In front of an audience of roughly 300 community leaders, volunteers, supporters, and other community partners at United Way of Southwest Alabama’s annual meeting and campaign celebration, Don Keeler, the 2014 Campaign Chairman and Vice Presdient of Human Resources at Austal USA announced that for the third year in a row, United Way of Southwest Alabama’s (UWSWA) campaign achieved an increase.
We are proud to announce the following change to the United Way of Southwest Alabama staff:
Mobile, Alabama native Dee Dee McCarron is joining the UWSWA staff as the Director of Resource Advancement. McCarron comes to UWSWA after a seven year employment at Austal USA as Manager of State Legislative Affairs, Event, and Protocol.
On Friday, March 13, 2015, Austal USA hosted their fourth annual Charity Golf Outing benefiting United Way of Southwest Alabama (UWSWA). Despite the rain, 217 golfers representing 64 companies participated in the event and helped raise $142,122 for UWSWA.
United Way of Southwest Alabama’s (UWSWA) Board of Trustees met on Thursday, February 19, 2015, to approve local agencies for partnership with UWSWA for 2016-2017.
Today, February 11 (2/11), is National 2-1-1 Day and Alabama Governor Bentley has proclaimed it 2-1-1 Day within the state of Alabama as well!
On Saturday, January 31, 2015, United Way of Southwest Alabama (UWSWA) and members of South Alabama Free Electronic (SAFE) Filing Coalition kicked-off tax season by providing free tax preparation assistance for qualifying individuals and families.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has made a profound mark on the world we live in today. He is the only non-president to have a national holiday dedicated in his honor—created by an act of Congress in 1983— and the only non-president memorialized in the Mall in Washington, DC. In 1994, Congress designated MLK Day a national day of service, the sole federal holiday observed in this way.
On Saturday, January 3, 2015, members of the Rocket Marching Band of the University of Toledo participated in community service projects throughout the Mobile area. United Way’s Volunteer Connect, a program of United Way of Southwest Alabama, connected the Toledo band, in town for the Go Daddy Bowl on Sunday, January 4, 2015, with local non-profits in need of helping hands.
United Way’s Emerging Leaders held a wine tasting fundraiser benefiting the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Mobile County on Thursday, December 4, 2014, at the History Museum of Mobile. The theme for the party was an ugly holiday sweater party. In total, the event raised $1,200 for the Imagination Library.
December is one of our favorite months here at United Way! Everyone is in the holiday spirit and helping others becomes a more frequent occurrence. We are thrilled today to recognize not one, but three Volunteers of the month for December. These women not only give their time in the holiday season, but year round, specifically to the Dumas Wesley Clothing Closet. Congratulations to Amanda Hunter, Ruby Pond, and Barbara Burks, United Way’s December Volunteers of the Month.