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Mississippi Power helping customers pay electric bills this summer
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Mississippi Power is helping customers make ends meet this summer through a sizeable donation…
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United Way of Southeast Mississippi Announces New Board Chair, Board Members for 2024-25
HATTIESBURG, MISS. – United Way of Southeast Mississippi  is pleased to welcome a new Board Chair and new Board…
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United Way of SEMS for hosts a free book fair for Boys and Girls Club
United Way of Southeast Mississippi's SOAR United program hosted a free book fair for afterschool students at The…
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$100K Payday grand prize winner announced
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The United Way of Southeast Mississippi pulled Thursday evening its $100,000 grand-prize…
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Community Literacy Day
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Dozens of children in the Pine Belt spent their morning at the Library of Hattiesburg,…
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United Way kicks off campaign with pep rally breakfast, Day of Caring
  United Way of Southeast Mississippi (UWSEMS) kicked off its annual fundraising campaign on Friday, September 15 with…
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United Way of Southeast Mississippi Announces Pacesetter Campaign
  HATTIESBURG, MISS. - United Way of Southeast Mississippi kicked off the United Way Pacesetter Campaign on July 11,…
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Side by side of 211 operator and caller
What you should know about 2-1-1
Everyone knows about 9-1-1. But fewer people know about 2-1-1, the nationwide service for non-emergency life challenges…
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What it Takes to Feed Our Community
United Way is working to ensure that everyone has access to healthy, affordable food. Imagine if households connected…
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Served, Sacrificed, Yet Struggling: More than 46,000 Mississippi Veterans Living in Financial Hardship 
New ALICE report also reveals nearly half of veterans in Hattiesburg and surrounding counties are financially insecure…
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