United Way of Northeast Mississippi

Community Conversations with Shawn Brevard

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In this week’s installment of Community Conversations, Shawn Brevard tells us what she thinks is working well in her community of Tupelo. Join the conversation and tell us what YOU think at www.giveyour2cents.org or text 2CENTS to 50503.

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Community Conversations with Zell

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Our Community Conversations have already shown us so many of the issues that you — the people who live and work in our communities — think are most important. Here’s Zell Long, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi, explaining how she thinks United Way can help people in our communities be […]

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Join the Community Conversation

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United Way is making the transition #FromCharitytoChange. As part of this transition to what’s known as the Community Impact model, we’re hosting Community Conversations across our 7 counties with our various stakeholders. Not everyone can make it to one of the in-person conversations, but we still want to hear from you! You can join the […]

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Join the Community Conversation!

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United Way of Northeast Mississippi is sharpening our focus on community needs and refining our grant-making process to create more impact on the issues facing people in our community. We want to hear from you about what those issues are and the kind of community you want to live and work in. Please answer the […]

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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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