Feb. 12, 2021
“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.” So said Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. It is clever phrasing...
Original ArticleFeb. 03, 2021
Guest post by Kristin Todd, executive vice president at the Daniels Fund In the world of philanthropy, we’re all striving to invest limited financial resources in ways that will yield...
Original ArticleJan. 27, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Children’s brains grow the most before they start kindergarten. That’s why KSL is introducing 5B45, a statewide early childhood development campaign designed to give...
Original ArticleJan. 15, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah state legislators from both sides of the aisle fielded questions Thursday about education policy and how to create equal opportunities for all Utahns in the...
Original ArticleNov. 19, 2020
Salt Lake City— Together with Utah’s leading health systems, Intermountain Healthcare (Intermountain) and United Way of Salt Lake (UWSL) have collaborated to improve the health and well-being of communities, improve...
Original ArticleOct. 13, 2020
CitiesWork · 2-1-1-: Connecting Residents to the Services they Need Local leaders in Utah's communities can help connect residents to valuable services they need through the 2-1-1 network....
Original Article09/30/2020
Perhaps the most underappreciated elected officials in Utah are members of the state Board of Education. The Utah Constitution assigns them collectively “general control and supervision” of all of public...
Original ArticleAug. 11, 2020
Utah educators have been especially worried about equity throughout the pandemic, which they say has exposed and exacerbated long-existing disparities between students of color, those from low income backgrounds or non-native English...
Original ArticleAug. 07, 2020
One thing often missing in discussions around reopening schools during this pandemic is the recognition that everyone has a role to play if reopening is to be done safely. At...
Original Article07/31/2020
More than a decade ago, United Way of Salt Lake learned that traditional philanthropy was not enough to help every child in our community be well educated and achieve his...
Original ArticleJul. 27, 2020
[caption id="attachment_6775" align="alignright" width="150"] Mikelle Moore - United Way of Salt Lake Board Chair[/caption] United Way of Salt Lake has named a new Chair and Vice Chair of its Board...
Original Article07/06/2020
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) – It is estimated that 20 – 50 percent of students in some Utah schools have not connected with their teachers since March, when...
Original ArticleMar. 30, 2020
Utah's six local United Ways worked quickly to develop a statewide COVID-19 Community Response Fund and within 10 days have distributed the first round of funding - providing critical resources...
Original ArticleMar. 19, 2020
Call 211 if you need assistance with food, mental health, and more Posted: 7:54 AM, Mar 19, 2020 Updated: 7:57 AM, Mar 19, 2020 By: FOX 13 News SALT LAKE...
Original ArticleMar. 04, 2020
(KUTV) — Dennis Cecchini lost his son, Tennyson, to an overdose in May 2015. "He suffered for 10 years with this awful disease," said Cecchini. "He suffered most of the time...
Original Article03/03/2020
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – Utah elementary schools were treated with fun activities and visits from volunteers for the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day. The United Way...
Original ArticleFeb. 11, 2020
United Way of Salt Lake (UWSL) recently revealed its policy agenda for the year, adopting a heavy focus on improving early childhood education and other educational policy improvements. We at NPQ have...
Original ArticleJan. 28, 2020
Four partnerships selected in Northfield, Salt Lake City, San Antonio and Seattle CINCINNATI, OH — StriveTogether, a national network working to bring communities together around data to make decisions and improve...
Original ArticleJan. 28, 2020
Salt Lake City — United Way of Salt Lake and Silicon Slopes have partnered together to present the Social Good track at the 2020 Silicon Slopes Tech Summit. Attendees will...
Original ArticleDec. 17, 2019
Research, experience, and common sense confirm that students who succeed in early grades are more likely to graduate from high school, that first big step on the success sequence away...
Original Article11/07/2019
Salt Lake City—United Way of Salt Lake (UWSL) has been named to the first cohort of Model Design and Initiation grantees by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Model Design...
Original Article11/01/2019
The Boise School District has six Community Schools – schools that provide wrap-around services for students and families. The idea of Community Schools is to provide these services so that...
Original ArticleOct. 24, 2019
Bill Crim: Since its earliest days, the work of United Way of Salt Lake’s Promise Partnerships has been guided by the phrase, “trying hard is not good enough.” Also the...
Original ArticleSep. 29, 2019
Robert Gehrke’s Sept. 24 column about after-school programming in Salt Lake City called for a “serious dialogue about how to expand after-school options statewide.” Gehrke correctly recognizes a challenge that...
Original Article09/12/2019
[caption id="attachment_12254" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Volunteer Scott Mitchell, of KSL Newsradio, left, talks with fourth graders Gabriel Huerta, Dominick Bendejas and their teacher, Henry Hartzler, after reading them a book at...
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