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All of our volunteers have a heart for helping others. Anna Smith has one of the biggest hearts around. Anna first learned about United Way of Sumner County in 2019 while she was working for Publix Supermarkets. During that year, she was chosen by Publix to participate in the Associate on Loan Program. Through that program, Publix sent Anna to…

“Emma Jo's (Down Syndrome) diagnosis was a surprise to us when she was born. The pediatrician that saw her said, ‘Congratulations and good luck.’ Emma Jo is our first born, so there we were, first time parents with a daughter that has an extra chromosome. We were completely overwhelmed & lost, until we found out about early intervention.…

The 2022 Fall Classic Golf Scramble, held on September 26, 2022, at Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club, exceeded goals in almost every arena!  Thirty-five teams of 140 golfers registered to take part in the event to support United Way of Sumner County.  The tournament netted $29,471.41 which was $7,293 OVER goal! Participants began arriving at 10…

A woman with 4 children (ages 10, 8, 6, and 4) called Cumberland Crisis Pregnancy Center (CCPC) because she was 17 weeks pregnant, her husband had been shot & killed two months earlier, and now she didn’t know what to do. She began getting peer counseling and support and was referred to professional grief-counseling.  She participated in…

United Way volunteers are incredible people who give back to the community by using their time and talents to improve lives in Sumner County. One of those incredible people is Cheri Tatum. Before retiring in 2021, Cheri worked for 11 years at the Sumner County Election Commission. Prior to that, she was a journalist for about 20 years in Sumner…

Approximately 165 attendees joined United Way of Sumner County (UWSC) at the sold-out 2022 Community Impact Breakfast on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at the The Gathering Place by Bit O' Heaven Catering in Gallatin. UWSC CEO, Erin Birch, welcomed the crowd and shared the goal of the event: to help attendees gather information on the needs of their…