Author: United Way of Northeast Florida
AFL Mentor Spotlight: Teshonna Hampton
Teshonna Hampton knew that she wanted to make a difference in the life of a child, and thought that mentoring would be a good way to make an impact. She learned about AFL through her employer when she received an e-mail that shared mentoring opportunities.
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Johnson & Johnson fills critical Full Service Schools need
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care recently led, in partnership with United Way of Northeast Florida, a “Munch Madness” food drive to help replenish the food pantry at Englewood Family Resource Center.
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Young men create mentoring program for high-school males through United Way’s Upstream
Farouk Smith and Vaughn Sayers are brothers with a purpose. They aren’t related – not actual brothers – but there is such positive continuity in their drive to be what Sayers describes as “agents of change” that they seem to be.
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Wells Fargo, United Way host Youth Financial Fitness
Approximately 90 teens attended a Youth Financial Fitness workshop on April 5 at the Emmett Reed Community Center, hosted by United Way’s RealSense, Wells Fargo and MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation.
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Giving Back: Long-time volunteer discusses how United Way changed her life
Henson was also closely involved with this year’s Upstream competition – a social innovation challenge for young professionals that provides grant funding for groundbreaking ideas – and was pleased to see the impressive ideas set forth by the students.
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