United Way Offers Free Tax Prep Starting Jan. 21

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Households throughout the Sacramento region are eligible for free help preparing taxes and claiming credits this year, saving an average of $200 in preparer fees and earning up to $6,500 in credits. United Way California Capital Region’s Free Tax Prep program will begin taking appointments on Jan. 21. Participating households must have earned $60,000 or less in 2019. Free Tax Prep community events will occur … Continue reading United Way Offers Free Tax Prep Starting Jan. 21

United Way to Provide Free Healthy Meals Over Holiday Break

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Over holiday break, kids who rely on United Way’s Healthy Meals after-school supper program can still receive free meals at six locations across Sacramento through United Way’s partnership with Sacramento Public Library and Mack Road Partnership. “One in five kids in our region is food insecure,” said Stephanie Bray, president and CEO, United Way California … Continue reading United Way to Provide Free Healthy Meals Over Holiday Break

Baby Basket Drive for Sac Life Center to Run Through December

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Local residents can help low-income new moms in Sacramento this holiday season through the Sacramento Life Center’s annual Baskets4Babies drive running through Dec. 31. The drive stocks the Sacramento Life Center’s baby needs closet so the nonprofit can provide a basket of needed items to every patient who gives birth in 2020. Donations can be … Continue reading Baby Basket Drive for Sac Life Center to Run Through December

Filled Holiday Stockings Needed for Formerly Homeless Women

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Local residents can bring smiles to formerly homeless women and children in Sacramento this holiday season by contributing to Women’s Empowerment’s annual Holiday Stocking Drive. The group is seeking 250 unstuffed stockings and specific fillers for local infants and toddlers, children, teens and women by Dec. 11. Stockings for teens and women are especially needed. For the list of items needed … Continue reading Filled Holiday Stockings Needed for Formerly Homeless Women

United Way Seeks Holiday Gifts for Low-Income Families and Foster Youth

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Volunteers stuff holiday stockings at United Way

This holiday season, Sacramento-area residents can donate and volunteer with United Way California Capital Region to make sure all families in their community have the support they need for kids to have a bright future. The local United Way is seeking gifts for its upcoming holiday markets for families in need, as well as local … Continue reading United Way Seeks Holiday Gifts for Low-Income Families and Foster Youth

Sacramento Life Center Raises Record $310,000 at Dinner

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Sacramento Life Center’s A Knight for Life Dinner and Auction raised a record-setting $310,000 with 720 guests on Nov. 2 at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento. This year’s event, which honored the Knights of Columbus, raised vital funds for the organization’s free medical care, counseling and education for low-income pregnant women and teens. The gala included … Continue reading Sacramento Life Center Raises Record $310,000 at Dinner

Society for the Blind Receives $20K from Wells Fargo for Seniors

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Wells Fargo recently awarded Society for the Blind in Sacramento a $20,000 grant to provide education, training and assistive devices to 500 Sacramento-area seniors who are blind or have low vision. The funding will support the group’s Senior IMPACT Project that empowers people age 55 and older who have vision loss with alternative non-visual techniques … Continue reading Society for the Blind Receives $20K from Wells Fargo for Seniors

Get Your Tickets to United Way’s Brews & Brains Trivia Night Fundraiser

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Sacramento-area residents can show off their trivial knowledge and enjoy local brews at United Way’s Young Leaders Society’s annual Brews & Brains trivia night on Oct. 18 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Sacramento Masonic Temple, 1123 J Street. Funds raised will benefit United Way’s Square One Project that is helping kids graduate from high school … Continue reading Get Your Tickets to United Way’s Brews & Brains Trivia Night Fundraiser

United Way Needs Seniors to Help Kids Read

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Local residents age 50 and up are needed this fall to help kids in kindergarten through third grade improve their reading through AARP Experience Corps, managed locally by United Way California Capital Region. To learn more and sign up to volunteer, visit YourLocalUnitedWay.org/Experience-Corps-Literacy-Program. “Kids who are not reading at grade level by fourth grade are … Continue reading United Way Needs Seniors to Help Kids Read

Chronic Absenteeism Down, Grade Level Reading Up in United Way’s Square One Project

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Three years after United Way California Capital Region launched its Square One Project, more students at its partner Robla School District are attending school consistently and improving their reading, according to United Way’s recently released annual report. These are key indicators of success toward the project’s 20-year goal to decrease poverty in the region by … Continue reading Chronic Absenteeism Down, Grade Level Reading Up in United Way’s Square One Project