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Monday, January 27, 2020
United Way of Central Georgia is announcing “Baby Care Boot Camp” to be held from 11:30 am-1:30 pm on Thursday, January 30th at King-Danforth Boys & Girls Club at 1301 Shurling Drive in Macon. The event will feature local experts offering a free…

Thursday, January 23, 2020
United Way of Central Georgia is excited to announce the return of two local locations providing free tax filing services to those with moderate to low incomes: Elaine Lucas Senior Center and Family Investment Center.
Openings and hours:
Elaine…

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Macon, GA— 1/21/2020 — United Way of Central Georgia initiative, READ UNITED, has been working with the Bibb County School District to improve literacy in Central Georgia schools by bringing our children up to third grade reading level. It’s been a…

Wednesday, January 15, 2020
"All actions we take either make it better or worse and this is an opppurtunity to make it better," said Dr. Curtis Jones, Bibb County School Superintendent.
It was another sensational year for Bibb County School District. This year, the team ran…

Monday, January 6, 2020
Maurio Houser is a veteran and father of six. When he returned to the United States after his time in the Army, the transition to civilian life was rough. When he couldn't make enough money to feed his family, he turned to selling drugs on the…

Monday, December 16, 2019
Sunday, December 15th, the Mercer women’s basketball team hosted the Clemson Tigers at Hawkins Arena at Mercer University. Fans who brought a teddy bear (or other stuffed animal) to the game got free admission to the game as part of a fundraiser for…

Monday, December 9, 2019
Effective immediately, United Way of Central Georgia will assume management and operational responsibility for Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia. The relationship dates to 1957 when United Way of Central Georgia and the Junior League…
Monday, December 2, 2019
December 3rd is Giving Tuesday and for the first time ever, United Way of Central Georgia is launching a Giving Tuesday campaign. Giving Tuesday began on November 27th, 2012 as an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the…

Monday, December 2, 2019
United Way of Central Georgia is excited to announce Brian Jordan, former professional baseball player with the Atlanta Braves (and others) and football player with the Atlanta Falcons, will join the UWCG team for the day on Monday, December 2nd…

Friday, November 22, 2019
Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week