United Way Capital Area in the Media

Saturday, September 10, 2011
Wildfires inspired kindness, generosity (Austin American-Statesman)
United Way Capital Area started a text donation campaign for immediate and long-term recovery efforts. Manos de Cristo — an Austin nonprofit that runs a dental clinic — collected toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss for families affected by blazes.

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Friday, September 9, 2011
Wildfire Relief Funds Started (Austin Business Journal)
United Way Capital Area and the Austin Community Foundation have set up funds to make giving easier for people who want to help victims of the recent wildfires in Central Texas.

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Friday, September 9, 2011
Nolan's Ark Learning and Development Center: Training helps teachers relate to children in the classroom (Community Impact Newspaper)
Teachers at Nolan's Ark recently received training in social-emotional development. These training sessions were conducted by Raising Austin and funded by United Way Capital Area's Success By 6 Program. The goal of Success By 6 is for all Central Texas children to enter kindergarten happy, healthy and ready for school success.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Video: UWCA awards $1million to benefit two AISD Middle Schools (Austin ISD)
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Opinion: Giving kids early boost in education pays off in long run (Austin American-Statesman)
A recent groundbreaking study by E3 Alliance shows that 48 percent of children in our region are not ready for school when they enter kindergarten. This is significant because children who start out behind stay behind.

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Video: Middle School Matters on KEYE
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Video: Middle School Matters on YNN
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Campaign to boost local graduation rates announced (KVUE News)
A new campaign for middle schools is being announced Tuesday. Middle School Matters is aimed at boosting graduation rates. United Way Capital Area is sponsoring the initative and funding 16 non-profits who will administer the program.

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
United Way targets graduation rates with $1M donation (Austin Business Journal)
United Way Capital Area invested more than $1 million in a youth initiative to boost graduation rates. UWCA is supporting 22 programs that are part of Middle School Matters, the organization’s youth education initiative. UWCA’s effort focuses on two Austin Independent School District middle schools, Mendez and Webb, and Decker Middle School in the Manor Independent School District.

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
United Way invests $1 millon in three middle schools to boost on-time graduation rates (Austin American-Statesman)
United Way Capital Area will pour $1 million into three local middle schools over the next year in an effort to boost graduation rates, improve academic performance and increase parent involvement. The initiative, named Middle School Matters, will divide the $1 million among 22 programs on three campuses: Mendez and Webb middle schools in Austin and Decker Middle School in Manor.

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Friday, April 1, 2011
United Way gets $1M for early childhood education (Austin Business Journal)
The United Way Capital Area received a $1 million matching grant from the Buena Vista Foundation for its Success by Six program. The funds will support the childhood education program’s initiatives, which include teaching parents and teachers effective strategies for social and emotional child development.

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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Grant to help United Way focus on mental health issues (Austin American-Statesman)
For more than four years, United Way Capital Area's Success By Six program has worked with nonprofits, day cares and schools to help children deal with mental health and social problems. The nonprofit group recently got a four-year, $800,000 matching grant from the Austin-based Buena Vista Foundation. The foundation also pledged to the United Way $200,000 that does not require matching money.

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Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011
Austin raises $16.3M for United Way (Austin Business Journal)
Employees at more than 300 Austin area companies have donated $16.3 million this year to the United Way Capital Area's annual campaign, up nearly $1 million from the previous year.

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Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011
United Way Capital Area 2010 campaign raises $16.3 million (Austin American-Statesman)
United Way Capital Area received $16.3 million in donations from more than 300 Austin-area companies through its 2010 campaign — nearly $1 million more than the previous year.

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Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011
How State Budget Cuts will Effect Nonprofits
President Debbie Bresette participates in a One Voice press conference on the effects of state budget cuts on area nonprofits.

Watch video here.

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Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011
Morse named to United Way board (Austin American Statesman)
Catherine Morse, general counsel and director of public affairs at Samsung Austin Semiconductor, has been named to the board of directors of United Way Capital Area for a three-year term.

