The lunch-time concert series is back at Downtown Valdosta on Monday, May 3 through Friday, May 7. The Brown Bag Lunch Concert series, hosted by Main Street Office, is open and free to the general public! The series features the live performance of a different band each day, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., on […]
Respond. Rebuild. Reimage. Rebuild. Live United April 2021 Newsletter
Volunteers worked to serve the needs of nonprofits that meet the needs of the local community last week. Almost 100 representatives from local businesses and organizations came together to serve eight agencies during the Great Valdosta United Way’s annual Day of Caring. Volunteers helped the Children’s Advocacy Center of Lowndes County, Lowndes Associated Ministries to […]
The annual Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce awards celebration sponsored by First Commerce Credit Union was held at Rainwater Conference Center. The event took both a hybrid format with individuals attending socially distanced in person and virtually through a live stream from Event Point. The first award presented was the Industry Innovation award which recognized […]
Greater Valdosta United Way participated in the first session of the Nonprofit Capacity Building Series. The Greater Valdosta United Way started the virtual four-part series via Zoom. Staff from local and other Georgia nonprofits joined the conversation on the phases of a nonprofit. Sayge Medlin of the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development at the […]
Neighbors Helping Neighbors 2021
The Greater Valdosta United Way increased support for agencies throughout the year. United Way donates money to other area nonprofits annually. Partnerships with businesses have been able to do more for the agencies as they continue to assist people through the pandemic. “Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, donors have contributed over $90,000 to […]
Southeastern Credit Union presented Greater Valdosta United Way with a contribution. “We are very pleased to once again make an employee and corporate gift to our local United Way. They do so many great things for our community though a variety nonprofit agencies,“ said Mike Gudely, Southeastern Credit Union chief executive officer. Southeastern Credit Union […]
Greater Valdosta United Way has presented its community awards. GVUW made donations to the awards recipients for their “outstanding hard work and dedication during this challenging year.” South Georgia Medical Center was awarded the 2020 COVID Community Hero Award. A $500 donation was made to the South Georgia Medical Center Foundation. Second Harvest received the […]
Greater Valdosta United Way supports communities across South Georgia every year. This year, funds are lacking. ”The last eight months have changed the world so much, and a lot of our agencies have had close to 40 fundraisers canceled and half a million [dollars] worth of donations not come in through the dinners and golf […]