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Monday, November 28, 2011
Lynn Pegg receives an iPad2 from Jim Neu, owner of CityMac. Lynn won it during the "You Need the Middle" e-card campaign this fall. Thanks to Jim and CityMac for this most generous donation!
You may have noticed seeing "You Need the Middle" in a lot of places over the last 8 weeks. We shared messages with our community about the importance of the middle school years and the role we each can play in helping to ensure kids get through those years successfully.
While the media campaign comes to a close, our efforts to improve opportunities for middle school youth continues by:
organizing trainings for youth development...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Did you know that nationally 1,200,000, or 1 in 3, teens drop out of high school every year?
By the time Amanda called 2-1-1 of WNC, she was at her wits’ end. She had done all she could to encourage her 12-year-old son, Jackson, as he struggled with school and his new environment now that she was divorced from his dad. However, Jackson needed more help than Amanda could provide. He tried to overcome a reading disorder, dyslexia, and had become a B student at the beginning of middle school, but his gains were being erased by his bad behavior, and he now disliked school.
Jackson refused to take medicine for his ADHD, refused to follow his...
Monday, November 14, 2011
Here it is! The video you've heard folks talking about... the campaign announcement made at Celebration on November 4th. Enjoy!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
It's here! The new and improved Hands On Asheville-Buncombe web site is up and running. It's not only really good looking, it also has a lot of new and exciting features including a more powerful search tool that will make it even easier to find just the right volunteer opportunity for you!
Hands On Asheville-Buncombe is excited about everything this new site will offer. The new Handsonasheville.org will continue to release updates and features even beyond Nov. 5, in an effort to constantly improve user experience and functionality. We appreciate your patience and feedback as we work to make volunteerism as accessible as possible for...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
We’re excited to announce that on November 5th, Hands On Asheville-Buncombewill launch a new and improved website with lots of exciting features including apowerful search tool that will make it even easier to find just the right volunteeropportunity for you!
To accommodate this transition, Handsonasheville.org will be inaccessiblebetween November 2nd- 4th. The new and improved Handsonasheville.org will beup and running on November 5th.
Hands On Asheville-Buncombe is excited about everything this new site will offer.The new Handsonasheville.org will continue to release updates and features evenbeyond Nov. 5, in an effort to constantly...
Friday, October 28, 2011
Don't miss a great opportunity to celebrate a year of Living United! So many great people; Givers, Advocates and Volunteers alike, accomplished a lot over the last year and it's time to take a moment and honor those efforts.
We'll be at the Crowne Plaza from 8:15-10am November 4. Good food, good people, a lot of laughter... we hope to see you there...
Read more about the event and purchase your tickets online. Oh, and we need your rsvps by Tuesday so that the Crowne Plaza can plan appropriately, thanks!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
United Way's Middle School Success Initiative supports a number of efforts that improve and increase opportunities for middle school youth. In Real Life (IRL) at Asheville Middle School is one of those partnerships.
Here's a video that shows just how exciting things are over there!
In Real Life from 614 Films (Rod Murphy) on Vimeo.
Friday, October 21, 2011
We've been connecting people with community resources for years. It started back in the 70's with Information and Referral which later became First Call for Help. Ten years ago, we got the 3-digit number you know us by today. Eight years ago, we published our searchable database on the World Wide Web. Three years ago, 2-1-1 was made available on cell phones. This is another one of those moments in history when we're taking it to the next level... Announcing the NC2-1-1 iPhone App!
The NC2-1-1 App is a fast, dynamic way to find community resources:
Use our robust list of search categories.
Sort programs based on distance from you....
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Have you heard Chris on any of the Asheville Radio Group stations? Here he is in case you missed him.
A big thanks by the way to Asheville Radio Group for helping time and time again with our efforts to get the word out about our work. You all are great!