Green Bay Packers wide receiver and his wife will play role in 2013 Community Campaign United Way of Greater Milwaukee has announced that Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings and his wife, Nicole, will serve as honorary campaign co-chairs in 2013. The Jennings’ are both active community leaders. They will help support United Way [...]

Amongst the glitter and glam of prom, teen girls will come across an eye-opening reality Teen girls shopping for prom dresses will see something a little different in stores this spring. While searching for the perfect dress, these girls will be stunned as three dress shops in the Milwaukee area will be displaying a prom [...]

Latest marketing tactic aims to impress upon teens the high cost of having a baby Students at two Milwaukee high schools saw something a little different when they visited the vending machines last week. Among the soft drinks and snacks will be a vending machine filled with baby products, a tactic designed to grab their [...]

Compiled by Courier Staff For the city of Milwaukee and especially the African American community there were a few highlights believe it or not. The Milwaukee Courier’s longtime social columnist, Mattiebelle Woods was honored with a street naming dedication on what would have been her 108th birthday on Oct. 31, 2011. The street which is [...]

Marisa, Allen and their three children have been living in their home on Milwaukee ’s north side since 2006. They were one of the first families to successfully save for and buy a home through Select Milwaukee Inc. and the United Way-supported Individual Development Account Program (IDA). IDAs encourage and reward savings by matching participants’ [...]

City of Milwaukee seeks increased partnership with community to reduce African American infant deaths by 15 percent and overall infant deaths by 10 percent Mayor Tom Barrett and Commissioner of Health Bevan K. Baker announced an historic goal to reduce infant mortality in the City of Milwaukee by 2017. From 2008-2010, there were 340 infant [...]

By Nicole Angresano Vice president, Community Impact, United Way of Greater Milwaukee Is there anything parents look forward to more than talking to their children about SEX? I mean, I don’t know about you, but when my 4 ½ son asks me where babies come from, I throw a party! “Bring it on,” I say. [...]

Your children need your presence more than your presents. ~Jesse Jackson October was Let’s Talk Month, a national public education campaign to increase effective parent-child communication about sex and healthy relationships. United Way of Greater Milwaukee distributed over 5,000 toolkits in Milwaukee to help parents prepare for and begin conversations. And despite what you might [...]

Conventional wisdom says to stay offline when trying to reach central city young adults and teens. Last Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, this wisdom was challenged when up to 200 men participated in “tell it straight” and recorded their positive “Get at You” videos and shared them on Facebook with the goal of reaching between 100,000 [...]

$117,000 in funds awarded to community partners since July United Way of Greater Milwaukee has awarded $47,000 in Urgent Need Fund grants to three of its community partners to support their emerging and urgent needs. $25,000 was awarded to Guest House of Milwaukee’s Guest House Counseling Clinic. The clinic provides professional, onsite substance abuse and [...]