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March 28, 2018
WOODSBORO, March 27, 2018 – United Way of the Coastal Bend’s Disaster Relief Fund is used in its service area to assist with long-term recovery from Hurricane Harvey. Recognizing that many people in these communities lost their jobs due to the storm – and the implications that lost wages can have – the local non-profit gave $20,...
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United Way of the Coastal Bend works for a healthier community. One of the ways in which we accomplish this is our partnership with FamilyWize—a program that provides prescription discount cards to everyone, whether or not they have health insurance.
This program uses a simple, two-step process. First, download your free prescription savings...
United Way of the Coastal Bend is looking for energetic volunteers to help create and package literacy extension activity kits for children’s books. The kits will go to Tiny Libraries in nine local child development centers.
We will provide the materials and need a good group of generous volunteers to help us put the kits together. These kits...
United Way of the Coastal Bend believes working together will make the Coastal Bend community strong!
Reported by KRIS 6 News, by MIke Gillaspia, on January 25, 2016.
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Need help with your taxes this year? For those who qualify, there is a group in Corpus Christi ready to give you the assistance you need -- for free.
It begins this weekend with an event called Super Saturday....
Annual Caller-Times Christmas Appeal campaign kicks off
By Julie Garcia of the Caller-Times
For some families it comes down to either paying rent or buying Christmas presents. Even then, the Coastal Bend's most impoverished who struggle to make ends meet often don't have much of a choice. Keeping the kids warm and sheltered is more important than...
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City of Corpus Christi Employees donate $106,474 to Change the Coastal Bend for Good!
United Way of the Coastal Bend appreciates the city employees who participated in this year's campaign!
Their support means so much to the community of Corpus Christi.
For the KRIS 6 News report, click here.
United Way of the Coastal Bend staffers and other area nonprofit employees showed up in force at the Corpus Christi City Council meeting on August 11, 2015 to show support for passing of a new ordinance that will regulate pay day and auto loan companies. The City Council did pass the ordinance which will help protect residents from predatory...