Help United Way Win $100,000!

A great thing is going on right now! APX Alarm, a local company, is giving away $250,000, $100,000 being the top prize. The contest is simple. Simply endorse your favorite charity on Facebook and if that charity makes it to the second round you simply just vote for the charity that you would like to see the grand prize. APX is giving the other $150,000 to the runner ups in the contest.

So we need your help! Every endorsement helps us get one step closer to $100,000!

Simply go to Facebook, and click on 'start nominating your charity' and then find United Way of Utah County and click on 'endorse this charity'

Take a second to help support us!

VISTAs in the news

I thought I'd share this news article about Help Me Grow. One of our VISTAs has helped to start this great program. Take a second to read the article and learn about a great program that our VISTAs are working on!

Read it here!

My other blog...

The other blog that I help update is United Way of Utah County's blog. Recently, one of our bloggers posted a really great article that I thought I'd share with you.

Ever worry about balancing your work life with your personal life? Do you feel busy and stressed? Read this post and maybe it will give you a boost.

The post is 7 Tips to Work Life Balance. Happy Reading!

Bowling for Americorps

I am sad Americorps Week is over. We had so many fun activities last week. We should have an Americorps week every week, but I guess that would take the fun out of it.

One of the fun things that we did last week was bowling, "Bowling for Americorps"

Very few of us are talented at bowling, but we still had a ton of fun.

Lisa, our newest VISTA was the champion in our group, bowling a 99!

Action shot!

Carrie, rocking her Americorps shirt

Thanks to Elizabeth (our VISTA alum) for generously providing the pictures!

Getting Things Done for Americorps Week!

The VISTAs in Provo have been busy this week. We are definitely "getting things done". This week we have celebrated Americorps week by setting up a booth at a local grocery store and giving information to customers, giving presentations to local university students and participating in service projects.

Rachel and Stephanie at their booth

On Tuesday we were able to participate in a fun day, completely devoted to Americorps. We started out the day by meeting at the state capitol, where the Lt. Governor signed a proclamtion declaring it Americorps Week.

The group at the Capitol

We then headed over to a local community garden to help weed and give the garden some tlc. Despite the rain and the mud, we were able to do a ton. It was fun to see the difference we made in the garden. We took a ton of pictures also to celebrate the day!

It's Americorps Week!

Happy National Americorps Week! As part of our celebration, I filmed some of our local VISTAs about their projects. Check out what they had to say.





Rachel talking about her project at the South Franklin Community.



Daniel will finish his second year as a VISTA in May. He shared what he would miss most about being a VISTA.

More on Americorps Week!

Finally, the anticipation period is almost over! Next week will be Americorps Week! Earlier I posted about some of the activities that we had planned, but since the the week is fast approaching I thought I'd share a complete and updated list of all the activities that we will be participating in!

(We are also doing some events this week too)

May 4th @ 7 p.m. Springville and Provo City Council Meetings

May 7th @ 3 p.m. Americorps week planning meeting here at United Way

May 11th @ 10:30 a.m. Service project and lunch at the State Capitol

May 11th @ 6:00 p.m. Orem proclamation at the Orem City Center

May 13th @ 7:00 p.m. VISTA Bowling Night at Miracle Bowl (1585 South State St. Orem)

May 14th @ 12:30 p.m. VISTA Potluck Lunch here at United Way

and remember any of your presentations you have that week...

Should be a fun week!!