Campbell | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Financial Stability, Minimum Wage, Working Families, New York City, Ny Impact, United Way, New York Childcare, New York Minimum Wage, New York Food Stamps, United Way of NYC, New York News

The Occupy Wall Street movement has drawn the nation's attention to these economic issues, starting a necessary dialogue, but we need legislative action to help those toiling away for next to nothing.

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WATCH: Eli Manning Pays Tribute To Peyton's 'SNL' Appearance

Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Video, Nfl, Eli Manning Snl, United Way, Peyton Manning, Little Brothers, Poll, Snl, Eli Manning, Saturday Night Live, Comedy News

One of the big questions leading up to Eli Manning's "SNL" appearance was whether he could match his older brother Peyton's well-received hosting gig ...

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Midwest Tornadoes: How You Can Help

Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Iowa, Team Rubicon, Kansas, Red Cross, Midwest Tornadoes, United Way, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Salvation Army, Impact News

More than 120 tornadoes swept across Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska this weekend, killing at least five people, the Associated Press reports. ...

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Texas Tornadoes: How You Can Help

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: United Way Texas, Disaster Relief, Texas Tornadoes, Volunteering, How You Can Help, United Way, American Red Cross, Tornadoes, Slidepollajax, Matthew 25 Ministries, Salvation Army, Video, Impact News

The National Weather Service said as many as a dozen tornadoes touched down Tuesday in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, the Associated Press reports. ...

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Did America's 10-Year Plan To End Homelessness Work?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: 100khomes, Poverty, Ten-Year-Plan-to-End-Homelessness, Homelessness, Naeh, Third World America, Interagency Council on Homelessness, United Way, Los Angeles, Housing and Urban Development, Home News

So many plans and so many end-dates, both past and future. Did chronic homelessness in America end in 2012? No. Was the ten year plan to end homelessness a failure? No.

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Millionaire Jay-Z Donated Just $6K To Scholarship Fund He Founded

www.thedaily.com | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Gloria Carter, Jana Fleishman, Charity, Kinray, Missionfish, United Way, Beyonce, Celebrity Giving, Jay-Z Charity, Beyonce Charity, Jay-Z, Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund, Global Philanthropy, Impact News

Jay-Z calls himself the best rapper alive, and he's made a cool half billion dollars off his talent -- but when it comes to giving money to the charit...

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More Bang for Community Bucks

Brian Gallagher | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: United Way, Charity, Milwaukee, Community Service, At-Risk Youth, Philadelphia, Project U-Turn, Impact News

Today, when President Obama called on Americans to be "All-In" to support pathways to education and jobs for disconnected youth, he could well have had Philadelphia's young "pushouts" in mind.

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The Death Of A Flamboyant Charity Wrongdoer Sends A Reminder To Regulators

Pablo Eisenberg | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Nonprofits, Fraud, United Way, William Aramony, William Aramony Fraud, Charity, Business News

The death this month of William Aramony, who spent six years in jail for misusing more than $1 million in United Way of America money, is a reminder of the time when nonprofit miscreants were larger than life, their careers marked by tremendous energy and panache compared with the current crop of unexciting executive frauds.

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Join Me and Zach Bonner at United Way's Homewalk (Oh, and Kobe Bryant Too)

Mark Horvath | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Kobe Bryant, Mark Horvath, Homelessness, invisiblepeople.tv, United Way, United Way of Greater Los Angeles, Homeless, Los Angeles, Homewalk, Invisible People, Impact News

Homelessness is a very serious social crisis that affects us all and it looks like such a massive problem, it's a normal reaction to feel we cannot do anything about it. But we can do something about it.

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New Charitable Blocking Dummy

Paul Clolery | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Penn State, United Way, William Aramony, Paul Clolery, Sex Scandal, The NonProfit Times, Impact News

United Way and Penn State were at the top of their games when egos got in the way. It has taken United Way a couple of decades to overcome one person's greed and lust. Let's see how long it takes Penn State.

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Disgraced United Way CEO Dies At 84

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: United Way, William Aramony, United Way Fraud, United Way Ceo, William Aramony Fraud, Charity, United Way Ceo Dies, Impact News

McLEAN, Va. — Over 22 years, William Aramony built the United Way of America from a tangled web of charities into a philanthropic powerhouse, br...

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What Top Nonprofits Are Doing That Other Organizations Aren't

Chronicle of Philanthropy | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: United Way, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 400, Nonprofit Tips, Philanthropy, Impact News

One way to raise money is to figure out who your best donors are and look for other people like them. But some Philanthropy 400 charities have succeed...

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Building Prosperity: Finding a Job is Just the First Step

Jim Gibbons | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: United Way, Goodwill, Goodwill Industries, Financial Planning, Job Search, Jim Gibbons, Prosperity Center, Impact News

Prosperity Centers are dedicated to assisting people in their community succeed financially. That doesn't just mean helping workers find jobs; it means giving them all the tools they need to build financial security.

