Press Releases
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Women United to present 2019 family-friendly workplace awards on October 10
(Canton, OH) August 6, 2019 – United Way of Greater Stark County’s Women United third-annual Family-Friendly Workplace Awards will recognize awardees on Thursday, October 10, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The luncheon will take place in the K...
United Way launching Project Blueprint, for diversity, equity and inclusion
(Canton, OH) July 18, 2019 – August 12 will be the first date in the pilot session for United Way of Greater Stark County’s Project Blueprint, a program for increasing ethnic diversity in volunteer leadership. It is designed to ident...
Women United accepting 2019 local family-friendly workplace awards nominations
(Canton, OH) July 16, 2019 – United Way of Greater Stark County’s (UWGSC) Women United is currently accepting nominations for the third annual Family-Friendly Workplace Awards. Nominations can be submitted by visiting the website ww...
United Way’s YLS awards three local students textbook scholarships
(Canton, OH) July 11, 2019 – United Way of Greater Stark County’s Young Leaders Society (YLS) will recognize three Textbook Scholarship recipients at a reception at the United Way offices on Friday, July 19. Each student is eligible ...
8th Grader, Bradley Mull, Receives Two Youth Volunteer Awards
Pictured in the photo left to right are: Maria Heege, Marilyn Roman, Olivia Mull, Gary Mull, Bradley Mull, Jeanne McNeal, Brent May and William Lemmon (Canton, OH) May 20, 2019 – On Thursday, May 16, United Way of Greater Stark Countyâ...
2019 Day of Caring Results in 700+ Volunteers Helping with Service Projects
(Canton, OH) May 14, 2019 – May 17 will be United Way of Greater Stark County’s largest Day of Caring yet with 732 volunteers, 42 service projects, 40 nonprofit or school locations and 39 workplaces participating in 12 cities. Day of...