2020 LEGISLATIVE WARM-UP December 27, 2019 2020 Welcome Warm-Up Greetings Community Advocate, United Way of Greater Portland (UWGP) is pleased to present the 2020 bi-weekly Legislative Update. To kick start advocacy communications this update serves to
The Brick & Beam Society is seeking proposals for summer-focused programs/projects that are short-term/immediate. Proposals should target early childhood learning and/or STEM programming, and support high need populations birth through 8th grade.
Carolyn’s SNAP Story A native Mainer and 58 year resident of Portland, Carolyn never considered that one day she would experience homelessness and be in need of support. Watch Carolyn’s story and hear how the
On September 13, United Way of Greater Portland’s United We CAN food drive resulted in enough food to provide 28,500 meals—breaking the record for Maine’s largest one-day food drive for the third year in a row.
Window displays will appear throughout downtown September 9 to 13 leading up to the CAN Sculpture Contest + Kickoff in Monument Square United Way of Greater Portland’s Campaign Kickoff and United We CAN Sculpture Contest
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE June 28, 2019 To get the Legislative Update delivered to your inbox every other week, sign up below or email Ronald Jarrett, United Way of Greater Portland’s Director of Public Policy and Advocacy,
Join us at the annual United We CAN food sculpture contest at United Way of Greater Portland’s Annual Campaign Kickoff, Friday September 13, 2019. Teams will construct sculptures from 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. (spectators are welcome). Sculptures will be on display during the Kickoff in Monument Square from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wayside Food Programs will distribute collected food to pantries throughout Cumberland County.
United Way of Greater Portland (UWGP) is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals “UWGP RFP” seeking to fund programs, initiatives, or collaborations in Greater Portland (Cumberland County with the exception of Brunswick and Harpswell) that begin to make measurable progress on one or more of Thrive2027’s three community-wide goals. Thrive2027, our community’s new collective vision for how to make our region even stronger for everyone who calls it home, are three ten-year goals created by and for the community. Applications are due on March 17, 2017.