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Anderson Coach and Travel, Sugar Grove Township, is helping spread the word about the United Way with the agency's message posted on a company bus.

Williamsport, Lycoming County- Nearly a dozen radio stations are coming together for an emergency fund raising effort in central Pennsylvania.

A regional Women's Leadership Council will soon be established through the efforts of seven local United Way organizations, known collectively as the River Region United Ways.

Historical photographs and framed newspaper clippings hanging in the lobby of Family Services attest to the generations of people that have been helped by the charitable organization, as well as to the dedication of staff and volunteers who have devoted themselves to its mission.

A film premiere and panel discussion will explore how the push for profits drives the health care system.

Service organizations made their pitch to young professionals in the community Wednesday evening, hoping to increase membership.

Photo by Ted Lutz Joanne Perry, a member of the volunteer board of directors for the Kane United Fund, adds a marker to the a oethermometera adjacent to the post office to show the drive has reached the midway point.

Photo submitted Steve Quinn, St. Marys Area United Way leadership committee chairman along with Nick Gismondi, United Way board chairman, display the current fundraising total of the organizationa s 2009 goal of $200,000. The St.

The United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties has never needed this much help.

In a downward moving economy, it is a breath of fresh air- that communities are putting together campaigns to a oespruce upa neighborhoods while touching the lives of hundreds through volunteering their time.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Between 3 and 4 tons of tuna, beans and other foods - estimated to be worth more than $30,000 - were donated by Lackawanna County residents and businesses to help local food pantries through a crisis created by the failure of state lawmakers to pass a budget.

Luzerne County Commissioner Steve Urban says the budget impasse is hurting every region in the state.

There is a lot of meaning to the two little words "Live United." But simply put, the theme of the United Way translates that we all have a responsibility to help people in our communities who are less fortunate than ourselves.

Eight banks and savings institutions in the Pittsburgh region are in "weak" shape and susceptible to the struggling economy, a financial-ratings firm's analysis shows.

A new child development group starting this summer in Chambersburg will create a well rounded population of developmentally disabled children with typically developing children.