united way of wyoming valley

#OnTheStacks Episode 42 with Bill Jones, President and CEO of the United Way of Wyoming Valley. In this episode Bill shares how his early career in banking lead him to find his passion and begin working in non-profit industry to do he what he loves most: serve people in need. Bill also talks about some of the United Way’s initiatives of investing in the youth of the community, fundraising in a tough environment, the importance of education and reading to children at a young age, and developing community partnerships including one recently with singer-songwriter, Dolly Parton.

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Links and more from this Episode:

• Bill’s beginnings in banking
• Why he went from banking to the non-profit industry
• Dolly Parton Partnership: Imagination Library
• Dial 2-1-1
• Get involved at the United Way
• HIV Coalition
• The Emergency Food and Shelter Program
• United Way Staff & Contact Information
• Father Greg Boyle: Homeboy Industries
  • Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Father Greg Boyle
  • Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship by Father Greg Boyle
  • G-Dog and the Homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles by Celeste Fremon
• Other books mentioned:
  • Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins
  • Good to Great and the Social Sectors: Why Business Thinking is Not the Answer by Jim Collins
• Text to Give Platform
  • Text the word SUPPORT to 26989
• DONATE to the United Way HERE
• Get Social with the United Way of Wyoming Valley
  • • Website | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter

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