
Maria Springs
Volunteer Coordinator at United Way of Southwest Michigan and regular guest on WSJM's weekly "United We Thrive" segment.
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Oct 13, 2026
United We Thrive -- an update from United Way of Southwest Michigan for Oct 13, 2026
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Maria SpringsGUEST
Um, and a lot of times they will try to complete this on their own, so it helps to mitigate risk of, like, falls or injury.

Maria SpringsGUEST
But it's also just a really engaging event to, um, get volunteers across all of our communities involved.

Maria SpringsGUEST
It's really good for school clubs, uh, service clubs, athletic groups, workplaces, even friends that wanna join.

Maria SpringsGUEST
So for more information, some key dates, kind of a timeline of the event, and a couple of, um, frequently asked questions, you can go to rakeadifference.com, or you can call our Rake a Difference line, which is 269-932-3554.

Maria SpringsGUEST
And then to sign up, you can find links on rakeadifference.com or on Volunteer United.
United We Thrive -- an update from United Way of Southwest Michigan for Oct 13, 2026
2:31
2:37
2:42
3:36
3:51

Maria SpringsGUEST
Um, and a lot of times they will try to complete this on their own, so it helps to mitigate risk of, like, falls or injury.

Maria SpringsGUEST
But it's also just a really engaging event to, um, get volunteers across all of our communities involved.

Maria SpringsGUEST
It's really good for school clubs, uh, service clubs, athletic groups, workplaces, even friends that wanna join.

Maria SpringsGUEST
So for more information, some key dates, kind of a timeline of the event, and a couple of, um, frequently asked questions, you can go to rakeadifference.com, or you can call our Rake a Difference line, which is 269-932-3554.

Maria SpringsGUEST
And then to sign up, you can find links on rakeadifference.com or on Volunteer United.
United We Thrive - from United Way of Southwest Michigan for July 21, 2026
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Maria SpringsGUEST
Um, I guess I just want to remind people that we have so many different ways to get involved.

Maria SpringsGUEST
Um, I know rake a difference is our biggest event and we're so lucky to work with so many people around that time of year.

Maria SpringsGUEST
Um, we also have school supply spectacular coming up that will happen in August.

Maria SpringsGUEST
So we have a couple of different people, um, helping out in a few different ways with that, which is super fun.

Ken LundbergHOST
What does that volunteer journey look like from the time that they say, OK, I'll sign up?