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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…

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…

‘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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…