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20 Apr Volunteering: Who Benefits the Most

Posted at 10:22h in #LocalLove, Connecting Communities, Featured, Guest Post, Uncategorised 0 Comments

By: Deborah Burrows Remember the phrase “you get more than you give”? It fits perfectly when describing the benefits of volunteering. I’ve volunteered since I was 12. For over 30 years, I’ve been meeting interesting people, working on new challenges, seeing my contribution make a difference...

03 Dec Connecting Communities: Barrie Families Unite

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By: Deborah Burrows In addition to the issues UWSM and our partners address throughout Simcoe Muskoka, we like to highlight some great organizations working in our community. Deborah Burrows, one of our volunteers and Board Directors, spoke with Nikki Glahn about her group, Barrie Families Unite....

28 Apr Social Isolation – A Facet of Poverty

Posted at 09:04h in #LocalLove, Educational, Featured, Helpful, UWSM Broadcast 0 Comments

Social isolation is a devastating yet sometimes invisible facet of poverty. Now, during the uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects that social isolation has on individuals experiencing it have become magnified. What is Social Isolation? Social isolation is the state of being cut off from...

23 Mar The Agencies Spreading Hope

Posted at 11:26h in #LocalLove, Educational, Featured, Month of Hope 0 Comments

United Way Simcoe Muskoka’s Urgent Needs Fund, like all our programs, serves a large geographical area. Our communities include everything from the Town of Blue Mountains to Huntsville, from Penetanguishine down to Bradford—and everywhere in between. With such a large area, the Urgent Needs Fund needed...

05 Mar The Impact of the Urgent Needs Fund

Posted at 16:13h in #LocalLove, Educational, Featured, Month of Hope 0 Comments

The Urgent Needs Fund has been assisting residents of Simcoe Muskoka living in low-income households and has been filling the needs-services gap that threatens to entrench people further into poverty since October 2019. Hundreds of recipients have benefited from the Urgent Needs Fund to meet...

02 Mar What is the Urgent Needs Fund?

Posted at 11:20h in #LocalLove, Educational, Featured, Month of Hope 0 Comments

Launched in October of 2019, United Way Simcoe Muskoka’s new Urgent Needs Fund has been assisting residents across Simcoe Muskoka with modest, one-time grants to overcome the everyday obstacles that poverty makes more difficult. In its first five months, the Urgent Needs Fund has already helped...

02 Mar How the Urgent Needs Fund Fills a Gap

Posted at 09:13h in #LocalLove, Educational, Featured, Month of Hope 0 Comments

The Urgent Needs Fund was created in order to fill a needs-service gap in social services for those living in poverty. This new fund has changed hundreds of lives across our communities since its launch in October of 2019 and continues to do so alongside...

30 Jan Precarious Employment – A Facet of Poverty

Posted at 09:43h in Educational, Featured 0 Comments

We know that poverty isn’t a simple issue. It’s complex and varies from place to place. It affects different people in different ways, though it universally limits the potential of everyone who is experiencing it. One of the reasons that poverty is so complex is because...

15 Jan 5 New Year’s Resolutions for Good

Posted at 10:38h in #LocalLove, Educational, Featured 0 Comments

At the start of every new year, millions of Canadians think about ways to make the coming twelve months better than the last. We plan ways that we can grow personally, professionally and in our relationships. What people often forget about is to make a...

17 Dec 12 Years of Local Love – A Message From UWSM’s Outgoing Board Chair

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Seasons Greetings! As we enter the holiday season, when we focus on giving and the joy of family and friends, I feel especially proud of the great work of United Way Simcoe Muskoka - helping people have better lives, every day. I know I share...