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United Way Youth Venture Students Inspire Community Members During Spring Showcase Event

The United Way Youth Venture program held its fourth annual Spring Showcase at Great Wolf Lodge in Fitchburg, Massachusetts on March 14, 2019. The event gave close to 200 students from around the region – representing 50 community service teams – a chance to show off their youth-led, youth-created service programs to the community. Community […]

United Way Youth Venture Students Inspire Community Members

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 […]

Area Students Preparing for 16th Year of Community Service Through United Way Youth Venture

The United Way Youth Venture program is returning to schools across North Central Massachusetts this fall to continue the great work being done by students in the community. During the past academic year, students throughout the region took a stand against the problems of the world and worked together to help those in need through […]

UWYV Community Expo Showcases Young Social Entrepreneurs

Homelessness. Poverty. Hunger. Illness. Mental health. The environment. Finding solutions to these and other social issues are confounding to even the most experienced adults. Fortunately, area teens and adolescents are stepping up to become part of the solution, as demonstrated in the first United Way Youth Venture community expo. The event, held March 9 at […]

United Way Youth Venture Community Expo to Showcase Projects of Social Entrepreneurs

Curious about what millennials are doing to resolve some of society’s toughest issues? Then don’t miss the United Way Youth Venture Community Expo, taking place Wednesday, March 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Great Wolf Lodge, 50 Great Wolf Drive, Fitchburg. Teams of young social entrepreneurs will be on hand to showcase how […]

MWCC Hosting United Way Day of Caring on Sept. 19

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 […]