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United Way collected $2,045 of monetary donations for the recent Supplies for Success Community Schools Drive. As of August 20, more than $10,000 worth of supplies have been donated across all community schools.

United Way of Erie County is pleased to announce Union City native Bailey Pituch has been named community school director at Union City Elementary. This comes after United Way first announced the model would be coming to Union City School District, the fourth in Erie County, thanks to support from an anonymous donor and Women United for Community Schools.

Check out the full list of National Night Out event details! 

Start-up funding paves way for launch of data-driven student success model at five additional schools 

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Officials from United Way of Erie County in partnership with Union City School District announced today that Union City Elementary will become United Way’s eleventh community school in Erie County. 

United Way is pleased to announce the funding of 19 neighborhood organization events and projects totaling $13,700 in mini-grants.

A resume and cover letter sent to jobs@unitedwayerie.org by COB on Friday, June 4, 2021 is required for consideration. 

It's that time of year where we start accepting applications for our annual National Night Out events and projects.

United Way is announcing the following staff updates.

In June, Cheryl Bates, Program Director for Erie Free Taxes, will retire after more than 10 years at United Way.

It's that time of year again! Students are packing up their dorms and heading home or to next year's living space. Why not donate those items you don't want to take with you to the annual Trash to Treasure sale, located at Erie Hall at Penn State Behrend on May 15 from 7:30AM to Noon. 

Officials from United Way of Erie County, UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor, Erie’s Public Schools and Gannon University have announced each of the five Case Managers hired for the Removing Barriers to Learning Through Case Management in Erie’s Community Schools project.

In July 2020, United Way announced a $2 million US Department of Education grant to boost our
community schools initiative. This grant, the largest single award to United Way in the organization’s 105-year history, will further support United Way’s community schools initiative aimed at removing barriers to learning so students and their families can succeed.

New Investing in Our Future Grant to Support Individual Educational Success and Lifelong Learning

April is Volunteer Recognition Month and we at United Way of Erie County are grateful to the hundreds of volunteers who are helping to advance our mission to crush poverty in Erie County. Thank You! 

Bruce Skolnick, Community Impact Committee
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Who Will Replace the Staggering Number of Jobs Opened by Retirements Investing in children’s education now will help prepare them for positions that will become available when a staggering number of retirements in the workforce will take place in Erie County.

Last school year, Diehl Elementary, a United Way community school, participated in Read Across America Day in a BIG way! Students gathered together in the halls of school to read collectively for 20 minutes, resulting in cumulative reading that energized students and staff! This year, Karen Donnelly, community school director,…

"I don't know what I'm going to do for Christmas. " - Strong Vincent parent

The Strong Vincent Caring Colonels holiday generosity effort was launched so parents didn't have to feel this way.

Recently, the UPMC Department of Anesthesiology spearheaded a $7,000 donation from the North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) to East, a United Way community school. With the generous support from NAPA, the East community school leadership team has been able to address basic need barriers for students.