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The Issue Getting The Biggest Buzz With Nonprofits Right Now

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Charitable Tax Deductions, United Way, Brian Gallagher, Orrin Hatch, Video, Senate Finance Committee, Nonprofits Senate Hearing, Charity, Impact News

Nonprofit leaders at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday spoke out against the proposal to limit tax deductions for charitable contributions. ...

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Celebs Throw Foodie Party To Fight Hunger

online.wsj.com | MIKE VILENSKY | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Celebrity Charity, Hunger, Tom Colicchio Restaurants, Julianne Moore, Local Food Movement, Vanity Fair, United Way, Fight Huner, Top Chef, Good News, Tom Colicchio, Impact News

Foodies enjoyed their last tastes of summer Saturday night at United Way and Vanity Fair's "What's on the Table?" Party to Combat Hunger, held at a sp...

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Mitt Romney: 'Generous' Philanthropist Whose Biggest Charitable Cause Is The Mormon Church

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, Mormon Church, Brigham Young University, Heritage Foundation, Winter Olympics, The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-Day-Saints, Ann Romney, Charity, Boy Scouts of America, Right to Play, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Multiple Sclerosis, 2012 Republican Primary, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Tyler Charitable Foundation, HIV/AIDS, Homeless Veterans, Slidepollajax, Tithing, Federalist Society, United Way, Health Care Reform, Massachusetts, Health Care, Politics News

This article is part of a series in which HuffPost is taking a close look at the charitable giving of Republican presidential candidates. How much and...

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1 Million Volunteer Recruitment Effort Launched To Promote Childhood Literacy

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: United Way Worldwide, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Literacy, Education, United-Way-Worldwide, Nonprofits, United Way, Target, Good News, Day of Action, Reading, Childhood Literacy, Education News

United Way Worldwide officially launched a three-year initiative to recruit 1 million volunteers to promote literacy among children on Tuesday, as par...

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Our Children's Education: Who Will Stand in the Gap when Politicians Act Like Absentee Dads?

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Education News, Poverty, Public Education Reform, United Way, Seperation of Church and State, Religion and Politics, Community, Education Reform, Faith, Education News

If we are truly going to do something to help children and families rise above the circumstance of poverty, it is critical that we help kids succeed in the classroom.

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It's Their Right: Our Children Deserve Access to a Quality Education

Elise Buik | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: United Way, Education, Poverty, Children, Education Equity, Education News

The number of families living in poverty will not decrease if we don't prepare youth to be productive members of our community. Improving our schools is a moral and economic imperative.

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Jon Huntsman Flirted With 'Death Panels' As Governor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Gop 2010 Elections, Jon Huntsman, Death Panels, Sarah Palin, United Way, Elections 2012, Health Care Reform, Jon Huntsman Healthcare, John Huntsman Death Panels, Health Insurance, Jon Huntsman Jr., Jon Huntsman Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

Two years before Sarah Palin conjured “death panels" from her active imagination, Utah’s business elite devised its own far less infamous version....

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Giant Downtown Mural Inspires Chicagoans To 'Go Do Good'

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Guzzardi | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Uw-Mc, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, Go Do Good, Chicago, Go Do Good Chicago, United Way, Chicago Loop Alliance, Illinois, Art Loop 2011, Good News, Chicago Impact, Chicago News

Commuters walking near State and Madison streets in downtown Chicago had a striking new image in their sights Tuesday morning: a giant, bright-yellow,...

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Potential GOP Presidential Candidate Favored Health Care Mandate As Governor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Utah Health Exchange, Mandates, United Way, Mitch Daniels, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Gop, Healthcare Reform, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Jon Huntsman Jr., Utah, Politics News

HANCOCK, N.H. –- To hear Jon Huntsman and his advisers tell it, he is a bedrock conservative on health care who took a free market approach as gover...

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Cuts to Emergency Funds Literally Push New Yorkers Out the Door

Gordon Campbell | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Emergency-Food-Assistance, Hunger, Food Pantries, Unemployment, Homelessness, New York City, South Bronx, Budget Cuts, United Way, Efsp, New York News

Cutting funding to the ESFP and other safety net initiatives that may be the difference between life and death closes the door on those who suffer from the plagues of unemployment, homelessness and hunger.

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Ending Homelessness Is No Funny Business

Joel John Roberts | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Elise Buik, Antonio Villaraigosa, Homelessness, Mike Rawlings, San Diego, Third World America, United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Business, Los Angeles, Brian Maienschein, Dallas, Impact News

After decades of this country's struggle to end American homelessness, a business approach could very well be the tipping point to resolution.

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Lifting Up America's Voices on Education -- and Acting on Them

Brian Gallagher | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Communities, United Way, Education, Education Reform, Schools, Mobilization, Education News

If ever there was an issue on which Americans can mobilize for change -- on which they yearn to engage -- it is education.

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