2005

BOSTON – United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB), in partnership with MIDAS , is today unveiling a new $1 million public-private partnership that will bring a powerful savings tool to Boston-area low-income families. “Funding Futures” will provide 500 low-income families with an incentive to save, helping them to meet their financial goals and achieve self-sufficiency.The new partnership is being announced as a Massachusetts legislative conference committee considers a provision that could make Individual Development Accounts (IDA) more accessible to low-income families.  read more »

The Patriots players worked alongside staff from UWMB-affiliate agency ESAC, the City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development and teenage volunteers from YouthBuild Boston to improve the conditions of a 125-year old Mattapan house owned by Barbara Jones. The players and volunteers worked to make the home more handicap-accessible for Mrs. Jones, who has been living with Multiple Sclerosis for 26 years.

Projects that took place on October 18 included:

* Building a handicap ramp over Mrs. Jones’s front stairs
* Repairing the chain-link fence that surrounds the property  read more »

QUINCY -- United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB), South Shore Day Care Services (SSDCS) and educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Company today are launching an effort to encourage and inspire parents to read at home with their preschool children. The partnership will expand the successful Project RISE (Reading Is So Exciting) in Quincy , Randolph and Weymouth and will be kicked off by a series of free community events.  read more »

“Nationally, United Way is challenging officials to match the billions that will be spent rebuilding the Gulf Coast region’s physical infrastructure with similar investments in human capital,” Little said. “Imagine the social progress that we would see in our community if we created the same movement and dedicated even greater resources to ensure social and economic opportunity is accessible to all.”  read more »

BOSTON – The Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor and United Way of Massachusetts Bay joined forces to present a free financial literacy conference for women and girls in Boston on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. The two agencies sponsored Mothers, Daughters & Money, a conference which aimed to increase the knowledge and confidence that women of all ages bring to the tasks of basic money management, investing, saving, retirement planning, debt elimination, and other related topics.  read more »