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United Way of Salt Lake gives gift of reading this holiday season
Dec. 04, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) -It’s the season of service and the United Way is searching for volunteers. The season kicked off Tuesday and runs through the end of the...
Read the ArticleSmall changes see big results in Salt Lake City
Dec. 06, 2018
Six teams of school staff and community partners developed solutions like the one-on-one mentor meetings that supported Ryan, and their solutions have led to success across the region. Brought together...
Read the ArticleOpinion: Proposition 3 is good for Utahns
09/17/2018
By Chris Christiansen and Bill Crim For the Deseret News Are you currently healthy? Are you and your spouse healthy enough to work? Are your children healthy enough to focus...
Read the ArticleVolunteers donate day to improve Kearns school grounds, give career advice
Sep. 14, 2018
KEARNS — Thousands of volunteers along the Wasatch Front donated their time Wednesday to more than 80 projects in schools, community centers and other places in need. Savage Cos. and...
Read the ArticleGo to school, get paid: Schools are doing the most to cut back on sluffing
Aug. 31, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY — Schools have begun cracking down on sluffing. The Wall Street Journal reported the number of students cutting class has grown in recent years. Data from the U.S....
Read the ArticleIn our opinion: Utah school systems can do more to promote coding literacy
07/03/2018
By: Deseret News editorial board Silicon Valley corporations, concerned parents and private investors are working to increase coding literacy among Utah’s youths. While these initiatives have made coding curriculum available...
Read the ArticleCommentary: We are a nation built by immigrants
07/08/2018
By Jennifer Smith and Paula Green Johnson This past Wednesday, our country celebrated Independence Day. In reflecting on our founding, who we are and who we want to be as...
Read the ArticleSocial Impact Done Better
Apr. 16, 2018
By Jerilyn Stowe, Chief Marketing and Engagement Officer, United Way of Salt Lake United Way of Salt Lake has been collaborating with organizations, small businesses and large corporations to help...
Read the ArticleUnited Way of Salt Lake Announces 2018 Changemakers
03/30/2018
SALT LAKE CITY — Today, United Way of Salt Lake announced its United for Change Changemaker award honorees for 2018. United Way will honor Gail Miller, owner and chair of...
Read the ArticleHungry kids aplenty, this elementary school in Kearns opened a new food pantry. Smith’s Food will help stock the shelves.
03/14/2018
By Lillian Reed Kearns-Education might be the great equalizer, but community leaders wondered aloud Tuesday if that sentiment holds true for Granite School District students with rumbling bellies. Educators, government...
Read the ArticleDr. Seuss Day brings Utah high school and elementary students together
Mar. 02, 2018
For Dr. Seuss' birthday, the United Way invited students from East High School in Salt Lake City to go to Oquirrh Hills Elementary in Kearns to read out loud and...
Read the ArticleToyota Makes $20,000 Technology Donation to United Way of Salt Lake’s Promise Partnerships
02/16/2018
Salt Lake City – United Way of Salt Lake (UWSL) today announced it received a donation of 42 iPads – valued at nearly $20,000 – from Toyota. The iPads will...
Read the ArticleUnited Way Presents Policy Agenda for 2018 Legislative Session
Jan. 17, 2018
Salt Lake City—United Way presented its public policy agenda for the upcoming legislative session at the 2018 Legislative Preview Breakfast on Wednesday. The breakfast offered community and business leaders, nonprofit...
Read the ArticleLawmakers talk school funding, Medicaid expansion in advance of session
01/18/2018
SALT LAKE CITY — Legislative leaders and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox weighed in Wednesday on a pair of issues that may end up going before voters in November as ballot...
Read the ArticleDavis School District amps up coding program for younger students
12/08/2017
FARMINGTON — The Davis School District has received a $207,255 STEM Action Center grant to teach coding skills to all elementary school students and increase computer science opportunities for junior...
Read the ArticleDavis Schools receive $207K to teach computer coding at elementary schools
Dec. 08, 2017
The Davis School District has received more than $207,000 to teach coding to elementary school students and increase opportunities in computer science for junior high schools. The district announced Tuesday...
Read the ArticleGreg Bell: Improving public education through collective impact
11/30/2017
Everyone has an opinion about the weather, Donald Trump, and how to fix our public education system. Four very rich and influential people have backed their ideas — about education,...
Read the ArticleTelehealth Comes to Columbus Center, Courtesy of Intermountain Healthcare, United Way of Salt Lake, and the City of South Salt Lake
11/17/2017
Intermountain Healthcare and United Way of Salt Lake, in partnership with Promise South Salt Lake, announce the opening of a telehealth kiosk at the Columbus Center, 2531 South 400 East....
Read the ArticleImpactful Service: How to really make a difference with corporate service projects
Sep. 23, 2016
“Days of service—they have their time and their place. But the culture of volunteer engagement is shifting,” says Heather MacDonald, volunteer and community engagement director at United Way of Salt...
Read the Article3,000 volunteers give back on ‘United Way Day of Caring’
09/14/2017
Ninety local businesses, 3,000 volunteers, and more than half a million dollars' worth of work -- that is the outpouring of community service Utah saw, Thursday, as part of the...
Read the ArticleVolunteers give South Salt Lake elementary school library ‘such a boost’
09/14/2017
SOUTH SALT LAKE — Stephanie Fullmer works in an elementary school library with geography books from the 1990s. Without new books, it's hard to get kids excited about reading, she...
Read the ArticleOp-ed: Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit
Sep. 02, 2017
This weekend we celebrate American workers and the contributions they have made to the strength and prosperity of our country. Immediately after the holiday, our congressional leaders will return to...
Read the ArticlePhotos: Hundreds of volunteers Stuff the Bus in Sandy
Aug. 12, 2017
Ryker Lloyd volunteers to stuff backpacks during the Stuff the Bus event in Sandy on Saturday. Hundreds of volunteers collected and sorted school supplies into backpacks during the event. Each...
Read the ArticleSummer program pays high school students cash to get a head start on classes
08/07/2017
Attendance stipends entice soon-to-be freshmen to build academic confidence, supporting relationships — paid by a $15,000 grant from United Way of Salt Lake. Midvale • Ben Fuentes starts high school...
Read the ArticleSouth Salt Lake invests in helping refugees learn, succeed and thrive in Utah — and it’s working
07/25/2017
South Salt Lake • Something remarkable is happening in South Salt Lake. The city of 25,000 has 14 community centers — including one specifically dedicated to refugees, called the Hser...
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