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Back to School Project Connect helped prepare kids for another successful year at school! Thanks to all the volunteers and vendors that helped make this event a success!
August 14, 2010
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Our Community Campaign Celebration was a great success! Thank you York County for your support of our local United Way of York County! |
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Leadership York County & United Way teamed up to equip York County residents with the tools they need to go back to work. |
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We are thankful for the US Postal Workers and the community for supporting the US Postal Food Drive. We were able to collect 33,041 pounds of food, 2,500 pounds more than last year, to help re-stock 7 local food banks/soup kitchens! Thank you!
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Thanks to all who attended Pathways to Housing's 2nd Annual Faith-Based Summit on Hunger and Homelessness. Fifty local churches came together with an interest in partnering to better our community!
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Thank you to Peoples First Insurance and everyone who participated to make the 7th Annual Peoples First Golf Tournament a great success! |
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Our volunteers complete their training to become part of the Allocations Committee. This committee reviews agency funding requests and tours the programs before making funding recommendations to our Board of Directors. |
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Project Connect 2010 provided an array of services to our homeless and low-income families in York County. Thanks to the many of volunteers and vendors who helped out on Saturday, February 20, 2010! We couldn't do it without you! |
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Thanks to Dolce Lusso for hosting a wonderful event, benefiting Toys for Happiness! We had lots of fun - as you'll see in the pictures! |
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Join some of our Toys for Happiness JOYMAKERS as they sort and pack toys in the Toy Warehouse! We can't thank our Joymakers enough for all the help they provide our Toys for Happiness program. Want to learn more? Click here to learn about the Toys for Happiness program, which helped more than 3,000 York County children in 2008! |
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Many THANKS to our bicyclist group, who put together countless bikes for our children signed up for Toys for Happiness! They were great and we had a lot of fun! |
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Meet some of the Toys for Happiness volunteers that accepted applications on Friday and Saturday, December 4 & 5. These volunteers are amazing! Learn more about volunteering with Toys for Happiness by clicking here! |
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Thanks to all who attended the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week's Hunger Banquet, featuring guest speaker Manny Ohonme, Founder and President of Samaritan's Feet! Learn more about York County's response to homelessness by clicking here. |
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Thanks to the City of Rock Hill for a fantastic campaign!! You continue to amaze us, year after year! Your contributions will make a world of difference in thousands of lives right here at home. THANK YOU! |
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Shred Day at First Citizens benefiting United Way of York County, S.C. was a great success! Thanks to everyone who attended!
Click here to see YouTube coverage of the event!
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Join Clover residents as they learn important information about healthy living at the Town of Clover Health Fair. |
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United Way of York County, SC will gladly come to your business and decorate a bulletin board with helpful information for your employees or clients, including our 2-1-1 information and referral hotline, our free prescription drug discount card, and the free tax preparation. See some of the boards we've completed so far!
-- Updated on September 29, 2009
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United Way's Beth Covington spoke to Clover Middle School 8th graders about community involvement and volunteering. |
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Hop in and join the United Way of York County, SC as it kicks off its 2009-2010 Campaign with guest speaker Kimberly P. Johnson!
Thanks for all the support!
To see our video from this event, click here
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Getting ready for the 2009-2010 United Way campaign by training employee campaign coordinators from local buisnesses and organizations. |
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United Way comes to Winthrop University for their Convocation Picnic! |
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Join in the fun and festivities at Duke Energy - Catawba Nuclear Station as they kick-off their 2009 - 10 United Way campaign! |
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As part of Hands On York County, a Wells Fargo employee and intern devote the day to volunteering at PATH (People Attempting to Help). |
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A "Night with the Knights" raised $2,780 for United Way of York County. |
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On August 3, 2009, Wayne Wingate celebrated his 60th birthday by donating 60 percent of sales to benefit United Way of
York County, SC. |
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York County At Risk Youth Needs Assessment addressed York County's greatest concerns for our local youth.
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This year Samaritan's feet was held throughout York County. The event includes hearing the story of Ohonme's dream, washing of the feet, and a new pair of shoes for each child.
714 pairs of shoes were given to children throughout York County.
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When our community comes together around an issue, great things happen! This year, the US Postal "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive resulted in more than 30,000 lbs. of food for seven food pantries across York County. Thanks to our volunteers and to everyone who left food by your mailbox during this one-day event.
If you would like to donate food, there is still time! Call United Way at 803.324.2735 or 803.684.9847!
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Enjoy the beautiful day in Fort Mill during SpringFest 2009! |
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More photos from our Palmetto Crescent Soiree - photos of the garden reception. For more information about the Palmetto Leadership Society, please contact Debbie Hayworth at 803.324.2735.
updated 5/18/09
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Many thanks to Winthrop University and Winthrop Galleries for hosting our 5th annual Palmetto Crescent Soiree! Our Palmetto Leadership Society members enjoyed artwork by Winthrop students called "The Voices of Homelessness," which a few items are pictured here.** Remember I'm not a professional photographer. Please enjoy the artwork in person at the Winthrop Galleries and in downtown Rock Hill at the Arts Center! ** Updated 5/1/09
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Congratulations to our very own Grace Lewis, Community Resource Director for United Way of York County, SC. Grace was honored by Citi Financial as their Citi Stars Partner Community Award in April 2009.
"Because lending a helping hand is profitable in every sense." - Quote from her award.
Congratulations Grace!
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Join our volunteers as they tour our partner agencies as part of the allocations process! |
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United Way's 3rd annual Homeless Summit featured speaker Steve Berg, Vice President of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Asheville Mayor Terry M. Bellamy with comments from Rock Hill Mayor Doug Echols, Catawba Mental Health Director Dr. Paul Cornely, Dr. Luanne Kokolis of Rock Hill Schools and Pathways to Housing Project Coordinator Lora Holladay. The event was filmed and will run on the Rock Hill City channel. (March 26, 2009) |
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Local media were invited to meet with Mr. Steve Berg, Vice President of the National Alliance to End Homelessness in Washington, D.C. Mr. Berg was the guest speaker for United Way's 3rd annual Homeless Summit. Thanks to CN2, The Herald and WRHI Radio for attending! (March 26, 2009) |
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Check out the big mouths caught at Lake Wylie during Duke Energy's Bass Fishing Tournament, held in February 2009. Everyone had a lot of fun - and all to benefit United Way! |
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Come along with the volunteers who participated in the 2009 Homeless Count! |
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Meet some of the folks that
LIVE UNITED in our community!
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