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  1. I have been #laidoff twice in my career. I've also quit several jobs without having any prospects for alternative income.

    I've never been afraid to move on into the future.

    The first time I was laid off was 1980. I had been on the job for 6 weeks, was doing very well according to everyone working with me, and then one day my boss came in and asked me to attend an unscheduled meeting in the conference room. Almost everyone in the office was there and we were all laid off by the corporate office.

    That was, of course, at the height of the 1980 recession (it doesn't have a "cool" name like Great Recession or Pandemic Recession).

    10 years later after I had left another job I came down with severe pneumonia. Couldn't work or look for a job for months. When I was able to get up and around, my mother suggested I do some #volunteer work.

    So I called #UnitedWay and asked if they could refer me to some organization that needed help.

    I spent that summer tutoring kids at a local school. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

    If you have lost your job and don't know what to do, but you've got a roof over your head and food to eat, try #volunteering for a while. It will help you appreciate your own self-worth and may inspire you to try something new.

    Don't just sit at home and wonder what you can do with your life. You can always do something meaningful.

  2. I work for my local United Way. Local United Ways provide VITA services in many places, but VITA is not exclusively a United Way program, so if you're looking for VITA services in your area, check your local United Way's website or use the IRS's official VITA site locator (The IRS page is updated February–April, so it won't display any results right now, but check back next year). #VITA #Taxes #IncomeTax #TaxPrep #UnitedWay #UnitedIsTheWay

  3. Calls to West Virginia 211 Helpline Skyrocketed by 1,680 Percent Amid SNAP Delay

    Almost all of the more than 2,600 calls that came in after the federal government shutdown began were for food.

    murica.website/2025/11/calls-t

  4. Connie Beal: Let’s focus on solutions — 45,000 Vermonters don’t have to lose health insurance

    Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Healthcare #Commentaries #donaldtrump #Health #healthinsurance #Medicaid #UnitedWay #VermontOfficeoftheHealthCareAdvocate
    newsbeep.com/us/214222/

  5. Bill's book is rly a great memoir but is sort of just Part 1. All proceeds go to the #UnitedWay.
    ✅ Bill Gates Joked with Steve Jobs About Taking the Wrong LSD, Talks AI and Optimism for the Future - The Tonight Show
    youtube.com/watch?v=uHY5i9-0tJ
    #billgates #SourceCode

  6. Our thoughts are with the people of rightnow

    We only knew this kind of devastation from conflict zones & the Maui fires last year

    youtube.com/watch?v=FVPx_lCjvGU

    For those in Germany - if you want to YOUR OWN INITIATIVE, WE AID supports you:

    👉 WE-AID.org or in
    👉 english WE-AID.org/en/

  7. #TIL in many US states including #Massachusetts there is a free 24/7 phone line connecting people with local services called 211.

    Great for finding assistance paying bills, getting #medical care, #legal help, #housing assistance, #counseling, helping with food insecurity. The fedi can be great for #mutualaid but local programs might be available depending on where you live.

    Check out the national site 211.org
    here in MA, ours is run by the #UnitedWay: mass211.org
    I found via #tumblr post: tumblr.com/dcmcboxers/73034748

  8. 📣ARCC is concerned that The United Way occasionally provides funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centres and defends these grants.

    The public should stop supporting #UnitedWay until it ends funding to community groups that deceive and misinform clients.

    Read our statement 📄arcc-cdac.ca/the-united-way-fu

  9. As WE AID is part of the family, our thoughts are woth those affected by the Nashville Tennessee

    United Way Nashville has set up a fundraiser

    👉unitedwaygreaternashville.org/

    to help PLUS United Way provides the

    HELPLINE (US) 2-1-1

    🌪 ℹ️⏯ 211.org/get-help/disaster-reco

    is not here on yet, so we post their HELPFUL DISASTER RELIEF website

    Stay safe anyone anywhere!

  10. Why do I have an 8.5' Halloween inflatable in my office?

    For a good cause! It's the UK College of Agriculture, Food & Environment Halloween Office Decorating Contest to support United Way! Vote here: one.bidpal.net/ukauction23/bro
    $1 donation = 1 vote, I'm entry Number 7!
    #donate #UnitedWay #HalloweenContest #HalloweenDecorations

  11. The UK wrote about the event already - here is the article from the screenshot:

    📰➡️ standard.co.uk/news/uk/network

    Also, more info about the initiative on their WE AID page – anyone can support them there and help reach the goal of 24.000 food packages!

    💛➡️ WE-AID.org/en/initiatives/allr

    THANK YOU for your generosity IRON FAMILY!

  12. Our thoughts are with the people affected by disasters at the moment from to , , – and now arrived for Cuba & .

    is not here on yet, so we post their HELPFUL DISASTER RELIEF website for the US:

    HELPLINE (US) 2-1-1

    🌪 ℹ️⏯ 211.org/get-help/disaster-reco

    Stay safe anyone anywhere!