United Way of Salt Lake Community Voices

by Mark Bouchard Senior Managing Director CB Richard Ellis Chair, Promise Partnership Regional Council June 10 marked the quarterly meeting of the Promise Partnership Regional Council. The PPRC members lead […]

by Megan Richards Community Investment Advisor “If you’re going to talk the talk, you’ve got to walk the walk.” I think about this phrase every day as I go out […]

by Bill Crim CEO Sixteen years ago, I met Deborah Bayle as she became CEO of United Way of Salt Lake (I was the Executive Director of a partner organization […]

by Mike Watts Community Investment Advisor Target team members understand that in order to have a strong business, the surrounding community needs to be healthy. Supporting communities by giving to […]

by Scott McLeod Senior Director, Network Partnerships During the second week of June, Harvard Business School launched a new initiative titled the Young American Leaders Program, or YALP. The reason? […]

by Tim Harrison Senior Community Investment Advisor “I give what has been given to me.” Really, it can be as simple as that. Savage Services just wrapped up its annual […]

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

by Danielle Lankford Communications Specialist, Guadalupe School June 11 was a day of many firsts for Guadalupe School. Our first ever 6th grade class participated in their first commencement, prompting […]

by Carol Affeltranger Executive Assistant, Hexcel Corporation Hexcel’s United Way of Salt Lake campaign has come to an end for 2015. We exceeded our goal again this year, and, as […]

by Alison Cundiff Corporate Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Reports and analysis support what the common sense of good managers have known for years: an engaged workforce is essential to a company’s […]

by Steve Whatcott Kearns High School Community School Director Back in September we announced the purpose and goals around moving 9th grade students from the local junior highs to Kearns […]

by Meredith Muller Roosevelt Elementary Community School Director On Wednesday, May 13th, Roosevelt Elementary hosted its first of what we hope to be many family barbecues at Valley Center Park. […]

by Allison Temnick Community Investment Advisor Like many college graduates, a few years ago I found myself at a crossroads. I had received a business degree but I always had […]

by Chris Ellis Partnership Director, Early Learning Outcomes As we continue our work to improve outcomes for the youngest children in our communities, we have been inspired by a new […]

by Stephanie Rokich Community Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Although school isn’t quite out yet, it’s time to start planning for next year! In August, many children will lack the supplies they […]