Category: Philanthropy
Toast for a Cause: A Galentine’s Day Celebration
The COVID-19 pandemic and sheltering in place has left many of us craving in-person connection as we navigate a virtual world. Meeting new people and…
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Looking Forward
It is understandable looking back over the past year at all the things missed out, postponed, or lost during the year. Instead, I’d like to…
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Fighting Homelessness – One Person, One Cup, One Neighborhood at a Time
This holiday season, you can double your impact on the fight against homelessness! When you give to United Way between December 1-31, 2019, The Starbucks…
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Emerging Leaders Fighting Poverty
Read how one of UWBA’s Emerging Leaders is helping fight Bay Area poverty. Meet Oscar Alvarez. He is a new member of the Steering Committee…
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Paying It Forward, Tax Free
Name A Charity As One of Your IRA or 401(k) Beneficiaries My mother was a frugal woman. She was born in the depths of the…
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Local Berkeleyan Gives Back to the Bay Area
Robert Spear, PhD. knows a thing or two about research. As a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Public Health,…
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Law Firms Use “Gorilla Tactics” to Fight Poverty
There’s no law that says you can’t have a little fun in the fight against poverty. That’s exactly what the Koko challenge is all about….
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Our Two-Generation Approach Works – Just Ask This Donor
When Phillippe Wallace started giving to United Way, it was more than a calling to help the less fortunate. For him, it was personal. “My…
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