Volunteers Show Up Strong in Response to COVID-19
Volunteers Show up Strong in Response to COVID-19
Between March 16 and June 1, 2020, we received 1,179 responses to volunteer needs within the community through our volunteer center and 7,655 volunteer hours logged, resulting in $185,175 of impact in supporting nonprofits serving our community through this challenging time. Thank you volunteers!
We're Hiring: Community School Coordinator
We're Hiring a Community School Coordinator at Reynolds Middle School
If you are passionate about and experienced in building and sustaining strong school-community partnerships, supporting student achievement, and promoting family and community engagement, then this position is for you.
The Community School Coordinator will build, maintain and strengthen school and community partnerships to help meet the needs of students and families throughout the Reynolds district. Several primary functions of the position include:
Our Nation's Grief, Our Grief
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County has long believed that Live United means fighting for the hopes, dreams, and rights of all people. But for too long, inequity, violence, and racism have been allowed to go unchecked violating the lives of People of Color. This grief is on full display across our nation and here, in our community. That’s why we must act.
Community Update 5/18
Mobilizing people, networks, and partnerships to address the most pressing issues facing our community is what United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County is built for. Connecting people with needed resources during good and bad times demonstrates our value in the community and helps to define what we’re about — what we’ve been about for nearly a century.
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Community Update 5/14
It’s been approximately 3 1/2 months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency. During that time we — as individuals, communities, and organizations — have learned many lessons.
There is no doubt that this crisis has further exposed the divides that poverty and inequality create and it has also revealed what works.
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