United Way of Salt Lake Community Voices

by Korey Klein Data Operations Director In early October, more than 370 individuals, representing 60 cradle to career partnerships from across the country, ascended on Minneapolis for StriveTogether’s National Cradle […]

by Alison Cundiff Corporate Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Like any other business function, corporate community engagement is expected to add value to the business. Robust efforts in this arena should have […]

by Chris Ellis Partnership Director, Early Learning Outcomes Last week, the Institute for Child Success (ICS) convened their second Future of Early Childhood Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. The goal […]

by Rob Dugger, PhD Managing Partner, Hanover Provident Capital, LLC Co-Founder, ReadyNation As the co-founder of ReadyNation and a stalwart supporter of quality early learning, I have great respect for […]

by Julene Thompson Account Manager, Penna Powers As Social Change is such a large part of what Penna Powers does, we appreciated how United Way of Salt Lake approached our workplace campaign. They […]

by Danya Pastuszek Senior Director of Analytics and Learning In late October, United Way Worldwide and more than 100 United Way leaders from across the U.S. and Canada, met in […]

Bill Crim President & CEO, United Way of Salt Lake Every day, in classrooms in our state and across the country, thousands of kids get left behind because adults fail […]

by Matthew Smith Partnership Director, College Readiness Completion During the last four months, after joining United Way of Salt Lake on July 1, I have immersed myself in the world […]

by Stephanie Rokich Community Volunteer Engagement Coordinator This is the fifth post in the Community Volunteer Engagement Blog Series. In this series, we’ve talked about why people choose to volunteer, […]

by Allison Temnick Community Investment Advisor This year, it has been my joy and privilege to help Questar coordinate its corporate giving campaign. If you do not already know, Questar […]

by Stephanie Rokich Community Volunteer Engagement Coordinator The first time I participated in a Sub4Santa program was in high school. Each grade level sponsored a group of families who didn’t […]

by Zenia Frendt Leadership Giving Director, Women’s Leadership Council Why is it important to empower women? Study after study has shown that when women do better, everyone does better. A […]

by McCall Pitcher Community Investment Advisor The ever-wise Taylor Swift once sang, “Nothing safe is worth the drive.” It’s been just over a month since I started my first job […]

by Danielle Lankford Guadalupe School Communications Specialist The 2015-2016 school years is going to be amazing for Guadalupe School – we can just feel it. There’s something special about celebrating […]

by Sean Strickland Community School Director, Woodrow Wilson Elementary As a child, parent teacher conferences were my most stressful time of the year. The feeling of dread that surrounded report […]