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This holiday season, you can help bring hope and joy to families across the Chicago region. Over 30% of households in our area struggle to afford essentials like food, shelter, and healthcare. By partnering with United Way and our community partners, you're helping neighbors meet these basic needs while brightening their holidays.

Join us on August 14 at Haymarket Pub & Brewery to network with other young professionals and learn how you can get involved in United Way’s community impact efforts.

Are you a young professional looking for a way to get more involved? An Associate Board could be a great fit! Our Associate Board Basics seminar will equip you with the tools you need for service on a nonprofit’s Associate or Junior Board.

United Way of Metro Chicago’s Women United affinity group invites you to join us for our Summer Panel: Women Leaders Reshaping Traditional Industries on July 18. The powerhouse group of women leaders will discuss their career paths and how they have successfully navigated traditionally male spaces.

Join us for a virtual conversation with nationally respected scholar and educator Dr. Andre M. Perry, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Perry's pioneering work and the discussion focus on structural inequality and economic inclusion.

Join us on Thursday, May 30 at the Hilton Chicago as we celebrate the dedication of business, civic, nonprofit, and community leaders in building stronger neighborhoods and a stronger, more equitable Chicago region. The 2024 Stronger Neighborhoods Awards presents the Andrew J. McKenna Leadership Award to David Casper, the Corporate Leadership Award to Nicor Gas, and the Community Leadership Award to Don V. Villar.

The social services sector exists to care for the most vulnerable among us, which has included the massive influx of migrants who have arrived over the last year and a half. Join us for a conversation with leaders across the social services sector to learn more about how local nonprofits are rising to the challenge – and how you can help.

United Way is excited to join THE MART and Wine Spectator Magazine as a charity partner for Wine & Design 2024, featuring wine tastings and exclusive showroom tours. A portion of the proceeds will support United Way’s work in community.

Help nourish our neighbors. Everyone deserves access to fresh, nutritious food. Join United Way of Metro Chicago for April Food Day on April 25, 2024 as we come together to promote food security and recognize our community leaders advancing equity in the south-southwest suburbs, a region facing high levels of poverty and systemic education, health, and wealth inequities.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, United Way of Metro Chicago’s Women United chapter invites you to Purposeful Transitions 2024: Women Blazing Trails.