At United Way of Massachusetts Bay we fuel new ideas, programs and innovative approaches to solve some of the region’s most entrenched and systemic inequities.
Now speaking is the 2018 Women Who Live United Honoree, Massachusetts' First Lady Lauren Baker, an amazing leader, and advisor and wife to
@MassGovernor
. We're inspired by her work for children and their families and we're so proud to have her at the Breakfast.
#WomenUnited
Mayor
@marty_walsh
joined our Board of Directors meeting to talk about issues facing our City. We are proud to work alongside the Mayor and his team to help provide high quality early education, prevent homelessness, and reduce income inequality through Boston Builds Credit.
Great step forward for women in Boston: today we joined
@marty_walsh
and
@BostonWomen
at their announcement of a pilot to strengthen family child care providers. Results from a new census survey show 1/3 of parents who stay home need or want to work, 91% of those are women.
Congratulations to Haverhill Representative
@RepAndyVargas
for this richly deserved recognition! United Way is happy for every opportunity to work with you -- both locally in Haverhill and on issues that matter to all residents of Massachusetts.
Nice work
@Cameron__Champ
and
@NorthernTrust
! These funds will go straight to children and families most impacted by the
#COVID19
public health and economic crisis and will help our communities emerge stronger and more resilient. Thank you!
@PGATOUR
@UnitedWay
We are proud to announce a new level of partnership between United Way and two leading corporate citizens in our region:
@BCBSMA
and
@EversourceMA
. We are thankful for their generosity and commitment to our community! We also thank
@marty_walsh
for his support of the work we do.
With incredible generosity,
@nationalgridus
and National Grid Foundation have awarded UW with $550k, connecting even more families to emergency heating assistance this winter. Grateful for this gift and the relief it will bring to our community.
@Whitee42
#NGFLovesGiving
In more than 40 years at
@UnitedWay
, Mike Durkin has positively impacted the lives of millions, raising more than $550M for those in need. On Mike's last day before retirement, leaders in our community shared their words of gratitude for his work.
We are thrilled to announce that the Board of Directors of the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley has unanimously approved the appointment of
@uAspireCEO
Bob Giannino as the organization’s next President and CEO.
We couldn’t do our work helping families access resources to build solid financial foundations without Mayor
@marty_walsh
and
@OFE_Boston
. The Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment is a tremendous resource to help residents build credit, reduce debt and save
#ProjectCommUNITY
We’re excited and in full support of
@MayorWu
and
@OfficeofEC
as they announced a $20 million investment today to expand access to quality, affordable early education in the
@CityOfBoston
through community-based programs and family child care providers.
#earlyed
#liveunited
United Way staff stopped by
@RepMoulton
constituents fair event last Friday in Lynn. It was great to see
@ActionCapeAnn
and Lynn Housing Authority & Neighborhood Development to engage MA06 constituents in the critical services they provide. Thank you for hosting a great event!
“You are the ones on the ground who help us know what is going on around the issues of addiction, homelessness, and our most precious resource - our children.” -
@SpeakerDeLeo
addressing hundreds of nonprofits at
@MA_NonprofitNet
Awareness Day presented by
@CitizensBank
#NPAD2018
Thank you
@WellsFargo
for raising $250k for the Greater Boston community to ensure families have access to safe, affordable housing and to help youth graduate ready for college and beyond.
#LiveUnited
Career opportunities and job training are among the services we’re offering to families in need at our
#projectconnect
- thank you to this
@Enterprise
team for volunteering today!
#LiveUnited
What a career. What a span of service.
Michael K. Durkin has been with United Way for 43 years, notably as President & CEO of United Way of Mass Bay for the last 10. Today we share that in June 2020, Mike will be retiring.
Read about Mike's achievements:
Housing is the foundation of wellbeing. We applaud
@MassGovernor
,
@MassLtGov
,
@MassANF
&
@MA_EOHLC
for putting forward a comprehensive proposal that addresses the complex & pervasive challenges housing instability creates in our Commonwealth.
#mapoli
Congratulations
@marty_walsh
on your nomination as Labor Secretary for
@JoeBiden
’s administration. We thank you for your partnership responding to the Covid-19 crisis, reducing income inequality, fostering STEM career paths for Boston students, and ending youth homelessness.
We are proud to recognize Assistant Speaker
@RepKClark
today as a
@UnitedWay
champion for her commitment to expanding access to quality child care and expanding the
#ChildTaxCredit
to support working families in Massachusetts and across the country.
#UWAdvocate
#liveunited
Jumpstarting our work as a
#UWAdvocate
today with
@RepMcGovern
, taking his message to Capitol Hill about how lifting up innovative models in our local communities can help federal leaders address big challenges like hunger, poverty, education and housing.
#liveunited
@UnitedWay
“Helping people, closing equity gaps & creating opportunities for residents in every neighborhood.” Thank you
@marty_walsh
&
@BostonPlans
for awarding $2.2M to 52 organizations. Proud that
#BostonBuildsCredit
will receive $167K to expand our partnerships w/ community colleges!
Through our
#PayforSuccess
partnership with
@MHSA_Revolution
@CSHInfo
and the Commonwealth of MA, we have housed over 600 chronically homeless individuals statewide since 2015. We applaud the Mayor’s effort to create even more housing to help end homelessness in Boston.
THANK YOU
@BCBSMA
for doing a "Snack Pack Delivery" to the of
@BGCA_Clubs
of Lynn. The kiddos at the club loved their healthy snack packs (1,000 in all!!). BCBSMA employees broke records this year raising over $460K and a match that doubles it!
