Tallahassee Gets A Visit By WILL and the Success By 6 Council Advocacy Groups


SB6 Council and WILL members advocate for quality early learning

On Tuesday, Jan. 31, eighteen United Way Women in Local Leadership and Success By 6 Council members joined together for their annual Tallahassee advocacy trip. In preparation for the trip, these women worked diligently to prepare speaking points and study the current bills in the House and Senate.

Led by Susan Greene, the Success By 6 Council's Advocacy Chair, the group met with nearly 40 legislators. Due to numerous potential impacts that bills in the House and Senate would have on quality early learning, the trip was even more critical this year. Advocacy efforts were focused on...

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Atlantic Circle Ends The Year And Starts The New One With Exciting Activities

Since the Annual Campaign kickoff in October, Atlantic Circle members have held a variety of opportunities for involvement in community outreach, professional development and networking events. The 2nd annual Sunday "Funday" Holiday Brunch was a huge success!

The sponsorship by Bonefish Grill allowed proceeds to go towards adopting two families for the holidays through United Way's Full Service Schools. These school-based neighborhood centers bring together community resources, neighbors and schools to promote the health and well-being of students, their families, and neighborhood residents.

Professional development "Link to Leaders" breakfast events were held in November and January. At the first breakfast...

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Loyal Contributors – the Heart of United Way

loy·al·ty [loi-uhl-tee]


Linda Stein, John Delaney, Larry Jaffe, Barbara Jaffe

Webster defines loyalty as, "the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations or faithful adherence to a sovereign, government, leader, cause, etc."

Loyalty is a prized character trait in all of our lives; we value it above most any other trait. At United Way of Northeast Florida, we especially appreciate those donors and volunteers who have been giving faithfully for 10 years or longer. They are the backbone of our organization and we couldn't achieve what we have to date without their unwavering support.

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