Category: Supporter Profiles
Giving Back: Upstream competition helps develop mentors — and leaders
Not many college students can read “The Influencer” and recognize the characteristics of a leader in themselves. But for Courtney Lynch, University of North Florida student and co-winner of United Way of Northeast Florida’s inaugural Upstream initiative, the book further confirms her major and future career path.
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AFL Mentor Spotlight: Molly Miles
In Their Words… Mentor – Molly Miles Molly Miles is a VP of Marketing with Availity, a healthcare technology company based in Jacksonville, FL….
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Getting to know United Way ReadingPal Michele Skinner
When Bank of America employee Michele Skinner first heard about United Way of Northeast Florida’s ReadingPals program four years ago, she was learning about the difference early intervention makes in the lives of at-risk children.
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Giving Back: United Way award winner brings a new page to our libraries
With her strong background in early childhood development and the early childhood community, Mankowski began to train library employees in the needs of young children.
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Giving Back: United Way award winner has an ‘eagle eye’ for giving back
Simmons, a Scout leader at the Southside Church of Christ in God, was recently recognized by United Way of Northeast Florida as a Sherwood Smith Children’s Champion for his remarkable efforts to support, mentor and lead these boys.
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Giving Back: His own educational journey led volunteer to become a ReadingPal
It was David Selin’s own educational journey that inspired him to sign up to be a United Way of Northeast Florida ReadingPals coach at the Tutor Time preschool on Old St. Augustine Road. He knows firsthand how education and a strong background in reading can influence choices later in life.
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Giving Back: Organizer learned at an early age how to get big rewards
When her career brought her to Jacksonville five years ago, Burgess began volunteering with the company’s community service projects group at the invitation of a friend. When her friend stepped down as the leader of the service group, Burgess volunteered to take that place.
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Giving Back: It’s an honor for this volunteer to help youngsters succeed
Just look at Kenneth Reddick’s calendar, and you know helping young people is a passion. He spends every moment he can doing whatever he can to encourage and support them.
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Giving back: Helping students is a year-round project for United Way corporate volunteer
DiPietro thrives on giving back to the children and families in need in our community, whether it’s collecting school supplies or rounding up items for the food pantry at Sandalwood Middle School, a United Way Full Service School.
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Giving back: United Way Stein Fellow honored as ‘Veteran Mentor of the Year’
United Way of Northeast Florida Stein Fellow John Busam was recently recognized as United Way’s Achievers For Life “Veteran Mentor of the Year.”
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