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Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011
Bank on Central Texas featured on Good Day Austin (Fox7)
Launched in June, Bank on Central Texas brings together banks, credit unions, financial service providers, government, private sector, community ogranizations and nonprofits to bring more people into the financial mainstream.

Watch the video here.

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Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011
Volunteers brave rain to honor MLK (YNN)
Volunteer projects included a cleanup in the Montopolis Greenbelt, an improvement project for the Open Door Preschools Playground and some gardening at the Urban Roots Farm. The MLK Day of Service in Austin is sponsored by the United Way Capital Area.

Watch the video here.

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Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011
Austinites Volunteer in Small Neighborhood Projects (KUT)
Despite the rain Saturday, 700 people from around Austin spent the day picking up trash from streets and neighborhood parks. From the United Way’s Day of Service to local neighborhood projects, it was a day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. with volunteer service projects.

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Friday, Jan. 14, 2011
Round Rock Impacts - January 2011 (Community Impact)
United Way Capital Area and United Way of Williamson County announced Dec. 7 that they will offer more programs focusing on education, income and health thanks to $250,000 in grants from the Dell Foundation.

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Friday, Dec. 10, 2010
Grant reviewers sought
United Way Capital Area needs the business community to help it decide where to put its resources.
The nonprofit is recruiting for community investment review teams to review grant applications from more than 60 nonprofits. United Way has about $3.4 million in grant funding to give.

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Friday, Dec. 10, 2010
Banking the Unbanked
The United Way in partnership with several banks are trying to convert payday lending customers to bank customers.

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Friday, Dec. 3, 2010
Season of Sharing: United Way Capital Area (YNN)
This holiday season the folks at United Way Capital Area are asking community members to make a donation to the nonprofit to help Texas neighbors in need.


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October, 27, 2010
KEYE Fox News Coverage of United Way's "Thanks a Million Event" at H-E-B
Local celebrities pitch in to show gratitude to H-E-B employees for raising over $1 million during this years United Way Campaign.

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Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010
H-E-B Raises $1M for Austin Area United Way
Workers in 54 Central Texas HEB stores donated $1,029,974 to the United Way Capital Area, increasing their giving 25 percent from last year. The H. E. Butt Grocery Co. is one of 400 small and large businesses participating in the fundraiser, which seeks to raise $14.5 million. The money will support local United Way projects in education, financial stability and health.

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Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010
Students Give Up Pennies
St. Edward's University faculty and staff have pooled their resources to contribute to the United Way, donating both pennies and pounds. Auxiliary Services Project Manager Johnnie DeMoss sent all faculty and staff pledge forms to donate to the United Way campaign. After two weeks, DeMoss has collected a little over $10,000.

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Monday, Oct. 25, 2010
Samsung Gives Back!
Officials from Samsung Austin Semiconductor announced Sept. 1 the company would donate million to the United Way Capital Area’s Success by 6 program. The donation was made to celebrate the company’s $3.6 billion expansion of its 12-inch semiconductor fabrication plant in Northeast Austin.

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Friday, Oct. 22, 2010
Samsung Expansion Creates Jobs for North Austin Businesses
At a time when high-tech manufacturing jobs are declining, Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC is expected to hire 600 workers by mid-2011. It is also credited with contributing to more than 6,500 jobs outside of the company and accounts for nearly $300 million in annual payroll for support businesses.

Click here to read more about Samsung’s $1M donation to United Way Capital Area Success By 6 program.

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Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010
United Way Taking Requests for $3.4 million in Grants
The United Way Capital Area is seeking proposals for $3.4 million in grants for projects focused on education, financial stability and health. The grants, which will be awarded next spring, include $1.8 million for education, $675,000 for financial stability efforts and $975,000 for health programs.

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October, 2010
Samsung Donates $1 Million to United Way
“I’m close to tears,” said Sue Carpenter, senior director of education for United Way Capital Area. Click here to read more on Page 81 of this month's Giving City.

