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United Way of the Midlands Celebrates National Volunteer Week With Five Good on the Go Volunteer Events to Benefit Local Nonprofits

UWM Celebrates National Volunteer Week With Five Good on the Go Volunteer Events to Benefit Local Nonprofits In celebration of National Volunteer Week, April 20-26, United Way of the Midlands (UWM) is working with local corporate partners to provide their employees with an opportunity to give back by participating in a custom Good on the Go event at their workplace.

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Day of Action: Act Today to Strengthen Tomorrow

YOU can strengthen our community on Day of Action, April 8th, 2021! This past year brought forth so many challenges for this country and ultimately for our community. COVID-19 has impacted all of us: our loved ones, our neighbors, our

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Health Hero Recap

See what your dollars did to help people facing a health diagnosis in our community   THANK YOU FOR BEING A HEALTH HERO!   We were honored to partner with Physicians Mutual, Great Western Bank, Hancock Dana, Lindsay Corporation and

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United Way Invites Community to Become “Health Heroes”

For Immediate Release: February 23, 2021 United Way Invites Community to Become “Health Heroes” Tomorrow, February 24, community members have the opportunity to become “health heroes.” United Way of the Midlands is hosting Health Hero Giving Day in partnership with

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211’s New Space

We are excited to share that our expanding 211 team will have a new call center soon, sponsored by Daugherty Foundation, Google, 211 Iowa partners and COVID-19-related funding. Ever since catastrophic flooding hit our region in spring 2019, calls to the

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