The United Way Youth Venture program held its third annual Spring Showcase at Great Wolf Lodge in Fitchburg on March 22 where student venture teams displayed their community projects. The event gave over 200 students from around the region — representing close to 70 communities— a chance to show off their youth-led, youth-created service programs […]
Volunteers are needed to participate in MWCC’s United Way Day of Caring project on Thursday, Sept. 18. Coordinated by the Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement, students, faculty and staff will help package 20,000 meals for local food pantries and veterans organizations. Volunteers will work in 75-minute shifts from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. […]
Mount Wachusett Community College has long participated in the United Way Day of Caring, and this year the college community was delighted to serve as a host site. Through MWCC’s Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement, more than 100 students, faculty and staff packaged 16,000 packets of rice and beans for families in need […]
MWCC is hosting its first United Way Day of Caring on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Commons area of the Gardner campus. The event will feature United Way Youth Venture’s Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz. Kylee, a fifth grade student from Leominster and her friends raise money and accept donations in order […]
Charitable giving by Mount Wachusett Community College employees topped $62,000, exceeding the college’s goal for the year. Through voluntary one-time donations and payroll deductions, and various on-campus fundraisers, faculty and staff pledged a total of $62,778 to the 2013 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Employees Charitable Campaign (COMECC) and the United Way of North Central Massachusetts. “I […]
Good things can happen in three! The month of December has been quite exciting for the United Way Youth Venture of North Central Massachusetts. After presenting their community service ideas to a panel of judges, three teams of area middle and high school students received approval and seed funding to launch their ventures. The students’ […]
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