From the President’s Desk
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President’s Blog: Can You Imagine?
May 11, 2023Last Monday, exiting the office back door onto Joachim Street, the office manager, Erica Berger, and I encount...
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President’s Blog: The Importance of Volunteering
April 4, 2023All nonprofits rely on volunteers – they make our world go round. They offer extra hands, time, ideas, donat...
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President’s Blog: The Gender Pay Gap
March 9, 2023When I was a little girl, I knew that I was going to have a career. My Barbie dolls had careers, and I really ...
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President’s Blog “What’s Going On”
February 8, 2023The Reverend David L. Frazier, Sr. served as the keynote speaker speaker for this year’s Port City Chapt...
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President’s Blog – Face the New Year With Optimism
January 3, 2023The holidays and the end of the year bring about a nostalgia for holidays’ past and force us to face, all to...
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President’s Blog – Someone Needs You
August 15, 2022“One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we co...
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President’s Blog – World Listening Day
July 13, 2022When Leslie Schraeder sent this month’s topic to me, I had no idea what World Listening Day was. According t...
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President’s Blog – Pride Month
June 10, 2022It was the summer of 1978 when my friend, I’ll call her Dinah, called me to tell me that she couldn’t come...
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President’s Blog – Mental Health Matters
May 11, 2022The nonprofit organization Mental Health America’s “work is guided by its Before Stage 4 (B4Stage4) philos...
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President’s Blog – “Volunteering Is Empathy In Action”
April 8, 2022The Learning Exchange has announced, “The National Volunteer Week theme for 2022 (April 24-30, 2022), Volun...
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President’s Blog – The Power of Women
February 17, 2022By Jill Chenoweth I have spent the majority of my professional life in the company of women. The women have co...
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President’s Blog – New Year. New Possibilities.
January 5, 2022Every new year brings hope for me that I will morph into the best me; obviously, this has not occurred, so for...
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President’s Blog – December Promises
December 2, 2021December brings a hope for all that is good in the world to manifest itself, a hope for joyous days celebratin...
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President’s Blog – Nonprofit Awareness Month
November 12, 2021In November, the Nonprofit World Celebrates itself – Nonprofit Awareness Month. I have struggled to write ...
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President’s Blog – 111 National Awareness Campaigns in October
October 25, 2021The month of October hosts 111 National Awareness Campaigns – everything from National Go on a Field Trip Da...
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President’s Blog – Sometimes Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
September 8, 2021Sometimes, old dogs and old broads can learn new tricks or remember old life lessons. Yesterday, my partner Ja...
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President’s August Blog – I Have A Confession to Make
August 2, 2021I have a confession to make. I am currently suffering from depression. This is not an easy confession for me...
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National Culinary Arts Month – Remembering the Food Service Industry Workers
July 14, 2021July marks the celebration of National Culinary Arts Month and celebrates the professional cooks and chefs who...
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PRIDE By the Numbers
June 3, 2021As America celebrates Pride Month, I read many articles regarding its inception, history and the progress made...
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President’s May Blog – National Mental Health Awareness Month
May 4, 2021May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. According to Mental Health America’s 2021 The State of Mental...
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President’s April Blog – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
April 23, 2021As with everything else in 2020, the UWSWA’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program was stalled unti...
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President’s March Blog – The Community Safety Net
March 3, 2021GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER. The United Way of Southwest Alabama’s 45 partner agencies provide services in fou...
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President’s February Blog – Honoring Black History Month
February 2, 2021When the UWSWA management team met early in January to discuss Blog topics for each month this year, we decide...
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Go Forth and Do Good
January 5, 2021On the first work week day of 2021, I feel a sense of renewal and hope. Friends in recovery remind me that e...
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Step Into Growth to Fulfill Our Mission
December 2, 2020John Maxwell noted that “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” This quote sums up 2020 to me. Fac...
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November is Nonprofit Awareness Month
November 12, 2020In the month of November, we celebrate Nonprofit Awareness. As the United Way of Southwest Alabama, we partner...
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“Why should I support United Way?”
September 10, 2020The staff of the United Way of Southwest Alabama answer this question daily. Here are their responses: “Yo...
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Food Insecurity in America
July 6, 2020One of the things that I cannot wrap my head around involves food insecurity in America. How can the greates...
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United Way Works to Address Inequities
June 11, 2020“In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible throu...
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“H” Season Begins June 1
May 7, 2020It’s May, and for those of us along the coast, we know that this means the beginning of the “H” SEASON. ...
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