#LiveUnited
Congratulations on making history today, Attorney General Andrea Campbell! We are so excited for you and look forward to following your career.
@AndreaForAG
#mapoli
Strengthening legal counsel for tenants must be a part of MA’s response to address the eviction crisis.
@SenRodrigues
,
@CindyFriedmanMA
,
@KarenSpilka
- Please advance S.2785. We stand ready to work with philanthropic partners to help support the
#RightToCounsel
pilot program.
Since we couldn't come together in person to celebrate United Way of Mass Bay CEO Mike Durkin's retirement, we rallied the community to send in their well-wishes on his new adventure. Thank you,
@MassGovernor
Charlie Baker and First Lady Lauren Baker for your kind words.
Breaking the cycle of poverty, two generations at a time. Proud to join
@JeremiahProgram
in Boston along w/ community partners, gov’t officials, & funders to further a common understanding of Two Generation approaches to creating upward mobility across the Commonwealth.
#2Gen
#GivingTuesday
update: we just hit $11k which means $22k of support for families in need thanks to the match from
@EversourceMA
! Because of your contributions, more than 200 homeless children will receive a full set of school supplies. Join us:
#liveunited
This is incredible recognition for an innovative model that is working in Massachusetts. Congratulations to our partner
@MHSA_Revolution
for leading the way to help end chronic individual homelessness. Well done!
#mapoli
“Boston still owns the finish line. The rest of the nation looks up to you. A remarkable city with a remarkable past and an unlimited future.”
@JoeBiden
#Inauguration2018
#BostonStrong
Since its launch in April 2020,
@RepAndyVargas
has been a lead partner in our One Haverhill Fund, which is providing emergency financial assistance to neighbors impacted by the pandemic. Over $170,000 has been deployed to people in need. Thank you
@amazon
for your support today!
More than 4,000 eviction cases have been filed in Massachusetts in less than 6 weeks. To help those at risk of losing their homes,
@MassAGO
has compiled a guide to help tenants understand their rights and the resources available to them - including financial and legal assistance.
Immigrants have always been essential in MA’s economy & this crisis is just making that more visible. Thank you
@MIRACoalition
for leading an equitable response to
#COVID19
. Excited to join
#ImmigrantsDayMA
& help advocate that immigrants be at the center of relief efforts.
Yesterday we hosted another great Financial Empowerment Learning Institute training and now there are 35 more ambassadors helping people in need through the Credit as An Asset program. Thanks
@CitizensBank
for supporting this program!
#BostonBuildsCredit
@Experian
A10. Recognize that systemic racism & discrimination have created unequal access to the financial mainstream for low-income & BIPOC communities. Without this, we risk replicating these disparities. We need services designed for these consumers.
#CreditChat
#BostonBuildsCredit
Together we can do more than any of us can alone. Today we partnered with Mayor
@danrivera01843
,
@GLCACInc
and Merrimack Valley Family Services to distribute more than 430 Thanksgiving meals to local families in need through our 20th annual Thanksgiving Project.
#uwthanksgiving
The 19th Annual
#UWThanksgiving
Project was a big success: when the day was done, more than 7,000
#thanksgiving
meal kits made their way to families in need across Greater Boston. Check out our Facebook album for pics from the event:
#LiveUnited
As
#COVID19
unfolds, hourly, low-wage workers will experience unprecedented financial hardship. Our response is the COVID-19 Family Support Fund to provide immediate assistance to these families. Help us help families weather this pandemic.
#liveunited
Wage Equity Now: Racial and gender equity at work is not only the right thing to do; it's foundational to eliminating the MA racial wealth gap.
#WageEquityNow
bill (S.2721) will motivate employers to fix their wage gaps. Let's get it done,
@KarenSpilka
and
@SenRodrigues
!
#mapoli
It was an amazing year for
@UnitedWayMABay
Youth Venture team Youth Unleashed. The group was selected as a MassChallenge Accelerator Program finalist! Read about their inspiring story
#YearInImpact
#LiveUnited
Thank you to everyone who contributed to honor Mike in Sunday's Boston Globe! As one chapter comes to end, we look forward to working with you in the next.
#liveunited
We’re proud to announce we’ve been selected as one of 4 finalists for this grant with our lead partner
@BCSSW
! Our proposal seeks to reduce inequality by preventing homelessness & improving educational outcomes for low-income students in Boston.
@BostonSchools
@FamilyAidBoston
Congratulations to the four finalists of the 2020 Institutional Challenge Grant. The four partnerships exemplify the goals of the program: using research to address existing inequalitues in youth outcomes and creating institutional change to value RPPs.
A4.1 Practicing fine motor skills helps children build a strong foundation for success in school, that’s why we introduced our newest onsite opportunity, DRIVE Fine Motor Kits!
#UnitedWayChat
❤️️Huge thanks to
@NationalGrid
for their generous donation!
🍞This support will go far in empowering our neighbors in some of the hardest-hit local cities including Boston, Chelsea, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Randolph & Quincy.
➡️Learn more: .
Our volunteer financial coaches are ready to take your calls! Call 781-433-4009 and have your questions answered about reducing debt, improving credit, or building savings. We’re proud to partner with
@WCVB
and
@BankofAmerica
to help families build strong financial foundations.
A big shout out to
@EY_US
for their fabulous day of service today! Their Boston office rallied 300 volunteers for 13 different projects around the city, stacking up more than 600 hardworking volunteer hours! That's what it means to
#liveunited
.
#EYConnectDay
#betterworkingworld