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Community Voices
Read stories about the impact of United Way of Salt Lake’s work to improve basic needs and education outcomes in our community.

Women Empowered Blog Series: Tomorrow’s Leaders!
by Zenia Frendt Leadership Giving Director, Women’s Leadership Council “If someone were to come to me and insist that we…
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Visualizing Data to Help Improve Outcomes for Students
by Korey Klein Data Operations Director In early October, more than 370 individuals, representing 60 cradle to career partnerships from…
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Calculating ROI from Your Corporate Community Engagement
by Alison Cundiff Corporate Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Like any other business function, corporate community engagement is expected to add value…
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Future of Early Childhood Leadership Summit: The Importance of Systems Level Leadership
by Chris Ellis Partnership Director, Early Learning Outcomes Last week, the Institute for Child Success (ICS) convened their second Future…
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A Second – and Congratulatory – Opinion of America’s First “Pay for Success” Preschool Program in Utah
by Rob Dugger, PhD Managing Partner, Hanover Provident Capital, LLC Co-Founder, ReadyNation As the co-founder of ReadyNation and a stalwart…
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How United Way of Salt Lake Made Community Engagement Easy for My Company!
by Julene Thompson Account Manager, Penna Powers As Social Change is such a large part of what Penna Powers does, we appreciated…
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Using the Power of Our Collective Voice
by Danya Pastuszek Senior Director of Analytics and Learning In late October, United Way Worldwide and more than 100 United…
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When Solid Data Leads to Action – Kids’ Lives Improve
Bill Crim President & CEO, United Way of Salt Lake Every day, in classrooms in our state and across the…
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National College Access Network 20th Anniversary Conference: A Celebration of Education as Soulcraft
by Matthew Smith Partnership Director, College Readiness Completion During the last four months, after joining United Way of Salt Lake…
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Kids and Teens Can Do Big Things!
by Stephanie Rokich Community Volunteer Engagement Coordinator This is the fifth post in the Community Volunteer Engagement Blog Series. In…
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Questar Rocks United Way of Salt Lake – Again!
by Allison Temnick Community Investment Advisor This year, it has been my joy and privilege to help Questar coordinate its…
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Find the Feeling: Discover More Than 40 Ways to Give Back This Holiday Season!!
by Stephanie Rokich Community Volunteer Engagement Coordinator The first time I participated in a Sub4Santa program was in high school….
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