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Local Giving Matters
Everywhere you look there is need. Giving is an important and integral part of personal and family budgets throughout the nation. As American’s, we are blessed with abundance, but with great abundance comes great responsibility. Over the past two years, our state and...
Lynn Stevens ~ She has overcome a number of speed bumps in her life and now shares her strength with others
Once a homeless runaway and now fighting muscular dystrophy on two separate fronts, Lynn Nelson-Stevens is no quitter. In fact, in her day job as chief operating officer for the United Way of Northwest Louisiana, her focus is on others. “It’s really about changing...
United Way of NWLA & Bossier Schools hold 2nd Annual Day of Service
United Way of Northwest Louisiana and Bossier Parish Schools hosted Bossier’s 2nd Annual Day of Service. This year, the event was held over two days (Friday, October 21 – Saturday, October 22). Bossier Elementary School kicked off the action for the two-day,...
WBC National Night Out a Success
United Way of Northwest Louisiana hosted its third annual National Night Out. On Tuesday October 11 from 5p.m. to 7p.m, more than a hundred residents of the City of Minden showed up for the biggest block party in Webster parish. The annual block party held at the...
Local Community Saves $1.4M on Prescription Medications
Report shows United Way of NWLA and FamilyWize partnership helped 20,791 people Shreveport, LA—United Way of Northwest Louisiana and FamilyWize announced that local people in our community have saved $1,449,576 on prescription medications through the organizations’...