May 15, 2012
Helping at-risk preschoolers get ready for kindergarten. Providing job skills training to the unemployed to help them get and keep jobs. Preventing disease in small children. These are just a few examples of the 144 exceptional local programs that United Way of Metropolitan Dallas will invest in to change North Texans' lives forever. Read More »
May 15, 2012
“We care about these students and their future, and today we are standing side-by-side with United Way to improve STEM education,” said Rich Templeton, chairman, president and CEO of Texas Instruments. Read More »
May 08, 2012
Women’s Leadership Council volunteers took time May 3 to sit down with students in the College Bound-Worry Free program to discuss three key areas as they prepare for the next step in their education. Read More »
January 27, 2012
The Dallas community has an opportunity to help students and parents of schools closed by DISD successfully transition to their new schools, Susan Hoff told Dallas Business Journal. Read More »
November 16, 2011
From tilling soil and installing arbors to leveling paths and planting trees, United Way Leadership Givers volunteered Nov. 12 to build and prepare a learning garden for a high-poverty elementary school in Dallas. Read More »
November 11, 2011
More than 80 United Way volunteers took time last Friday — 11.11.11 — to read to local elementary students and show them the importance of literacy. Read More »
Categories: Education
November 10, 2011
Time Warner Cable's Beth Wilson interviews Jennifer Sampson from United Way about the keys to helping families struggling in the current economy and how education volunteers prepare kids to succeed. Read More »
November 09, 2011
On Nov 11, 2011, beginning at 11:11 a.m., volunteers from across the city will join together to read to Dallas ISD students for 11 minutes to promote the importance of reading. Read More »
Categories: Education | Press Releases
November 07, 2011
Members volunteered with Uplift Education students, mentoring them on resumé writing, interviewing skills, and SAT practice problems. Read More »
October 12, 2011
The Dallas Morning News praised The Concilio's Parents Advocating for Student Excellence program, which receives a United Way Community Impact Fund grant and is part of Destination: Graduation. Read More »
September 23, 2011
Mesquite ISD captured video of the United Way fundraising campaign pep rally, featuring interviews with Brian Gallagher from United Way Worldwide and a West Mesquite student. Read More »
Categories: Education
September 20, 2011
In the CBS 11 News report, Susan Hoff from United Way talks about the long-term keys to reduce abuse. Read More »
September 20, 2011
The energizing kickoff at West Mesquite High School was covered by The Dallas Morning News and Dallas Business Journal. Read More »
September 20, 2011
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas kicked off its 2011 annual fundraising campaign with a pep rally at West Mesquite High School that spotlighted youths building new futures through the Destination: Graduation program. Read More »
Categories: Education | Health | Income | Press Releases
August 29, 2011
In a CBS 11 News story about the rising costs of childcare, Susan Hoff from United Way discusses the importance of early childhood education. Read More »
March 08, 2010
At the United 2020 Education Summit, more than 140 of the leading local minds in Education came together to discuss the key strategies for helping students complete high school ready to succeed. Read More »
Categories: Education