{"id":1380,"date":"2015-10-22T13:41:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/unitedway\/?page_id=1380"},"modified":"2025-02-25T14:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:14:52","slug":"united-way-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/unitedway\/united-way-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        United Way Stories\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2>United Way Stories<\/h2>\r\nTogether, we are changing lives. Your donation is invested locally, changing the lives of people in Ottawa. Since 2011, United Way, its donors and partners have invested in programs and initiatives to change the lives of people all across our city\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>162 Agency Partners<\/li>\r\n \t<li>351 Program Investments<\/li>\r\n \t<li>197,000 Lives Changed<\/li>\r\n \t<li>30,000 Partners and Volunteers<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFind out more about the people whose lives have been improved because of your donation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedwayottawa.ca\/what-we-do\/\">More stories<\/a>.\r\n<h3>Sarah&#8217;s Story &#8211; From Terrified Teen to Role Model Mom<\/h3>\r\nSarah was amongst a graduating class of 13 young women and their babies. Sarah\u2019s dedication to her education and her commitment to her now two-year-old son Marshall earned her the role as Valedictorian of her class.\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From terrified teenager to role model mom\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rUKq9gtYdOU?list=PL5Whf68BOrl_yGbe20f-jqFFuZ9jf_GM6\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<h3>Maxim&#8217;s Story &#8211; RightBike<\/h3>\r\nAlienated and unable to connect with society, Maxim travelled for several years in search of a life path.\u00a0Through Causeway, Maxim began working with RightBike, and began to overcome his fears of returning to the working world.\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RightBike - Maxim&#039;s story\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3D_yY2Jj2BU?list=PL687FA4B000147D6D\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nFall seems to go by so quickly, and before you know it many people will be preparing for Christmas.\u00a0While thinking about the people on your list who have everything, United Way challenges you to remember those in our community who have nothing\u2026\u00a0including the 6,700 people in Ottawa who have no place to call home.\r\n\r\nYou can watch more inspiring stories from the United Way on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEjMqP0Rs9n5Acb3brXW9YQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Way Stories Together, we are changing lives. 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