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United Way of the Midlands recently announced Alesia Jerrells, VP of Operations of Recruiting Solutions, as the recipient of the 2022 Judith M. Davis Volunteer of the Year Award. “This award honors the spirit of Judy Davis’ commitment to constantly improving the Midlands,” said Sara Fawcett, United Way President & CEO. “Alesia is a dedicated volunteer who has mentored and developed future...
Columbia, S.C. (September 9, 2021) – United Way of the Midlands is asking residents throughout the Midlands to participate in the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance by completing small acts of service to commemorate 9/11. “As we reflect on the 20th anniversary of September 11, we encourage you to pay tribute through volunteer service to address critical needs in our community,”...
Columbia, S.C. (July 28, 2021) – United Way of the Midlands is looking for volunteers interested in tutoring and reading to elementary age students to support the Midlands Reading Consortium (MRC) for the 2021-2022 school year. MRC is a literacy focused program that supplements and enhances shared reading experiences to ignite a love of reading for elementary students. MRC is a partnership between...
Columbia, S.C. (July 26, 2021) – AT&T donated $25,000 to United Way’s Midlands Reading Consortium (MRC), which is a literacy focused program that supplements and enhances shared reading experiences to ignite a love of reading for elementary students. MRC offers a library of services including virtual and in person one-to-one tutoring, classroom read alouds, guest reading opportunities, parenting...
Columbia, S.C. (July 15, 2021) – United Way of the Midlands is actively looking for new members to serve as AmeriCorps Midlands Reading Consortium (MRC) School Liaisons for the August 2021-July 2022 term. MRC is a volunteer tutoring initiative targeting prekindergarten to second grade students who are not reading on grade level. The program is a partnership between United Way of the Midlands and...
COLUMBIA, SC (July 12, 2021) –For its efforts to provide preventative and restorative dental and eye care to underserved populations, WellPartners Dental and Eye Clinic earned a 2021 Gold Rating from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC) Quality Standards Program. WellPartners is owned and operated by United Way of the Midlands with support from community partners...
Columbia, SC (June 15, 2021) – United Way of the Midlands has named La Ruchala Murphy, a career-long nonprofit professional and arts enthusiast, as its new Director of Leadership and Capacity Building. “We are excited to have La Ruchala's skills and background to advance our work building and strengthening partnerships,” said Jennifer Moore, Vice President of Community Impact. In this role, Murphy...
Columbia, S.C. (June 9, 2021) – WellPartners Adult Dental Clinic dentist, Kimberly Bensonhaver, DDS, or “Dr. Kimi,” is recognized as one of the topDentists™ in the Midlands. The topDentists™ teams asked thousands of dentists, “If you had a patient in need of a dentist, which dentist would you refer them to?” With years of experience, continuing education, manner with patients, use of new...
Columbia, S.C. (June 7, 2021) – United Way of the Midlands educates the community on the barriers to employment with its Breaking Down Barriers Workshop Series and collaborates with organizations to provide resources to support individuals encountering those barriers through its Breaking Barriers Resource Fair. Breaking Down Barriers Workshop Series Breaking Down Barriers is United Way of the...
Columbia, S.C. (May 27, 2021) – Women in Philanthropy (WIP), an affinity group of United Way of the Midlands, awards a combined $50,000 in grants to further WIP’s work to improve financial stability among women and women with children. WIP selected Homeless No More and Able SC as its 2021 grantees to help fund children’s afterschool and summer camp programs and financial literacy programs for...