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A Letter from President & CEO Dr. Bruce Willson Jr.
I wanted to reach out to you today to give an update on Hurricane Laura and its effects on the region. As of Monday, August 31, SWEPCO announced that approximately 10,000 households in Shreveport-Bossier and an additional 34,000 in the rural and central Louisiana...
HOST A WORKPLACE SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE WITH UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
(Shreveport, LA) – Due to the health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19, United Way of Northwest Louisiana is unable to hold their annual Fill-The-Bus events with Wal-Mart this summer. This year, they are encouraging organizations and companies to host a workplace...
UNITED WAY RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT FROM HUMANA
(Shreveport, LA) – United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Humana’s Medicaid COVID-19 Relief Fund to support the organization’s emergency pandemic response. The grant will underwrite United Way’s 211 Information and Resource...
SWEPCO, IBEW, AEP FOUNDATION, CONTINUE UNITED WAY VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER READING SERIES
(Shreveport, LA) – Beginning July 15, Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) employees and IBEW Local 329 union members will read children’s books for the United Way of Northwest Louisiana’s (UWNLWA) Virtual Volunteer Reading series. The series is part of the early...
SMALL DONATION MAKES LARGE IMPACT
Life-long Tennessee resident, Karen Siklosi, has generously chosen to support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Northwest Louisiana. Karen’s daughter, Katie, resides in Shreveport, Louisiana, with her husband, Robby, and ten-month-old daughter, Maddie. Karen's...