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United Way Kicks-off Annual Fundraising Campaign

August 30, 2010 By Maria Stokes Leave a Comment
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Earlier this month, United Way of the Bay Area officially kicked-off of its 2010/11 fundraising campaign at a gathering of business and community leaders in the Fisher Auditorium on the Mission Bay UCSF campus.

The theme of this year’s campaign, “Change the Odds,” is a call to action to Bay Area residents to join United Way in pursuit of our goal to cut in half the number of local families who live in poverty by the year 2020.  Currently, one in five families in our region does not earn enough to cover its basic needs, according to United Way’s “Making Ends Meet in the Bay Area” report.

At the kick-off, United Way announced that three volunteers will co-chair the 2010/11 campaign:

  • Kenneth McNeely, President, External Affairs, AT&T California
  • Connie Moore, President & CEO, BRE Properties, Inc.
  • Ron Peyton, CEO, Callan Associates

This team will work closely with the United Way board, staff and volunteers to engage and inspire donors. Their main focus will be to generate support for the expansion of United Way’s SparkPoint Centers, 211 and Earn It! Keep It! Save It! programs, as well as our other poverty-fighting investments.

Last year, our Bay Area campaign raised $34.9 million for the Bay Area under the leadership of Campaign Chair Janet Lamkin, President of Bank of America California.

“Through Earn It! Keep It! Save It! United Way gave back more than $57 million in tax dollars to more than 51,000 Bay Area residents and three new SparkPoint Centers were opened with five more in the works,” said Lamkin. “These are just two highlights of the valuable  work we are doing to reduce poverty in the Bay Area. As you can see, we are making difference. Thank you!”

Filed Under: Pathways out of Poverty

Back to School

August 4, 2010 By Olu Johnson Leave a Comment
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BRE Properties employees dropped off some backpacks at our offices yesterday

It’s back to school time, which can be fun for kids who as much they may not want to admit it, look forward to going to shopping for clothes and school supplies. Unfortunately, some kids don’t have this opportunity and aren’t able to get the basic supplies they need, things like pencils, notebooks and binders.  But with your help we can change that for many local children during our second annual backpack drive.

There are three ways you can help:

  1. Donate backpacks filled with supplies from the list below and deliver to United Way’s San Francisco office.
  2. Donate $35 gift cards from retailers who sell school supplies and send to United Way.
  3. Make a donation, which United Way will use to purchase supplies.

Already backpacks have begun streaming in, and we’ll be collecting supplies and backpacks through August 21st!

To learn more, of if you have any questions? Contact Aditi at aaggarwal@uwba.org or 415.808.4407

Supplies needed include:

  • Backpacks
  • Markers
  • Crayons
  • Binder paper (lined)
  • Stickers
  • Water-colors
  • Paintbrushes

See the full list here.

Filed Under: Income, Pathways out of Poverty Tagged With: , , , , ,

BRE Properties Named MatchBridge Employer of the Month

July 20, 2010 By Olu Johnson Leave a Comment
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Strong support for programs like RE4TA is why BRE Properties was recently named Spirit of the Bay award winners

For the last three years, MatchBridge has teamed up with the real estate industry to offer the youth they serve an leg up in finding positions within the industry. The program is called Real Estate 4 Tomorrow’s Adults (RE4TA) and is a partnership between MatchBridge, United Way of the Bay Area, and the San Francisco Real Estate sector.

While RE4TA has created many outstanding partnerships for MatchBridge, one company has stood out in its dedication to the community and youth employment. Year after year, BRE Properties has gone above and beyond for the RE4TA initiative. This is why they are MatchBridge’s employer of the month!

In its first year, Connie Moore, BRE Properties’ CEO, stepped up to head the Founders’ Circle, comprised of many prestigious firms including: AMB Property Corp., BRE Properties, Cushman & Wakefield, Sares Regis Group, Sunset Development, TMG Partners, Webcor Builders and UDR Inc. Since then, Connie has provided steady leadership, spoken on behalf of the program on numerous occasions, and has gone above and beyond behind-the-scenes to support the MatchBridge program at every opportunity.

Throughout the years, BRE Properties has broken the record for creating the most placements for young jobseekers interested in the industry. BRE’s aggressive approach to creating opportunities for young jobseekers truly exemplifies the concept of building up the workforce of tomorrow.

In the past, Connie Moore has even personally come in with a team of managers to lead RE4TA seminars to help guide and instruct the interns as they start their careers.

This summer, 36 internships were provided by MatchBridge’s RE4TA program, five of them with BRE Properties. During their term, interns have the opportunity to look further into real-estate specific roles like property management and residential sales or they can choose to sign onto more general departments like marketing, office management, and outside sales.

RE4TA, and the experiences of its participants, would not be possible without the continuing dedication and support of companies like BRE Properties. MatchBridge thanks all of the volunteers, companies, and interns for taking part in this year’s program and investing in tomorrow’s workforce.

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