The Lyons-Smith Family Foundation Provided a Generous $500k Match to Help Reach Goal $500 Emergency Debit Cards will be Given Directly to 2,000 Families Homeful Foundation Providing New $100k Match to Help an Additional 400 Families Irvine, CA (June 10,…
More than 750 viewers tuned in for the virtual fundraising event with celebrity guest Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Irvine, CA (June 4, 2020) – Orange County United Way hosted the 17th Annual Women’s Philanthropy Fund Breakfast virtually on May 20, raising nearly…
By Theresa Walker / Orange County Register Originally published in Orange County Register. O.C. United Way pandemic relief uses debit cards to keep at-risk families from homelessness. A single mom raising three children, Ashley Mehr felt over the past year…
Program aims to increase the number of financially stable families and break cycle of poverty Irvine, CA, December 10, 2018 – Orange County United Way is offering free tax preparation and electronic filing to low- and moderate-income individuals and families…
By Margot Roosevelt / Orange County Register Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG Originally posted on the Orange County Register. Not far from Newport Coast’s glittering enclaves, Fullerton’s tidy subdivisions, Disneyland’s fantasy rides and Irvine’s corporate towers lies another…
The 19th Annual Orange County Community Indicators Report Highlights Economic Trends and Brings Urgent Countywide Issues to Light Santa Ana, Calif. (July 30, 2018) – An annual report released today identified Orange County’s homelessness crisis and affordable housing shortage as…
By Susan B. Parks / Los Angeles Times' Daily Pilot Originally posted on the Los Angeles Times’ Daily Pilot. Health, education and financial stability require determination and concentration. But who can concentrate when their stomach is growling? Unfortunately for too…
Irvine, CA, June 27, 2018 — Orange County United Way is proud to partner with United Ways of California on the release of Struggling to Stay Afloat: The Real Cost Measure in California 2018, a new statewide report on financial…
By Jessica Peralta / Los Angeles Times' Daily Pilot Originally posted on the Los Angeles Times' Daily Pilot. Every morning third-grade teacher Jennifer Swan-Altieri starts her students off with a motivational mantra: "What if it's too hard?" she asks. "We…
By Staff Report / Orange County Register Originally posted on the Orange County Register. Here's a little update from the folks at United Way, which through its Free Tax Prep Campaign helped thousands of local residents file their tax returns…
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