September 26, 2023
Meet our 2023 campaign assistants
The UWCFD is delighted to welcome our 2023 campaign assistants, who will work closely with volunteer campaign coordinators from across the UW’s three campuses and the UW hospitals to make this year’s workplace giving campaign a resounding success. Campaign assistants make a positive impact in the community by implementing strategies to maximize workplace giving—helping out…
UWCFD kicks off campaign 2023 this month
Every fall, we welcome students back to campus and we kick off the fall campaign of the UW Combined Fund Drive (UWCFD), your workplace giving program. Thanks to our donors during our 2022 annual campaign, we raised nearly $2 million to support nonprofits, locally, nationally and around the world. Campaign 2023 kicks off October 11…
Listener powered: Public radio in the Pacific Northwest
Public radio was founded with the idea that everyone should have free access to honest, fact-checked information in order to foster a more informed public. In 1967, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, he said that the airwaves “belong to all the people,” and called for “a partnership to share knowledge and…
October is Blindness Awareness Month
October is National Blindness Awareness Month, an initiative started to help the public understand the realities of visual impairment and how it affects the world population. According to recent CDC data, approximately six million Americans have vision loss and one million have blindness Navigating the world as a blind person or someone with limited sight…
Celebrating Filipino American History Month
Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American ethnic group in the U.S. and the first documented Asian people to arrive in the country. In October, celebrate the rich cultural legacy of Filipino Americans during Filipino American History Month. The Filipino American National Historical Society established Filipino American History Month in 1992, but it was not…
September 12, 2023
Catastrophic flooding in Libya: How you can help
In the second major natural disaster to hit northern Africa in the past few days, over 5,000 people are believed to have died and more than 10,000 are missing after serious flooding in Libya. The death toll is certain to rise as more confirmed reports come in.  The coastal city of Derna–approximately midway between…
September 11, 2023
Morocco earthquake: How to help
Nearly 2,500 people are dead and hundreds more injured–many critically–after a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Morocco in the High Atlas Mountains about 50 miles south of Marrakech late on Friday, September 8. The disaster is the strongest earthquake in the area in more than a century in a region with a history of powerful earthquakes….
August 30, 2023
Eastern Washington wildfires: Resources and support
Two destructive wildfires near Spokane have destroyed hundreds of structures, burned tens of thousands of acres and claimed at least two lives. The Gray Fire sparked August 18 and quickly spread east and southeast through the town of Medical Lake and across I-90. The fire prompted a widespread evacuation of homes in Medical Lake and…
Celebrate National Public Lands Day
Every fourth Saturday of September since 1944, outdoor enthusiasts have come together to spend a day volunteering in and celebrating our nation’s green spaces. This year, National Public Lands day falls on Saturday, September 23. Public lands and waters are fee-free for the day and there are TONS of volunteer opportunities – find an event…
September 15 is Greenpeace Day
September 15 is Greenpeace Day! The day serves as an opportunity to recognize the impact of environmental activism and as a call to action for proactive response to environmental degradation. Pollution is an environmental issue we hear about more than ever, taking the form of fossil fuels, plastic waste, deforestation and more. Plastic poses one…
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