A Day In the Life: Resource Coordinators
In the fall, we placed our first full-time Resource Coordinator at Enka Middle School. This coordinator soon found an opportunity to serve kids who weren’t able to attend after school programming because of a lack of transportation. Many of these students arrive, by bus, 45 minutes before school starts and for the most part, wait in the cafeteria until classes begin.
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Mourning a Friend
News of Don Locke's passing is still incomprehensible to a community that drew strength from his loving spirit, his welcoming smile and his fierce commitment to social justice. Our heartfelt condolences to Don's wife Marjorie, his daughters and all who loved him. You can read his obituary here.
United Way Awarded NobleCause Grant
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United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County is pleased to announce being named as the recipient of a $50,000 grant through NobleCause, a grant competition mobilizing volunteers to address the greatest challenges facing their communities.
Seven awards of $50,000 were available to organizations working to assemble partners to develop volunteer leaders to work toward multiplying the number of volunteers needed to address significant local issues.
United Way In the News
We've been garnering some good coverage about some aspects of our work. Here is a sample:
Highlands Circle: Social on the Stage
Molly Milroy
Wed, 03/30/2016 - 9:26am
Last week, Highland's Circle held a fantastic event, Social on the Stage, at Diana Wortham Theatre. With a networking icebreaker from Chad Littlefield, the co-founder of We!™, and food and drinks provided by Diamond Brand, attendees had a great time!
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Rodney Johnson's story illustrates the power of community
Our president, David Bailey submitted the following to the Asheville Citizen-Times Report Card
An A to the recent MLK Breakfast and specifically the remarks of their keynote speaker: Rodney Johnson. Johnson gave a personal and poignant talk about growing up in Asheville - opening the curtains to the challenges and uniqueness of being an African-American living in Asheville in the 1950s through the early 1980s.
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Spirit Of NC Award: Dixon Hughes Goodman
When we think about our rock stars, the people and companies that go above and beyond, time after time, year after year, it is impossible to create a list that doesn't have the Dixon Hughes Goodman (DHG) team right at the top. So when our staff had an opportunity to make a nomination for the Spirit of North Carolina award, we knew it had to be our friends at DHG.
This year, DHG (Asheville and Charlotte), were among 33 awardees. This is the second time they have won this award. Here are just a few highlights of their contributions to our community:
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In Asheville and beyond, creative problem solvers are hatching new solutions
Able Allen, Mountain Xpress
A Nonprofit Town Hall for Western North Carolina
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