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Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010
Carpenter: A million dollars worth of difference
Consider this: 90 percent of a child's brain development occurs before age 6. Yet for the more than 37,000 Austin children living in poverty, the barriers to learning are immense. Fortunately, a $1 million investment recently given to United Way Capital Area is poised to make a world of difference.

To celebrate its expansion in Austin, Samsung Austin Semiconductor recently made the $1 million gift to Success By 6, an educational program of UWCA. This program envisions that all Central Texas children will enter kindergarten happy, healthy and prepared for school success.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Samsung steps up for Austin
It's easy to knock big corporations. It's even easier to knock big, multinational corporations.

But the people of Austin — particularly some of its neediest — got a glimpse Wednesday of the truth about big, multinational corporations. They are like people. Some are good. Some are bad. Most are somewhere in the middle, capable of doing good and capable of doing bad.

At a Wednesday event at a local hotel, Austinites were reminded of how much good a multinational corporation can do. Samsung Electronics Co., which already has done a lot of local good by creating attractive jobs, announced a $1 million donation to United Way Capital Area, one of our region's most worthy charitable organizations.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung Donates $1 Million to United Way
Top executives with Samsung were in town on Wednesday to donate $1 million to the United Way.

The money will go to a program called Success by 6. It will be used to pay for early childhood development and family support programs.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung announces million dollar gift to United Way
Wednesday morning, Samsung Austin Semiconductor announced a gift of a million dollars to United Way. The donation is a way for the company to thank the community for its continued support.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
As a gesture of gratitude for its success, Samsung is donating 1-million dollars to help low-income Austin families in need of daycare
Local and state officials are overwhelming an international corporations generous gift for the Austin community. State Senator-Kirk Watson says he's not surprised by Samsung's 1-million dollar donation to Austin's United Way's low-income daycare program.

The company's donation comes shortly after requesting an additional 3.8-million dollars in state tax incentives to build a second 3.6-billion fabrication plant here in Austin.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung Austin donates $1M to United Way
Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC will donate $1 million to a United Way Capital Area program that supports care and education for low-income preschool students.

The gift is the Success By 6 program's largest corporate donation ever. The Austin company, which is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s only chip-making plant outside of Korea, will officially announce the donation Wednesday at 11 a.m.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung announces $1 million gift to United Way
Samsung has announced a $1 million gift to the United Way Capital Area Success by 6 program.

At a press conference representatives from Samsung said the gift was to celebrate the company's recent announcement of a $3.6 billion expansion to its 12-inch semiconductor fabrication plant in Austin.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung gives United Way nonprofit $1M
Samsung Electronics Co. is making a $1 million donation Wednesday to United Way Capital Area for the nonprofit's Success by 6 program .

Success by 6 helps expand early education for underprivileged preschool children and prepare them for elementary school.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung gives $1 million to United Way
Business and civic leaders gathered at the Hilton Austin hotel Wednesday, when Samsung presented a $1 million donation to the United Way Capital Area.

Oh-Hyun Kwon, president of Samsung Electronics Co.'s global semiconductor business, center in above photo, flew from South Korea to Austin for the event. He's shown here with Woosung Han, left, who heads Samsung's Austin operations, and Ann Taylor of the United Way.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung donates $1 million to United Way program
Samsung marked a multi-million dollar expansion by giving back.

Wednesday, officials with Samsung donated $1 million to United Way Capital Area’s Success By 6 program. The program works to identify barriers to learning in children and breaks them down by the time they’re ready to enter kindergarten.

“We are honored and deeply appreciative of such a generous gift and look forward to all of the possibilities and opportunities this will continue to create for our youngest and most vulnerable students,” United Way Capital Area Board Chairman Kevin Cole said.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung making $1 million donation to the United Way
Samsung Electronics Co. is making a $1 million donation today to United Way Capital Area, money the nonprofit will use to expand its initiatives in early education for underprivileged children.

