United Way of the Midlands

Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center Receives Workforce Development Grant from United Way and Women in Philanthropy

United Way of the Midlands is pleased to announce a 2025–2026 Impact Grant award of $31,745 to Brookland Center for Community Economic Change, doing business as Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center (BLEC). This investment was made through United Way of the Midlands in partnership with the Women in Philanthropy (WIP) organization, whose purpose is to award grants […]

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West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles takes pie to the face for United Way

West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles raised more than $700 in personal contributions for the United Way Campaign. For his effort he got a pie to the face. “I love pie, but I love the United Way more,” Miles said after Kelli Ricard, West Columbia special events manager, pressed the pie into the mayor’s face to […]

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