Blog Category: Success Story
Watch Blake Shelton’s Oklahoma Relief Concert Tonight
Tonight at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-native Blake Shelton hosts “Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert.” More
05/29/13
Good Books About How One Person Can Make a Difference
Four book titles about real people who made a difference in their corner of the world. More
05/15/13
DRAFTING FOR A CAUSE
During Draft Weekend, NFL teams recruited roughly 200 college students into the big leagues. At the same time, twice as many volunteers were “drafted” by United Way TEAM NFL to become readers, tutors, and mentors for students across America. More
04/30/13
TEAM DAVIN, Not Your Average “Underdog” Tale
This time last year, “TEAM DAVIN” was merely a concept, an idea, a group of strangers who accepted a challenge to help kids stay in school. But one year later, this team of unlikely colleagues — a professional football player, a 20-year-old college student, a foundation exec, a nonprofit marketing manager and an NFL team staffer — developed and executed a vision to “Live United for Education” with United Way and accomplished a feat no other came close to achieving. More
04/17/13
By Doug Taylor
Creating Impact Through Volunteering – Part 5: Deepening Employee, Business Engagement for Impact
In this fifth blog on corporate volunteering, we discuss the impact the last ten years of our unskilled team volunteering program has had on ourselves, United Way Australia, and how we have used this to deepen our engagement with our corporate partners, their employees and our communities, to create greater impact for all these stakeholders. More
04/15/13