By Bradley Roberts, Content Manager Try to picture this for a second. You’re peering out over an 18-story building — your heart rate increases and the blood rushes to your face as you’re faced with the reality of what sits below you. You’re strapped into a harness; the belay device is secured with a carabiner […]
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Mercedes Benz’ ‘Greatness Lives Here’ part of emerging approach to philanthropy
Prisoners at Fulton County’s jail, and dogs from the county’s animal shelter, are being brought together in a 10-week training program whose founder hopes it will benefit from latest example of an emerging type of corporate giving that Mercedes Benz USA embraced when it relocated to metro Atlanta.
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Be ‘thoughtful’ about how and who you give to
Kim Greene speaks candidly about her passion for United Way. She says if it hadn’t been for the nation’s biggest supporter of local communities, her career wouldn’t be the same. Greene is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Southern Company Gas, the leading natural gas company in the industry with more than 4.2 […]
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United Way’s College Bound Program Assists Students, Parents Apply for Student Aid
United Way of Greater Atlanta has launched a new program aimed at helping students in select high schools apply for college funding by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid [FAFSA] form. United Way hosted a pilot event for the program, which is sponsored by Delta Air Lines, last spring at Tri-Cities High School […]
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United Way Partners with Labor Families to Help Union Families in Need
For more than 75 years, United Way has partnered with the American Federation of Labor and National Congress of Industrial Organizations to help unionized employees in times of emergency. The first formal agreement encouraged labor representation on United Way — formerly Community Chest — boards and councils. United Way and the AFL-CIO agreed to collaborative […]
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Clayton talks progress, bright future in conversation with United Way and public officials
Superintendent of Clayton County Public Schools Dr. Morcease Beasley walked to the stage of the Clayton County Performing Arts Center on the morning of Aug. 14 to celebrate the improvements he’s seen his students and community make over the past few years. Beasley was there alongside 150 business leaders, elected officials and a room full […]
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United Way of Greater Atlanta’s CoLabs promotes cross-sector collaboration
Recently, Ray Allen, 10x NBA All-Star and NBA Champion, appeared on ESPN’s “First Take” to explain his falling out with fellow Boston Celtics stars, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. In a sobering moment, Allen explained his displeasure with the “the Big 3” mentality he formed while playing with his two co-stars during the late 2000’s. […]
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Reducing recidivism through intervention
Dudley Arnold found himself standing in front of a parole board after more than half of his life spent in a jail cell. The Athens native had a “normal childhood,” but he said he always “wanted to grow up too fast.” For this reason, he says he ran into trouble with police and served his […]
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The S.A.F.E. Center helps students inside and outside the classroom
Caption: Milton J. Little, Jr., president and CEO at United Way of Greater Atlanta is joined by Duke Bradley, principal at Banneker High School. Banneker High School was awarded the Partnership Champion Award at State of the Children: Progress through Partnerships. None of us ever enjoyed getting ready for a long day of school. Some […]
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Based on the data, the future is promising
United Way of Greater Atlanta on May 9 at its annual State of The Children event reported out the progress made in Greater Atlanta’s 13 counties to improve the well-being of its children. A previous Child Well-Being Score of 58.9 had improved in two years to 61.8. That equates to a change in the lives […]
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Addressing Mental Health Concerns in Our Community
On May 9th, United Way of Greater Atlanta unveiled progress toward improving the well-being of children and communities during its Annual State of Children address. Two years ago, United Way revealed nearly half a million children in Greater Atlanta lived in areas of low or very low child well-being. More than 300 stakeholders witnessed United […]
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Start funding the ‘right’ non-profits
By Guest Columnist DIANNE BERNEZ, global head of philanthropy at North Highland
An integral part of our mission at North Highland, a consulting company launched 27 years ago in Atlanta, is giving back to local communities to boost economic empowerment. This focus led us to a new approach: Provide pro-bono support only to organizations that can end poverty rather than just treat symptoms.
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Harnessing the power of social media for social change
By Erin Dreiling, marketing and communications manager, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Social media is everywhere. My grandmother follows the exploits of my children through Facebook. I view Instagram photos from childhood friends I have not seen in 25 years. It makes us all feel connected – for better or worse. We’ve all heard about […]
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Leadership has chosen each and every one of us
We all have the ability to be leaders in our community, but we have to be in tune with the needs of our community. That was one of the big takeaways from this year’s United Way of Greater Atlanta African-American Partnership Leadership Luncheon. This was our fourth year hosting the event, and it was the […]
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Memorializing wood that matters into things that last
By Guest Columnist RONNY JUST, a worker of wood
My German grandfather was sometimes described as stoic and unemotional. For many years I was unable to reconcile that description with my observation of the man’s passion for shaping red cedar – from his farm outside Austin, Texas – into treasured family heirlooms.
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Innovative nonprofit partnership brought Frog and Toad to life
By Lauren Jeong, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Partnerships are critical to our nonprofit ecosystem because they challenge our thinking, expand our audience size and help us more fully meet need through complementary services. However, finding the time, resources and alignment to foster new partnerships is not an easy feat, particularly across issue […]
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2-1-1 points people ‘in right direction,’ provides needs
On Feb. 11 — or 2/11— United Way celebrated National 2-1-1 Day. 2-1-1 is United Way’s program that connects people in this area to resources they need. The daytime staff starts its shift at 7 a.m. with about 14 to 16 agents sitting on calls — it depends on the time of the year and […]
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Balser Giving Circle awards $25,000 in grants
By Christy Eckoff, managing director, philanthropic counsel, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta At the Community Foundation, making grants is an essential part of what we do. In my work, I also get to collaborate with professional advisors who are helping their clients achieve their own philanthropic goals. The Balser Professional Advisors Council’s giving circle is […]
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Viewing the needs of the community through United Way’s lens
This post is written in response to “To climb from poverty, metro Atlanta’s poor children need positive role models” by David Pendered posted Jan. 6 in the Saporta Report. There is a common American narrative saying a kid should be able to go as far as their potential allows. The reality is different and that […]
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Looking back and looking ahead in 2019
By Alicia Philipp, president, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The New Year brings reflection, a time when people look back at the year that’s behind us and ahead to what’s to come. Last year there were two things top of mind for me that continue to impact the philanthropic community – changing tax laws and […]
