Akron Stuff The Bus “Recharge”

United Way of Summit & Medina 37 N. High St., Akron

Picture the first day of school: The smell of freshly sharpened pencils, immaculate erasers, the crisp edges of a fresh notebook. But as the school year goes on, pencils break, erasers and notebooks get used up, and children find themselves short on vital learning supplies. Our Stuff the Bus "Recharge" school supplies drive will help […]

Read To Me Day

*Date is subject to change* Reading to children helps stimulate their imaginations, contributes to language development, and helps to encourage early literacy. So why not share your love of reading? This fall, United Way’s Read to Me Day is expanding to all Akron Public Schools elementary classrooms. Volunteers will visit schools throughout Akron and read […]

Bridges Workshop

United Way of Summit & Medina 37 N. High St., Akron

Through this workshop, learn how economic realities of poverty, middle class, and wealth impact individuals, communities, systems, and structures. In order to positively impact the education and lives of individuals in poverty, we must explore the way we think and behave. Bridges Summit County Workshops offers a structure to help us assess the mindsets and […]