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Sunday, January 31, 2021
GUEST VIEW: Here’s what United Way is fighting for in 2021
By The Daily News Staff | on January 31, 2021
2020 was a challenging year.
Terri Legg is the Executive Director of United Way Montcalm-Ionia Counties.
The COVID-19 pandemic made the need to…

Wednesday, December 30, 2020
United Way continues to assist residents in Ionia, Montcalm counties during COVID-19 pandemic
Posted Dec 30, 2020 at 6:01 PM
By Evan Sasiela
IONIA — A local nonprofit organization has stepped up to address the need for food in Ionia and Montcalm…

Monday, December 28, 2020
‘Eye-opening’ need
United Way food distribution event helps residents, food pantries in Montcalm and Ionia counties
By Cory Smith | on December 28, 2020
GREENVILLE — As dozens of boxes containing food items were loaded into the cargo bed of Barb…

Monday, December 14, 2020
Winter warmers
United Way buys $20K worth of new winter coats to address local need
By Cory Smith | on December 14, 2020
GREENVILLE — Helping to load box after box of winter coats into a U-Haul truck Friday afternoon, Renae Osmolinski couldn’t help…

Friday, November 27, 2020
United Way Montcalm-Ionia reopens crisis fund in wake of increased COVID-19 cases
By Cory Smith | on November 27, 2020
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, with stay-at-home orders resulting in closed businesses and thousands of…

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Crunch time for the census
With deadline extended to Oct. 31, residents can still fill out U.S. Census online
By Cory Smith | on October 13, 2020
With less than a month left to count each resident of Montcalm and Ionia counties, census workers are…

Thursday, October 8, 2020
Feeding America West Michigan Blog:
COVID-19 Hunger Heroes Part 4: United Way of Montcalm-Ionia Counties brings 44 Mobile Pantries to neighbors in need during pandemic
When the COVID-19 crisis hit, closing jobs and schools, Feeding America West…

Wednesday, September 9, 2020
United Way ‘Sponsor a Classroom’ program leads to more than $110,000 in retail value of donations
By Cory Smith | on September 09, 2020
Staff members from Saranac Community Schools work together to collect gallons of hand sanitizer from United Way…