It is the biggest single donation to the United Way in several years and a declaration of Samsung's intention to play a higher-profile community role in Central Texas.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Samsung Austin Semiconductor donates $1 million to United Way Capital Area
Officials from Samsung Austin Semiconductor announced Sept. 1 the company would donate $1 million to the United Way Capital Area's Success By 6 program. The donation was made to celebrate the company's recent announcement of a $3.6 billion expansion to its 12-inch semiconductor fabrication plant in Northeast Austin.

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Thursday, August 26, 2010
I Live Here, I Give Here: Success by 6
Sue Carpenter of Success by 6 and Ellen Balthazar of Any Baby Can stopped by Good Day to talk about Success by 6.

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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Education Edge: Picking the Right Preschool
Choosing the right preschool or daycare for your child is one of the most important decisions a parent can make, especially when a child is spending 40+ hours there.

In Austin, parents have many choices: Montessori, play-based programs, home-based care and bilingual preschools, just to name a few. Unfortunately not all programs are high quality and many children show up for school unprepared. According to the United Way Success by 6 Program , 40% of children in Austin come to kindergarten already two years behind. Many factors contribute to this including poverty, maternal depression and abuse.

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Friday, August 6, 2010
Promises, Promises
Two Austin neighborhoods vie to bring down federal dollars to help transform communities
What's attracted all this high-level interest? It's not just that the area has needs – though with a 43% child poverty rate, 26% of 16- to 19-year-olds out of school or out of a job, and 47% of adults with limited English-language skills, the neighborhood's needs are undeniable. It's that the area has also become an example of what community outreach can do to turn schools around. It was the St. John Neighborhood Association that convinced the AISD trustees to reject former Superintendent Pat Forgione's 2007 scheme to turn their neighborhood middle school into a boys academy, and it was with this community's backing that innovative programs – such as the Family Resource Center and YouthLaunch's Urban Roots farming project – started at Webb and are now expanding and being emulated throughout the district. While the heavy hitters add credibility and institutional liaisons, it's the local charities that have signed on, such as LifeWorks and United Way Capital Area, which will run the projects.

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July 2010
Bank on Central Texas Helps Low-income Families
In early June, the United Way Capital Area launched Bank on Central Texas, a program offering financial education classes geared at helping low income families and individuals open bank accounts.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Program aims to draw more Central Texans into financial mainstream
Officials with the United Way Capital Area and local nonprofit group PeopleFund are combining to launch a community initiative called Bank On Central Texas, aimed at encouraging the estimated 47,000 area households that don't have bank accounts to open one.

The program will help residents open starter free or low-cost checking, savings or debit card accounts at 40 branches of seven local banks, credit unions or debit card companies and will help sponsor financial education courses.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
New program connects Central Texans with bank accounts
There are 47,000 households in Central Texas without bank accounts.

A new program called BankOn Central Texas is working to educate people about the benefits of owning a bank account. The organization launched Tuesday as a community initiative of United Way Capital Area.

FDIC Chief of Staff Jesse Villareal said the program is designed for people who don't currently use banks and harbor some misconceptions about them.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
BANKING ON CENTRAL TEXAS
Groups join forces to bring more households into financial institutions.

The United Way Capital Area and PeopleFund are teaming up with some financial institutions to get more households into banking. They estimate that around 47-thousand households in and around Austin don’t have bank accounts.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Many Austinites spending hundreds on check cashing fees
Officials with the United Way estimate the typical Austin households spend as much as 900 dollars on check cashing fees - instead of useing a bank. The agency's Emily Day Maria says as a group they borrow 90 million dollars in pay day loans every year.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
New program reaches out to people without bank accounts
United Way Capital Area and local nonprofit PeopleFund are combining to launch a community initiative called Bank On Central Texas, aimed at encouraging the estimated 47,000 unbanked Central Texas households to open a checking, savings or debit card account.

The program will help residents open starter accounts and will help sponsor financial education courses, organizers say.

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Friday, May 28, 2010
Banks offer entry to mainstream economy
The value of the checks cashed by the 47,000 people in Central Texas who don't have bank accounts is estimated to be $160 million. Those people might be broke individually, but collectively, they are obviously worth a lot of money to somebody.

