It had been months since Tiffany's water pipe had broken, and the 21-year-old African-American woman was starting to...

It had been months since Tiffany's water pipe had broken, and the 21-year-old African-American woman was starting to...
United Way 211 is a free, 24/7, 365-day information and referral resource that connects residents in Lucas, Ottawa and...
United Way of Greater Toledo and the YWCA of Northwest Ohio wrote what follows as a letter to the Blade editor, in...
United We’re Strong In 1918, a small group of local business owners, religious clerics and...
Finding hope and things to be thankful for amid the pandemic. Let’s just admit it…The past eight...
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has carried-on for the majority of 2020, analysts are beginning to...
Ohio is one of 28 states where childcare can amount to the equivalent of in-state college tuition....
Back in February I bought this new pair of “fun” running shoes. I’m not a runner – I don’t even...
We have come to the close of an impactful year! Thousands of needs were met through 211 calls,...
Our daughter, Hailey, is sitting in the back seat, humming along to whatever made-up song is...
When first attending college, I was asked whether I was a one, two, or three meals-a-day “kind of...
“Whoa, what is that green stuff you’re eating?” Olivia asked her classmate, Jaime, as they sat...
Each year, when August rolls around, Mrs. Brown begins getting ready for another school year with...
Deanna Johnson anxiously stood at the check-in desk, waiting to receive her student ID for her...
I sat across the table from the woman I’d been called in for. “Her name is Nikki,” my contact had...
I woke in the middle of the night to the sound of rain pounding the roof and was glad Stan had...
It comes every 10 years… asking questions about you and your household. Each decade, we can expect...
Lately, buzzwords such as big data, data science, artificial intelligence, predictive modeling and...
Exhaustion. That is the only word I could think of to explain how I felt walking into my Granny’s...
The blaring of the ambulance siren as it leaves the station was my alarm clock, gas bills were...
Katrina was twenty-two and six weeks pregnant when I first met her. She asked me to call her Kat....
Give. Advocate. Volunteer. These three words are a core piece of United Way’s message in...
When you’re attending college, you would think that everyone is free-thinking, accepting and...
Looking at my sweet son Jamile pretending to be superhero as he “flies” across the room, one would...
The traditional gift for a 7-year wedding anniversary is copper, which happens to be what some...
We’ve all seen the Facebook posts, calling out nonprofits on their overhead ratio and the...
We are often asked, “What’s a typical day like at The Cocoon?” We smile, unable to capture the...