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The following is a guest post by Lisa Palin, an attorney at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C. On September 15, Lisa participated in a United Way Poverty Simulation. The United Way Poverty Simulation aims to provide participants...
Last week more than 1,300 Massachusetts employees took to the community to participate in United Way's 18th Annual Community Care Day, an effort to better the region through single-day projects while fostering long-term volunteer engagement. The...
Tuesday, in the belly of what was once a Union Street Bank, United Way and Serving People in Need (SPIN) launched an innovative center to move people beyond safety nets into permanent financial stabiliy and economic empowerment. Located at 270 Union...