News Room
Stay up to date with United Way of Greater Nashville. Read the latest stories, program updates, and highlights about how we are working together to make a difference. Media: for a summary of activities please refer to UWGN Media Topics Overview.
Metro CARES Funds Help Neighbors Struggling to Pay Rent, Utilities
United Way of Greater Nashville announced today that the city’s Metro CARES program has helped hundreds of families struggling to make rent, mortgage and utility payments. Funding was awarded last week to local nonprofits that are providing direct rent, mortgage and...
A Statement from Our CEO
The horrifying death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and the many, many Black lives unnecessarily and unjustly lost or damaged before his, are weighing heavily on all of us. At United Way of Greater Nashville, we stand with our Black community, our hearts aching for...
An Open Letter to Our Community
Dear United Way Partners, Supporters and Friends, Over the past several weeks, we have experienced an onslaught of circumstances that have tried and tested every ounce of our human fabric on a local, national and global scale. We’ve seen tornadoes tear through our...
United Way Announces New Name, New Board Members
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville (UWMN) has officially rebranded as United Way of Greater Nashville (UWGN), following its recent expansion of service areas to include Cheatham, Davidson, Hickman, Robertson and Williamson counties. This name change aligns with the...
Local United Ways Merge to Serve Growing Community
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville (UWMN) and United Way of Williamson County (UWWC) announced today that the two organizations have officially merged as of October 31, 2019. The newly combined organization will rebrand, operating under the new name United Way of...
How to run your best United Way giving campaign
Running a United Way campaign in your workplace is about more than raising funds for worthy causes: It’s about strengthening connections between employees and their community. It’s about bringing people together to tackle our community's most difficult issues. Every...
United Way’s Stuff the Bus provides school supplies to 12,000 local students
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville’s 11th annual Stuff the Bus Day of Action brought together more than 1,100 volunteers from local companies to provide essential school supplies for students in need. With the support of the Tennessee Titans, Wells Fargo, Piedmont...
Stuff the Bus: More than just school supplies
Basic school supplies can cost parents an average of $200 per child. For families struggling to make ends meet, this could mean choosing between buying school supplies or putting food on the table. On July 30 and 31, more than 1,200 volunteers will join United Way to...
Titan Up for Tots: Giving babies a healthy start
Saint Thomas Sports Park was abuzz with activity on June 3. Running off the practice field, quarterback Marcus Mariota, tight end Delanie Walker and every seasoned player and rookie in between joined United Way to assemble bags of diapers, wipes, onesies and burp...
Who will you nominate?
United Way is on a mission to tell a story. But not just any story. This story is about why we fight—and what we are fighting for. A project of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, United We Win: Faces of Our Community, is a collection of portraits and stories of...