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UNITED WAY OPENS PROJECT SUBMISSIONS FOR DAY OF CARING 2023
(Shreveport, LA) – United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) is now accepting project submissions from local nonprofit agencies for its largest, community-wide volunteer event of the year, Day of Caring. Day of Caring is tentatively scheduled for April 28, 2023, with...
Served, Sacrificed, Yet Struggling: 36% of Louisiana Veterans Living in Financial Hardship
New ALICE report reveals that Louisiana has the highest rate in the U.S. of financially insecure veterans SHREVEPORT, LA– They’ve served and sacrificed for our country, yet more than one-third -36%- of Louisiana’s 224,516 veterans struggle to afford the basics,...
UNITED WAY LAUNCHES BOOK CLUB TO SUPPORT DOLLY PARTON’S IMAGINATION LIBRARY
(Shreveport, LA) – United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) is launching the United Way Book Club to gain support in an effort to expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library into Louisiana’s poorest zip code, 71103. The expansion of the Imagination Library will...
UNITED WAY’S EIGHTH ANNUAL DAY OF SERVICE WITH BOSSIER SCHOOLS
(Shreveport, LA) – United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) partnered with Bossier Parish Schools to host the largest district-wide volunteer day for students, parents, educators, and more. Volunteers consisted of 23 teams representing different K-12 Bossier schools...
UNITED WAY PARTNERS WITH ENTERGY TO DISRIBUTE BILL CREDITS
(Shreveport, LA) – United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) has partnered with Entergy Louisiana to offer utility bill payment assistance to qualifying residential customers in Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster parishes....