United Way of Salt Lake Community Voices

By Elizabeth Garbe, Senior Director, Government Relations and Public Policy at United Way of Salt Lake After a difficult first two weeks of the 2019 General Session, we were able […]

By Kelly Schmidt, Content Manager at United Way of Salt Lake United Way of Salt Lake is dedicated to strengthening communities across the Wasatch Front. Our mission and role has […]

By Kelly Schmidt, Content Manager at United Way of Salt Lake Erin Butler’s third grade students at West Kearns Elementary are diving into reading head first. They are reading chapter […]

By: Kelly Schmidt, Content Manager at United Way of Salt Lake Savage believes in being a good neighbor in the communities where their team members live and work. It’s one […]

Read the Original Article Utah’s most recent school accountability results have just been released – using a new framework to provide a more in-depth picture of how students are doing […]

By Kelly Schmidt, Content Manager at United Way of Salt Lake For Utah System of Higher Education’s annual giving campaign last November, Ashlynn McCarter said the organization wanted to do […]

By Kelly Schmidt, Content Manager at United Way of Salt Lake Day in and day out, Utah 211 take calls from people across the state, connecting them to resources and […]

By Kelly Schmidt, Content Manager at United Way of Salt Lake In celebration of National 211 Day, we at United Way of Salt Lake want to share the many reasons […]

Nour was barely a teenager when an unexpected knock came at the door of her family’s home in Syria. On the other side were armed soldiers — there to arrest […]

Every student gets a bout of jitters on the first day of school. It’s entirely natural. Indeed, the start of a new school year can be a massive unknown for […]

Children start learning long before their first day of kindergarten. From the time they are born, children are learning from their parents, family members, and other loved ones. “Parents are […]

Are you currently healthy? Are you and your spouse able to work and provide for your family? Are your children healthy enough to focus and learn during the school day? […]

By Kelly Schmidt, Content Manager for United Way of Salt Lake The 2019 Legislative Session is here, and United Way of Salt Lake knows that many of the issues that […]

By Kelly Schmidt, content manager for United Way of Salt Lake In 2018, United Way of Salt Lake received national recognition for its education-based continuous improvement work in schools across […]

By Kelly Schmidt, Content Manager at United Way of Salt Lake Folding tables cloaked in Christmas-colored paper lined the front hallways of Woodrow Wilson Elementary on Dec. 14. Whispers of […]