United Way of Massachusetts Bay

📢 🗣️ We’re lifting up the voices of those who are leading the way for impactful change! In our Because You Said So video series, we shine a light on how the insights from our communities shape our work. 📹 Check out our tenth video featuring Mirayah Rivera Cheek, Director of Volunteer Engagement. She shares how we’ve been actively listening to our community members facing economic hardship and food insecurity—not just during the giving season, but all year round. As the holidays approach, our Gratitude Project offers various ways to engage, including supply drives, fundraisers, and volunteer opportunities. Together, we can make a lasting impact! 💙 #TheGratitudeProject #TGP #UWMB

🌟 Unlock the Future of Family Childcare! 🌟 Have you heard about United Way of Mass Bay’s Shared Services program? Get ready to discover how it’s revolutionizing family childcare in Massachusetts! Watch here: https://bit.ly/3BWEh7K We’re excited to launch a collection of four episodes on YouTube that showcase this program's impact. Discover how our innovative incubator expands childcare capacity, increases available seats for families, and drives workforce productivity—all while promoting economic mobility in marginalized communities. 🎥 In our first episode, Licensing Support, discover how we help family childcare educators open high-quality daycares, from pre-licensing to post-licensing. To date, nearly 70 individuals have now received licensing support to operate their own family childcare business, resulting in approximately 400 new childcare openings. Don’t miss out—tune in to see how our program works, featuring licensing support, business training, developmental screening, and community impact through the voices of parents, business owners, partners like PNC and City of Boston Office of Early Childhood and Kristin McSwain, and our dedicated team Melinda Weber, Djena J. and Yadira Carvajal. Together, we uplift our neighborhoods and support our youngest learners! Know someone with a family daycare or thinking about opening one? Send this their way! 💪✨ #EarlyEducation #FamilyChildcare #UnitedWayMassBay

Did you know HopeWell Inc supports over 1,500 children, families and young adults each year in Massachusetts? We are proud to support HopeWell Inc’s 60th anniversary and their work to provide loving foster homes, family stabilization services and pathways to independence for youth and young adults across our region. #NewWayForward

At United Way, our corporate partners go beyond financial contributions—they make a tangible impact through in-kind donations. In our ongoing partnership with Procter & Gamble Gillette, we received 1,600 care bags filled with essentials like shampoo, body wash, detergent, razors, toothpaste, baby wipes, and more. Earlier this week, nearly 100 of our agency partners picked them up to distribute directly to families in need, helping ease everyday struggles. A huge thank you to Procter & Gamble Gillette, especially Melanie Solo and Jerrod F., nearly 100 of our agency partners picked them up to distribute directly to families in need, helping ease everyday struggles. and Jerrod Ford, for making this possible. Partnerships like this demonstrate the power of corporate stewardship to uplift communities, offering a different and meaningful way for corporate partners to contribute.

Many thanks to the United Way of Mass Bay for their continued support of Stone House and our families. Your contributions and dedication are life-changing.

📢 Two of United Way’s incredible partners, The Haven Project and Harborlight Homes, have teamed up to create Catalyst Housing—a groundbreaking initiative to support youth at risk of homelessness in Lynn. Catalyst Housing will offer studio apartments and support services to help these young adults (18-24) aging out of foster care build independent, thriving futures, ensuring they have the stability to pursue their dreams and goals. 🏠✨ This powerful collaboration is proof that when we come together, we can create lasting change. 💪 🔗 Read more about this inspiring collaboration and how United Way supports these life-changing efforts to create pathways for young adults in our latest changemakers blog: https://bit.ly/4e1Ewf2

📣🍎 Congratulations to the team at Mattahunt Elementary School! Thank you EdVestors for lifting the work of the Mattahunt Elementary School and the ways it is strengthening conditions for learning as a #CommunitySchool to ensure all students thrive. A shining example of how schools and communities can partner to bring new resources and inprove student outcomes. Well done!

Our FY25 capital grant applications are open for center-based child care and out-of-school time providers! These capital investments support projects that enable our children and educators to spend time in newer, greener, more accessible, and safe high-quality learning environments. Learn more about these grant opportunities and register for an upcoming information session today: https://lnkd.in/dDn-44Bg

In a huge win for families, the Office of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (ECC) announced United Way’s Shared Services Program will receive significant funding to grow the early childhood education workforce. The program will create more daycare slots and graduate 250 family child care educators by 2026! For more info on our shared services program go to unitedwaymabay.org

Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson and members of the school commitee honored two Lynn Community School coordinators with a city proclamation for Community School Coordinators’ Appreciation Week. Calling them "the hub of the wheel that brings everyone together to set goals and share ideas," Nicholson expressed how grateful the district is for their leadership. Community School Coordinators’ Appreciation Week is a national celebration for Community Schools Directors/Coordinators/Managers from around the country. To learn more about Community Schools and a recent write up in the Lynn Item go to https://bit.ly/3YcXitY #communityschools #lynn