| Nearly 1200 Volunteers Participate in United Way of Pierce County Day of Caring |
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United Way of Pierce County rallied a record number
of volunteers at the 2005 Day of Caring volunteer
event, Friday September 16 th. Nearly 1200
community volunteers spent the day completing 61
service projects for nonprofits throughout Pierce
County for a 'Day of Caring'.
The record turn out included a team of 400 students,
staff and faculty from the Tacoma School of the Arts
as well as teams from more than 40 companies
throughout the community.
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| New VP of Community Education & Resource Development Arrives |
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United Way of Pierce County is excited to announce
the addition of our new Vice President for Community
Education and Resource Development, Dr. Constance
Swank. Constance comes to United Way with a
tremendous track record in nonprofit leadership at
the highest levels, including the following:
- Chief Operating Officer of the nation’s third
largest Junior League, of Atlanta, Georgia.
- Executive Director of Friendship Force
International, also headquartered in Atlanta, a global
citizen exchange organization spanning 55 countries
worldwide.
- 19 years with AARP in Washington, D.C., including
Research Director, Human Resources Director, and
Special Assistant to the Executive.
- In earlier positions, Constance was Project
Director for the National Council for Alternative Work
Patterns, as well as Legislative Aide to a United
States Senator.
Constance has helped every organization with which
she has worked to change and adapt to provide more
up-to-date, leading edge approaches and
administrative structures for staff, volunteers, and
the communities in which they have worked. Her
expertise will be vital as we move forward.
Welcome Constance.
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| Back To School is COOL! Provides for Kids in Need |
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Tests, pop quizzes and homework should be the
things students worry about as they start the new
school year, but for some families, worry over how to
provide basic school supplies and new clothes begins
long before the first bell rings.
This year United Way's Back to School is COOL!
event helped send nearly 1400 children to school
with needed supplies. More than 40 organizations
and a number of individuals provided school supplies,
clothing and cash donations totalling over $27,000 in
value.
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Impacting Our Community |
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UWPC Board endorses Tacoma’s Proposition 1,
Homes Now. Why Yes on Proposition 1?
Stable housing is the first step for families and
individuals to build a future. It’s time to start
creating affordable housing options for our working
families, elderly, handicapped, and first-time
homebuyers. This important measure will appear on
the November 8, 2005 ballot.
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