United Way of Central Maryland is accepting applications for grants of up to $10,000 to benefit nonprofits and other organizations throughout the Baltimore region.

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A growing number of Marylanders cannot afford the basics they need to survive despite being employed, a new report from the United Ways of Maryland found. Many of these families struggle to make ends meet but make more than the ...

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United Way of Central Maryland named Franklyn Baker as its new president and CEO, effective Nov. 28. Baker comes to United Way of Central Maryland after having served as principal deputy and chief operating officer for Greenpeace USA, a $45 million ...

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United Way of Central Maryland CEO Mark S. Furst is leaving his post, and the nonprofit is launching a search for a replacement as its top leader. Jim Wheeler, chair of the board for United Way of Central Maryland, announced ...

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One of pillars of family stability is education, along with housing, job training and health care. That was the central message at the 2nd annual Women United conference in Baltimore on Wednesday, an event that brought together more than 400 ...

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Imagine wanting to deposit a check but losing 25 percent of that money to bank fees, or getting an ID stolen and being unable to open a bank account. Those challenges are a reality for the thousands of homeless people ...

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Social issues like public health and access to education can only be addressed if members of diverse sectors of the community come together, speakers at a forum of women business and community leaders said Wednesday. That was the central message of United Way of Central Maryland’s first Women’s Leadership Council Forum, which focused on ways to make progress in such areas as financial stability and homelessness. The event in Baltimore brought together about 400 attendees on the 15th anniversary of the Women’s Leadership Council’s local chapter, made up of a group of women philanthropists and advocates.

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Patricia M.C. Brown, senior vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine and president of Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, has been appointed chairwoman of the United Way of Central Maryland's Board of Directors.

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Alan Wilson, chairman, president and CEO of McCormick & Co., will lead the 2012 United Way of Central Maryland fundraising campaign in conjunction with his executive leadership team at the Sparks-headquartered flavor company.

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It’s hard to believe that the insights and observations of 26-year-old Alexis de Tocqueville recorded in 1831 are still relevant.

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