Category: Volunteerism
Northeast Florida Children’s Advocacy Training registration underway – Update: spots are filling fast!
Come, listen and learn how to speak to crucial advocacy points with keynote speakers, panel discussions and small group round tables.
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Volunteer Profile: Jim Riggan
Volunteer Jim Riggan knows that his time as a ReadingPal is making a big difference for the preschoolers he teaches. Committed to the work, he now reads with multiple sets of children at two different schools.
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Meet Your 2015 Community Builders
Each year, a team of Community Builders (CBs) joins us for campaign season to help run rallies, coordinate volunteer projects and help spread the word about United Way. Meet this year’s CB class!
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Volunteer Profile: Phillip Lee
Stein Fellow and Achievers For Life mentor Phillip Lee knows firsthand what a difference mentoring can mean, and he is encouraging others to change the lives of children, like Darion, and make that difference.
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Volunteer Profile: Chris Simser
With his own son starting kindergarten this year, Simser has a vested interest in seeing children succeed in Jacksonville’s schools. And as a Stein Fellow, Simser knows first-hand the benefits of mentoring.
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Volunteer Profile: Tianna Sparks
Tianna Sparks, a ReadingPals volunteer, makes connections with her preschool group by understanding their need for engagement and finding ways to bring humor into the classes.
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Expanding Financial Education with RealSense and Wells Fargo
As part of the Financial Capability Network, a $200,000 grant to the United Way of Northeast Florida’s RealSense initiative will help more low- and moderate-income residents get financial coaching.
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Meet Our Intern: CeTia Hunter
Greetings! My name is CeTia Hunter, and this summer I will be interning here at United Way working with the Backpack Challenge and the new Upstream pilot.
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2015 Legislative Session in the Books
Going into this year’s session, the United Ways of Florida focused on priority issues in the education and financial stability areas.
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Volunteer Profile: Lyndsey Brokenburr
For Lyndsey Brokenburr, the Achievers For Life initiative brought opportunities for direct involvement to help students. “I had always done group mentoring,” said Brokenburr. “This was different. There was a connection.”
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