Staff members of United Way of Greater Lorain County recently completed the Question, Persuade, and Refer mental health response training in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.The training, which largely is focused on suicide prevention methods, was provided by the Mental Health, Addiction & Recovery Services Board of Lorain County.United Way of Greater Lorain County […]
United Way of Greater Lorain County concluded its signature fundraiser, A Night at The Bee, on April 19 with The Collaborative Leadership Bees capturing the overall championship, according to a news release. A Night at The Bee is a light-hearted team competition testing local community members in the categories of spelling, art, history and STEM. […]
The U.S. Congress has set aside $1.28 million to bring nonprofits together under one roof at 500 E. Lorain St. in Oberlin, making crucial social services more accessible to people who live in the rural southern half of Lorain County, according to a news release. Oberlin Community Services was included in the federal agriculture and […]
Each year, Lorain County government have a friendly competition to see which department can raise the most in support of United Way of Greater Lorain County’s work, according to a news release. The department that wins the competition receives a traveling trophy called the Caring Cup with its department name and year engraved on the […]
Lorain municipal officials made the right decision to declare Feb. 11 in the city as the 2-1-1 Awareness Day as the United Way of Greater Lorain County program reaches its 14th year assisting people with basic needs and crises. The 2-1-1 First Call for Help program was launched in 2010 by the United Way of […]