United Way thanks all of its Pacesetter Companies who kicked off their annual campaigns with a breakfast rally, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
__________________________________________________________Summer Activities Guides are here!
Download your copy or contact Shawna Davie for more information.Need help with Summer Reading Assignments?  Click here for a list of workshops and book clubs for your child this summer.
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Join Pages of Promise and you can help us collect 1,000 summer reading books!

United Way, along with State Farm Insurance Company, announces PAGES OF PROMISE: A Summer Reading Book Drive. Help us collect JPS Summer Reading Books for children living in the our Featured Community.

Download a list of participating State Farm Insurance offices that are collecting books. Books can also be donated at the United Way building.

For more information, contact Shawna Davie at shawna@myunitedway.
Download a Wish List.
Download a Poster.
Download a Flyer.
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United Way Board of Directors votes unanimously to send $5,000 in disaster reserve funds to the Central Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross to go to the relief efforts in counties affected by last weekend’s tornado. Read more
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For immediate savings on prescription drugs

No enrollment required • No activation fee • Use as often as needed • Copies permitted

Other Important Information:

Covers all prescription drugs. Accepted at most pharmacies nationwide. Pricing is the lesser of the discounted price of the pharmacy’s retail price.

Cannot be used with other prescription cards. Some restrictions apply. Benefits subject to change. Provided by Agelity, Inc.

Latest Campaign Video

A Day In The Life from United Way of Jackson on Vimeo.

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Need help with prescription drug costs?

United Way offers familyWize prescription drug discount cards to uninsured and under-insured individuals and families in the tri-county area. Dial 2-1-1 to reach United Way’s call center for more information and to help distribute cards.

Click here to learn more about the familyWize card and for a list of pharmacies in our area who accept the card.

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African American Women Health Initiative (AAWHI), an organization of professional women who mentor 4th graders, is back in action as the school year starts!  Read more.

“United Way’s 2-1-1 Mississippi has worked very well, thanks to the incredible dedication of the team that runs the call center and the volunteers who lent their hands and hearts, says Blake Wilson, President of the Mississippi Economic Council.

“This experience gave us confidence that United Way’s 2-1-1 Mississippi can function as the communication center for the state during a catastrophic disaster,” says Carol Burger, President of United Way of the Capital Area.

Marsha Meeks Kelly with the Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Services was one of the leaders in this collaborative effort to use United Way’s 2-1-1 Mississippi as the state’s crisis communication service.

Other organizations that joined the collaboration include: Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, MS Commission for Volunteer Services, AmeriCorps, Mississippi Economic Council, MS Division of Medicaid, MS Department of Finance and Administration, the Secretary of State’s Office, MS Center for Non Profits, and the MS Restaurant and Hospitality Association.