“SENTINEL – United Way celebrates 2-1-1 Day”

In 2021, United Way 211 received over 100,000 contacts from the community. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, our 211 community resource advisers have done an amazing job of handling the exponential growth in call volume,” said Wendy Pestrue, president…

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