“We are all only one disaster away from being a donor to becoming a client.” I heard this phrase at every campaign rally and meeting I attended with the 2019 campaign chair, J. Guy Helmsing, during the United Way of Southwest Alabama’s 2019 Community Campaign. Unfortunately, how true those words ring now.
In 1920, Congress passed and ratified the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. As we celebrate the 19th amendment’s 100th birthday, I thought that I would highlight the state of women in America today.
This February, we will feature one of United Way of Southwest Alabama’s (UWSWA) internal programs, VITA – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. This program provides free tax assistance to at seven of our locations and an additional ten locations across Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile and Washington Counties.
Once every decade, the people who live in the United States of America have the opportunity to be counted. Why is this important? According to the Committee for Economic Development, the census information “determine our system of political representation, inform business development and investment, and allocate government funds to where they are most needed.”