Volunteer Heroes: Feeding the Community

by Riley Burfeind, AmeriCorps VISTA Community Engagement Coordinator Check out more photos on our Facebook page! For the fourth event of the Family Engagement Series, USES hosted an International Night on Thursday, May 23rd! The event featured four members of the USES community from Ethiopia, India, Portugal, and Puerto Rico who hosted stations with colorful displays, interactive activities, […]

by Riley Burfeind, AmeriCorps VISTA Community Engagement Coordinator In celebration of Preservation Month, local organizations, historical societies, and businesses across the nation are showing appreciation for their roots, engaging communities in important conversations surrounding place, heritage, and identity. As part of this initiative, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has launched a campaign entitled This Place Matters, which encourages people […]

Click here to see more photos from the Power of Parenting graduation on our Facebook page! On Tuesday, April 7th, USES hosted a graduation for fourteen parents who completed the Power of Parenting program, an initiative designed and facilitated by the organization Families First. The event kicked off at 5:30pm with a delicious meal where […]

by Riley Burfeind, AmeriCorps VISTA Community Engagement Coordinator On Friday, April 26th, USES hosted a Family Game Night where families across our programs came together to participate in a variety of collaborative, educational, and active games! Stations around the room included activities such as Twister, Apples to Apples, Storytelling Cards, Pictionary, Puzzles, Tic TAC Toe, and more. All […]

Alex is a recent graduate of Training for Office Jobs and a coaching participant who was selected to share a speech at his graduation. You can read the full graduation speech below, but here is a highlight: “Between Word lessons, Excel, Google, Mavis typing, presentations, tests, coaching sessions, workshops, mock interviews, resumes, cover and thank […]

At USES, our priority is to give children and families an opportunity to enhance their quality of life through innovative early childhood education, academic support, and skills-based programming that helps families create financial stability. Over the last two years, we have engaged in a strategic planning process and implementation to address the organization’s longtime financial deficit, and in turn […]