You’ve no doubt seen or at least heard of Food Network Canada, but what you may not realize is there’s a Food Network right here in your own region – York Region Food Network (YRFN). But it’s not about celebrity chefs and extravagant cake challenges for [...]
You may have heard that United Way York Region recently launched a new initiative called Strength Investments, which aims to bring residents, community groups, businesses, faith groups and agencies together. The initiative invests in civic participation and provides funding to grassroots initiatives.
Strength Investments focuses on [...]
This October, Hospice Georgina held an ingenious and tasty fundraiser in support of United Way York Region. Staff and volunteers rolled up their sleeves and turned up their taste buds as they prepared and auctioned homemade lunches. Prizes were awarded for best decorated basket, box or [...]
On July 14, 2011, Rogers Communications donated seven adult men’s bikes to the Blue Door Shelters.
Established in 1982, Blue Door is a United Way York Region funded agency and a not-for-profit organization that has been an integral part of the community and an invaluable source of refuge for [...]
On Tuesday, October 11, 20011 from 6:30 pm to 9 pm, the York Region Chapter of Parents for Children’s Mental Health hosted the first in our series of exciting speakers that’s made possible by our Strength Investment funding.
The talk, held at the York Centre for Children, Youth [...]
United Way is a widely recognized name in the community and yet the more people who learn about our work, the more they are amazed by the breadth and depth. While we can’t sum everything up here, we can highlight one important thing that we do. We fund many [...]
This week we’re kicking off the fourth annual United Way Week – a week that’s meant to build momentum after the kick-off of our campaign where we announce our target fundraising goal. The week runs from September 19 to 23 but the campaign will run until the end of December.
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At United Way of York Region, one of our priority areas is helping youth be all they can be. We are able to address this priority through several programs we fund across the region, including several delivered by the Centre for Information & Community Services (CICS): [...]
The new Strength Investments initiative that United Way of York Region (UWYR) has launched is bringing residents, communities, businesses, faith groups and agencies together in order to create simple and local responses to our region’s most complex social issues. Our goal for this initiative is to invest in three priority areas: helping kids be all [...]
You’ve probably seen the list of agencies that United Way of York Region (UWYR) helps fund, but you maybe don’t
know exactly what these agencies do in and for the community. One of the best parts of our job is meeting the people at these agencies and learning first-hand the work that they do. Now, [...]
Though Monica Zuluaga is currently a Business System Analyst at American Express, her job situation wasn’t always this stable. But she says, thanks to United Way funded programs, she was able to find a more secure job.
Prior to discovering United Way of York Region (UWYR), Monica says that she tried other programs and worked [...]
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