American Express has created an innovative program – The Members Project – allowing their Cardmembers to vote for an inventive idea to bring good to our world. United Way International was matched with a micro lending project that would help 50,000 families move towards financial stability and a better quality of life. Thanks to votes from hundreds of people across the country, our project, “50,000 families up from poverty,” has now been selected as one of the Top 25 projects and advanced to the second round of voting. If you are an American Express cardholder, please vote by July 22 to help United Way and these families. For each American Express Cardmember that registers and votes, American Express will donate $1 towards the winning idea – up to $5 million.
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The United Way Financial Stability Partnership™ took a big step forward as local and national leaders convened in San Francisco for the EITC and Beyond: 2007 Leadership Summit July 11-13. Many thanks to Bank of America for sponsoring the event.
Co-hosted by United Way of America and the National League of Cities, the event brought together nearly 400 partners, including mayors and other local elected officials, corporate stakeholders, foundations and many of our United Way and sector colleagues to talk about proven strategies that impact the financial stability of our communities.
Participants heard from notable speakers who provided a range of perspectives, tools and strategies for addressing these critical issues: Bank of America Charitable Foundation President Andrew Plepler, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, San Francisco Treasurer José Cisneros, Bank of America Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Philanthropy Annika Little, Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary, National Journal economics reporter John Maggs, Baton Rouge Mayor Melvin “Kip” Holden, William Jefferson Clinton Foundation Domestic Policy Advisory Trooper Sanders, Senior Policy Advisor for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Anne Stuhldreher and many more.
NCL companies attending included Bank of America, Wells Fargo, HSBC, IBM, Target, and SUPERVALU. View program. View Andrew Plepler’s presentation.
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The United Way Advisory Council and guests met in Minneapolis June 20-21 to discuss United Way key initiatives and share best practices. Thanks to Target and the Greater Twin Cities United Way for hosting the event. Thanks also to corporate presenters at the best practice learning session:
Wachovia Corporation
Xcel Energy
Bank of America
Target
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General Mills
Nationwide
Kellogg Company
Intel Corporation
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View meeting highlights, agenda, presentations and pictures.
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You asked for two to three key United Way messages you could share with your employees. Try these short and sweet messages to communicate United Way’s work.
- With your help, United Way is bringing people together from government, business, faith groups and nonprofits as well as ordinary citizens to take collective action and build stronger communities locally, nationally and around the world.
- United Way helps you make a difference right where you live [in anytown] as 1300 local United Ways work with partners to identify the underlying causes of the most serious community issues and work together toward prevention and lasting change.
- Your United Way contribution goes to work to make communities a better place for all of us by focusing on critical issues like:
- Helping children and youth achieve their potential
- Promoting financial stability and independence
- Improving people’s health
For more key messages, visit the NCL Campaign Toolkit.
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Not only does United Way have a website in Spanish, but there are also several United Way campaign materials created in Spanish to help further your reach with your employees. Check out the NCL Campaign Toolkit for Spanish materials such as pledge cards, posters, PSAs, web banners and more. |
Looking for a new way to partner with United Way while promoting young children's school readiness? Check out the new Born Learning Trail! It's a fun, interactive way for adults – in any outdoor setting – to help young children learn problem solving, critical thinking, leadership, and team building skills. Sponsoring a Trail is a visual demonstration to the community of your company's social responsibility, and gives employees an easy way to make a difference in the lives of children. Ask your NCL Account Manager for more details.
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With hurricane season, summer storms, mass flooding and the threat of wildfires, you can never be too prepared for a disaster. Encourage your employees to take simple precautions, such as preparing a disaster supply kit and creating a family emergency plan and contact sheet. These simple precautions can help your employees and their families be better prepared in case a disaster strikes.
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An online auction with United eWay’s Charitable Auctions, powered by cMarket – the leading provider of internet-based fundraising auction services – can increase the participation level and most importantly, improve the results for your workplace giving campaign. A workplace giving online auction can:
- Promote your campaign and fundraising efforts out to your entire company
- Engage more employees – including remote, younger and even retired – 24/7 from anywhere
- Provide a fun, innovative and interactive way for all employees to get involved
Learn more about United eWay’s Charitable Auctions solution or contact your NCL Account Manager for more information.
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The United eWay Users’ Conference held in Chicago, IL June 26-28, 2007 was a huge success, with more than 250 attendees. Cynthia Hunt of PricewaterhouseCoopers kicked off the Corporate Connections Forum, where over 40 attendees from more than 20 corporations participated. Participants were a blend of users (and non-users) of various United eWay solutions and represented centrally and locally managed workplace campaigns. Highlights included sharing best practices, presentations from a panel of professionals, and a Case Study delivered by USAA. There was tremendous interest in ongoing engagement opportunities that would provide open communication between corporate users, their Local United Way partners and United eWay. The group was so engaged with their topics, they opted out of the final conference general session in order to extend their own agenda and continue the valuable dialogue. Thank you to all participants and attendees! |
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How better to impact communities than to start at home? Nationwide is helping improve the communities where their employees live and work through a commitment to early education in partnership with United Way’s Born Learning campaign. Each year, Nationwide distributes more than 1200 “Having a Baby?” packages to associates expecting a baby. Nationwide’s Occupational Health Nurses distribute these packets which contain materials to guide parents through the process of maternity benefits, maternity leave, health insurance forms and relevant policy information as well as to ensure a smooth transition into parenthood.
Thanks to the strategic thinking of Nationwide and United Way of Central Ohio, these packets also include Born Learning materials. United Way of Central Ohio spearheaded this innovative partnership in 2005, and Nationwide was quick to jump at this opportunity to equip their expectant associates with additional tools and resources for raising a healthy baby and exposing them to early learning opportunities.
Packets are customized depending on the Nationwide location to offer specific resources and contact information for their local United Way. Nationwide associates at the Central Ohio location receive Born Learning materials including Kidcare Basic (tips, tricks and answers to help connect with children), Your Child @ Series (a guide to help parents see what stage of development their babies are and how to best help their baby grow and learn), a sleep diary, and several other helpful resources.
“At Nationwide, we understand how critical it is for each of our associates to understand the breadth of impact United Way has in their communities,” said Connie Argus, Director of Associate and Community Programs, “Our partnership with United Way on Born Learning has provided us with a wonderful opportunity to help thousands of our associates experience United Way at work and realize a concrete benefit from one of their programs.”
Nationwide has also shown their dedication to their associates and their community by hosting Lunch & Learn sessions promoting early childhood education and tips for engaging early development, and including information on Born Learning in Nationwide Healthcare Fairs.
Nationwide is not only committed to United Way and their communities, but they are dedicated to offering their employees the tools and resources to develop strong families and healthy children. Thank you, Nationwide, for your commitment to improving lives and building stronger communities. |
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