On December 20th, Americans across the country were given the opportunity to give back, by giving away $1 million dollars courtesy of Purina. During the course of the day, Purina ONE®’s beyOnd, a new healthy, eco-friendly pet food on the shelves starting in January, gave away a total of $1 milli
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12/28/2010
Our Mission United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good. Our Goals In 2008, United Way initiated a 10-year program designed to achieve the following goals by 2018: Improve education, and cut the number of high school dropouts
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12/18/2010
About Help, Inc. The Shasta County crisis intervention/suicide prevention line is available 12-hours every day. Sometimes just talking about a problem can help. At some time, many of us face problems that seem too overwhelming to handle alone. Helpline provides the opportunity to talk about anyth
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12/17/2010
Today I had the opportunity to visit the Anderson Cottonwood Christian Assistance program, a cooperative effort to address the needs of the Anderson and Cottonwood communities. Filled with volunteers working on food boxes, and a whole list of other projects including a "Dress and be cool" clothin
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12/14/2010
What is the United Way? I'm asked? In my new role as President of the United Way of Northern California, I have been asked on several occasions...what is the United Way. Well, the local agency is part of the much larger United Way Worldwide...and here is their statement, which reflects what we
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12/11/2010
For those of you that enjoy Classical Music, tonight at Shasta College, the Shasta College Community Orchestra, the Shasta Symphony, and Shasta Chorale join together under Dr. Liz Waterbury to perform the Schubert Mass This is a magnificent work, and very well performed. With noted soloists, this
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12/11/2010
People of Progress...addressing community needs and part of the United Way We are so fortunate to have so many good programs addressing the basic needs of food and housing in Redding, Shasta County, and Northern California. One of these organizations is People of Progress, under the able directio
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12/01/2010
Tuesday, at the United Way hosting of the Redding Chamber of Commerce, many of the agencies that are supported by the United Way of Northern California were present to talk about their programs. One of the agencies deals with youth issues in our community, and here is some information on that age
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12/01/2010
