Nov 24, 2020 | United We Win
“It’s all about … how can we make the Nashville community better as a whole?” Reno is HCA Healthcare’s manager of community engagement. Long before he was there—before foundations and social responsibility departments were established—employees would pool their money...
Nov 24, 2020 | United We Win
“If you can’t give money, give your time—because time is equally as valuable.” Jacklyn says her passion for giving back came from seeing how her mom and neighbors interacted when she was growing up. “It’s important to know that you can lean on your neighbors during...
Nov 24, 2020 | United We Win
“We have to make sure people don’t get left behind because of their circumstances. Regardless of where we are in our lives, there’s always potential and capacity for us to pull someone up from where they are right now.” Sai’s job has taken him all over the...
Nov 24, 2020 | United We Win
“You can never give enough to help those in need.” Greg graduated from college in 1977 in the midst of an economic recession. He had worked part-time in retail as a student so he jumped back in, working his way up the ladder at Woolworth’s, Macy’s, Sears, Belk, Buster...
Nov 24, 2020 | United We Win
“I’m teaching my kids that no matter where you come from, you can succeed at anything. You can be anything that you want to. But you have to work hard for it, and you can’t give up.” A single mom to two girls, Ebony is no stranger to sacrifice. She once went two days...
Nov 24, 2020 | United We Win
“We just want to be someone they can call and that we can address those needs.” Anastasia works for Project Access Nashville, a program under the leadership of the Nashville Academy of Medicine and the Medical Foundation of Nashville. She helps connect low-income and...
Jul 30, 2020 | United We Win
“People are sometimes not just desperate for home ownership; they’re just desperate for affordability.” Casey started her first nonprofit job 12 years ago—and has been at Habitat for Humanity ever since. She oversees the program that manages financial education for...
Jul 30, 2020 | Kids, United We Win
Even as a seven-year-old, Amare is very technically-minded, interested in thinking critically and exploring his world. “He likes to see how things work,” his mother says. “I’m pushing him to be independent, to do things on his own.” Despite his determination, Amare...
Jul 30, 2020 | Poverty, United We Win
“My financial life was a mess. That spilled over into my personal life, of course. I definitely spent a few nights sleeping in my car. I had to spend many nights just … keeping myself busy.” Alan’s relationship with debt began the day that he moved out of his parents’...
Jul 29, 2020 | United We Win
“I love being a lunch buddy. Sometimes if I’ve had a bad day, going and spending 45 minutes or an hour with a first- or second-grade student and escaping into their world—whether it’s coloring or playing games, seeing just for a moment what their day is like through...
Jul 9, 2020 | United We Win
“I get up every day because I have three children and I don’t want them to have to experience this devastating crime. I want to keep fighting—keep working—toward a community that is void of sexual violence. That motivates me every day.” Rachel started at the Sexual...
Jul 9, 2020 | United We Win
“Nashville has progressed so far, so fast in the last decade, but not everyone has kept pace. Some have been left behind.” Gord is a global leader and has been investing in local United Ways across the country for more than 20 years. As former chairman of United Way...