Those "somebodys" include those who prey on workers who carry around their weekly paychecks in cash. Access to a checking account would be safer and would allow low wage workers to keep more of their money. That's the message Capital Area United Way, in cooperation with area banks, will be delivering starting today.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
At United Way, a praise-filled sendoff for Mando Rayo
After 13 years with the United Way Capital Area, Rayo is stepping down as director of the agency’s Hands on Central Texas to pursue his partnership — with CEO Sebastian Puente and Juan Tornoe — in Cultural Strategies, a marketing and communications firm which helps clients reach Latinos.

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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Philanthropy: Volunteerism expert sees transformation
Rayo, 36, has been working with volunteers for the United Way Capital Area for 13 years. Now the director of Hands on Central Texas — which provides more than 400 volunteer, project and leadership opportunities — is leaving the nonprofit to start a company called Cultural Strategies. The new venture is "a Hispanic marketing, communications and engagement firm that develops strategies and messages that resonate with a multicultural America," Rayo says.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Bye Bye, Mando
Mando Rayo, the ever-quotable and everywhere-all-the-time director of Hands On Central Texas, is leaving the United Way Capital Area to focus his business, Cultural Strategies.

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Monday, April 19, 2010
National Volunteer Week
This is national volunteer week and there are plenty of ways you can donate time around Austin.

Debbie Bresette, president of United Way Capital Area, and Leslie Lockett of HEB spoke to Good Day about this event.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Promotions and new board appointments at area nonprofits
The United Way Capital Area board of directors added six new members including: Marie Baker, director in the managed services sector at CSC; Heather Brunner, chief operating officer at Bazaarvoice; Juan Gonzalez, vice president of student affairs at the University of Texas; Butch Hayes, managing partner at Fulbright & Jaworski; Bill O’Brien, consultant and chief operating officer at MagRabbit; and Michael Vivio, publisher of the Austin American-Statesman.

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Thurday, March 4, 2010
FINRA Investor Education Foundation and United Way Worldwide Announce Nearly $1.5 Million in Grants to Support Grassroots Financial Education Projects

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation and United Way Worldwide (UWW) have announced nearly $1.5 million in grants to 12 recipients to extend the reach of community-based financial education programs across the country.

United Way Capital Area, Austin, Texas, $150,000; to provide, as part of a larger “Bank on Central Texas” initiative, guidance to employers on how to implement workplace financial stability strategies, including direct deposit, automatic savings through payroll deductions, a default requirement to opt-out of deferred savings plans and EITC outreach. Foundation Communities, a local nonprofit partner, will offer employers the ability to provide free financial education workshops and one-on-one financial coaching for employees.

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Monday, February 15, 2010
2-1-1 Offers Help to Those in Need


The downturn in the economy has a lot of folks in Central Texas looking for help and it's led to a surge in calls to United Way's 2-1-1 helpline. The free resource offers info on a range of topics from health and human services to disaster relief.

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Friday, February 12, 2010
2-1-1 sees increase in calls
The 2-1-1 Texas/United Way Helpline — a free phoneline and online database that provides information and referrals to health and human service agencies, churches, disaster relief resources, and volunteer opportunities — received 247,000 calls in 2009. That’s up 30 percent from 2008.

There was a 50 percent increase in health and dental requests, a 26 percent hike in food and housing requests and a 20 percent jump in mental health referrals.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
United Way gives $3.4 million in grants
United Way Capital Area (UWCA) announced today it will award $3.4 million in Community Investment grants (CIG) this year. The grants will fund community programs that make a long-term impact on critical issues in education, financial stability and health. The grant money comes directly from donors to the annual campaign run by UWCA.

“We are proud of the results we’ve seen from these grants. More than 67,000 Central Texans are now more educated, financially stable and healthy thanks to the programs and services we have funded,” said Debbie Bresette, president of the United Way Capital Area.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
United Way Capital Area not issuing grant RFP
In a sign of tough economic times, United Way Capital Area has decided to renew its existing community investment grants this year instead of issuing its annual request for proposals.

