Leah Roncesvalles grew up in a good home with a loving family where there was no history of mental illness. In her academic studies and her personal life, Leah was always a hard-working perfectionist who excelled.
At the height of her university career, while Leah [...]
United Way York Region has had a long standing and positive relationship with Seneca College. In addition to a growing campaign, Seneca partners with United Way on a range of community planning tables, finding solutions to our region’s most pressing issues such as [...]
The curtain is poised to fall on UWYR’s 2011 Fundraising Campaign and the trying economic times we live in have shown their gnarly nature. Based on our past year’s achievement the indications were optimistic for this year’s targets but the challenges have been great.
This is by no means [...]
This past month, the Grade 3 students at Johnsview Village Public School enthusiastically organized and oversaw a school-wide loonie drive as part of our fundraising effort for United Way.
Click here to read letter from Johnsview Village School.
As you discovered last week, in the fall we distributed $500,000 in additional funding in new and expansion funding to eight agencies and programs that focus on our priority areas. Two agencies became United Way member agencies as a result of this funding – one being The John [...]
In recent months, United Way York Region has reaped the rewards of a galvanizing force sweeping schools across the region. Thanks to the hardworking efforts of teachers, faculty and students, several schools have organized successful fundraising campaigns in support of United Way – all working [...]
We recently distributed $500,000 in additional funding in new and expansion funding. Eight agencies in total received funding from this distribution, but two agencies specifically, became United Way member agencies for the first time as a result.
One of these agencies is the John Howard Society of York Region and its program:
York Region Chapter of Parents for Children’s Mental Health invites you to learn more about Collaborative Problem Solving from Dr. Ross Green. Click here for more details.
Meet Jane Wedlock – a Knowledge Mobilization Officer who was hired to work for us as part of our partnership with York University to develop research initiatives that will examine how living conditions (the social determinants of health) affect health.
The goal of this initiative, according to Jane, is [...]
This year, a group of dynamic leaders set the tone for United Way York Region’s 2011 campaign. By confirming their support of United Way York Region’s fundraising campaign early, they helped underscore the urgency to raise our target of $8.6 million – an aggressive goal that represents [...]
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