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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 10:58am
London, ON – On Thursday, May 13, 2010 close to 200 GenNexters (young professionals in their 20s and 30s) descended upon Club Mansion to network, bid on artwork and most importantly support their community. The twist ~ guests bid volunteer hours instead of cash on artwork by emerging Canadian artists.4,040 hours were raised in total, benefiting 21 local non-profit agencies ranging from the AIDS Committee of London to Youth Opportunities Unlimited. Getting involved in the community
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Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 11:40am
As Community Mobilizer, you will be responsible to strategically build and maintain volunteer relationships to develop affinity to United Way and its mission. The role provides leadership to United Way’s youth leadership programs, Youth in Action and Young Leaders of Tomorrow, our young adult engagement strategy, GenNext.You are a mature, intelligent, confident, community minded person who is progressive, innovative, dedicated and gets things done.You will have proven experience working with
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Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 10:36am
Part volunteer fair, part silent auction and part night on the town, London and Middlesex Timeraiser is sure to be an unforgettable evening. It’s a silent auction with a twist, and ticket sales start today.For $20 and a recommended 20 hour volunteer pledge, guests will be able to network with other GenNexters (people in their 20s and 30s), meet with different local agencies and match their skills to agency needs. Once guest and agency matches are made, guests are eligible to bid on
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 2:46pm
Calling all youth who want to make a difference. The application process for United Way's London Life Youth in Action program is now open.Youth in Action is a community-based youth-driven and youth-led program designed to make a difference in people's lives and in our community. It is sponsored by London Life through the Key to Giving™, the national corporate citizenship program of Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life.Since 1997, United Way's Youth in Action program has challenged youth
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 5:00pm
Last night a group of young professionals decided they would rather get involved in making our community better than stay at home and do nothing. London and Middlesex’s next generation of young leaders gathered at Museum London for the official launch of United Way’s newest initiative, GenNext. The event, Would You Rather?, was an evening of inspiration and a call to action.Keynote speaker Marc Kielburger addressed the crowd and awareness booths offered GenNexters (people in
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 2:03pm
From the article:"We 20- and 30-somethings, it seems, want to be engaged. We want to help. We'd love to give our time and money. We just might want to do it in a different way than our parents and grandparents and that's what the new program is trying to tap into."The feeling was that young professionals wanted to help, so we did focus groups to test the theory," Hastings said. "Overwhelmingly, we found that we want to be engaged, but don't want opportunities to be structured the way they are
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 9:02am
United Way’s online registration for the 2009 StairClimb, The Climb of the Penguins, is up and running. With less than a month to go individuals and teams are encouraged to visit www.uwlondon.on.ca to register and start collecting pledges for this cool event. StairClimb is United Way’s only fundraiser and is taking place at One London Place on Thursday, November 5. “It’s a great opportunity for the entire community to get involved,” says Andrew Lockie, CEO of United Way of London &
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Monday, September 28, 2009 - 2:35pm
Snap, Crackle and Pop may be in attendance, but the Union Management Breakfast is all about working together for the good of the London and Middlesex community.Taking place Thursday, October 1 from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Hilton Hotel London, 300 King Street, Kellogg Canada, its employees and members of the BCTGM Local 154G (the union representing Kellogg employees) will kick off their event and present their 2009 contributions, thus far, to United Way of London & Middlesex.The breakfast is a
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The Timeraiser is coming to London for the first time, brought to you in partnership with GenNext, United Way London & Middlesex, Pillar Nonprofit Network, London Community Foundation and London Read More...
1. Where do you work? What do you do?I work at Ernst & Young LLP here in London in the Assurance group. I’m working towards my Chartered Accountant designation so I spend quite a bit of time Read More...
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