United Way of Northeast Mississippi

Tupelo/ Lee County Joins Nationwide Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

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TUPELO/LEE COUNTY JOINS NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN FOR GRADE-LEVEL READING City Leaders, Agencies Commit to Boosting Early Literacy TUPELO (July 25, 2018) – Tupelo and Lee County are taking a big step toward improving student success by joining the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (GLR Campaign), a collaborative effort to improve reading proficiency, early learning and early school success […]

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Back 2 School Resource Fairs

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Each year, United Way and our partners team up to provide FREE backpacks and school supplies for students entering K-6th grades. We are lucky enough to be able to hold 7 of these events each year–one in each of the counties United Way of Northeast Mississippi serves. The only requirements to receive a backpack […]

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Summer Backpack Program Pickup Information

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If your family qualified for the Summer Backpack Program, you should have received a phone call and/or email letting you know that you were approved. If you did not receive confirmation, please contact Jason Martin at jason@unitedwaynems.org for more information. Below are the sites for Summer Backpack Program pick-up. All pick-ups are on Mondays from […]

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Summer Backpack Program to feed 600 students in Lee County this summer

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The Summer Backpack Program will provide eligible students in Tupelo, Lee County, and/or Baldwyn school districts with a food box for 9 weeks during June and July. The boxes will contain breakfast, lunch, and snack items for weekdays and food for the entire family for the weekend. THE SUMMER BACKPACK PROGRAM IS FULL FOR THIS […]

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2018 Newsletters

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Keep up to date with the happenings at United Way with our monthly newsletter! February 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018 – coming soon! Join our email list at unitedwaynems.org/join

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Julius G. Berry Volunteer Award

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Julius G. Berry was a community leader who helped transition Tupelo Community Chest to Lee United Neighbors in the early 1960s. Mr. Berry also served as first chairman and epitomized the United Way mission of increasing the organized capacity of people to care for one another. He had a sense of humor, a caring for the welfare of […]

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VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)

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Each year, United Way of Northeast Mississippi and BancorpSouth partner to provide hundreds of individuals with free income tax filing assistance through the VITA program. To qualify for VITA, you must have a household income of $54,000 or less and be filing a simple tax return. There are no other restrictions. Appointments To book […]

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Fight Hunger in Northeast Mississippi

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As most of us prepare to sit down to a feast of thanksgiving tomorrow, please keep in mind those who will not have enough to eat on Thanksgiving… or any day. 1 in 5 people in Northeast Mississippi struggles with food insecurity. That means that while they may not be hungry everyday, they often face […]

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Excel By 5 establishing new partnerships between childcare centers and schools

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Janette Kirk sits at the back of Abigail Wallace’s kindergarten classroom at Parkway Elementary, taking notes as the children practice counting syllables in common words. “Clap it… stomp it… jump it,” Wallace instructs, and the children follow along. Kirk, director of Kiddie Kastle Preschool in Tupelo, is part of a new initiative, coordinated by Lee County Excel […]

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2017 Campaign Updates

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Friday Reports December 29, 2017 December 15, 2017 December 8, 2017 December 1, 2017 November 17, 2017 November 10, 2017 November 3, 2017 October 27, 2017 October 20, 2017 October 13, 2017 October 6, 2017 September 29, 2017 September 22, 2017

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