“What we are trying to do is make sure our community partners are stable. It has been a tumultuous past couple of years in fundraising and we don’t know what the coming years will look like,” United Way marketing and communications Vice President Ann Taylor said.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
United Way Capital Area and KLRU Launch Live United Film Series, Austin Brains Benefit
United Way Capital Area and KLRU have joined forces for a three-part community strengthening film series that will feature that lovely and oft-skipped post-film activity: conversation. Beyond just building awareness around timely social issues, the Live United Film Series will bring in local guests and provide resources for taking action on the topic at hand.

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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Live United Film series begins Jan. 28
The Live United Film Series, a three-part film series that aims to inspire, inform, and educate Central Texans about topics impacting our community, begins Jan. 28, 2010. The events will focus on education, financial stability, and Hispanic engagement and combine a film screening, followed by a moderated discussion with community leaders, issue experts, and community representatives.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
New Film Series Focuses on Local Community Issues
Like most people, I've been vaguely familiar with the national non-profit organization United Way all my life. Several years ago I was fortunate to meet and get to know Mando Rayo (in the center of the above photo), Director of United Way Capital Area volunteer match program Hands On Central Texas. In response to a Facebook message from Mando, I volunteered for the 2-1-1 Texas phone bank during Hurricane Ike -- one of the most humbling and memorable experiences in my life. That's just one of the many innovative ways that the United Way Capital Area is using social media and other forums to bring folks together to address critical social issues in our community.

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City honors MLK Jr. with service
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, hundreds of people volunteered to help give Austin a facelift.

United Way Capital Area and one of its programs, Hands On Central Texas, hosted the MLK Day of Service on Saturday as part of Austin’s tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. More than 700 volunteers participated in 19 different service projects around the city, including park and street cleanups, serving at soup kitchens and building restorations.

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Volunteers fan out to honor King
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Many Central Texans are celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend by helping their communities.

On Saturday, hundreds of people participated in the United Way Capital Area's MLK Day of Service, an annual event in which volunteers fan across the city to spruce up buildings, pick up trash, work on nature trails and conduct other service projects.

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Education focus of Live United Film Series event on 1/28
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Join KLRU and United Way Capital Area for a special film screening and discussion on education issues in Austin on Thursday, January 28, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in KLRU’s Austin City Limits Studio 6A. RSVP here. Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages provided.

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Mando’s name in lights!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
As we all know, Mando Rayo — who runs the United Way volunteer program Hands on Central Texas — never turns down an interview. And oh how we reporters love that!

Anyway, Mando is quoted in this week’s Chronicle of Philanthropy, the weekly newspaper covering the national nonprofit scene and the generally accepted bible of philanthropy journalism.

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Austinist Altruist: Martin Luther King Day of Service
January 11, 2010
This coming weekend, whether you have Monday off or not, consider spending some time serving the community in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the United Way Capital Area's volunteer action program, Hands On Central Texas, has coordinated with local non-profits, parks, and schools to provide service opportunities for Saturday, January 16th.

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MLK Day of Service: Saturday, January 16, 2010
January 11, 2010
On Saturday, January 16, United Way Capital Area and Hands on Central Texas invite you to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a day of service.

Last year more than 700 volunteers came together to dig into community improvement projects throughout Austin. We hope you’ll join us in 2010 to participate in service in honor of Dr. King.

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MLK volunter opportunities
Monday, January 11, 2010
To honor of the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, more than 500 volunteers are expected to join with the United Way Capital Area’s Hands On Central Texas program and other nonprofits for the annual MLK Day of Service on Saturday, Jan. 16.

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Nonprofits cutting salaries, freezing raises
Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010
At a time when nonprofit groups are struggling to raise money, some local charities are cutting executive pay, freezing salaries and ditching annual bonuses.

United Way President Debbie Bresette recently declined a pay increase.

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