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Upcoming events:

The Early Childhood Coalition will be set up at A Night for a Hand Up Tuesday night. Contact CREATE Foundation for tickets.

United Way and the Tupelo/Lee County Hunger Coalition will both be at Taste of Tupelo Thursday night. Contact CDF for tickets.

The Daily Journal has a poll today asking if readers contribute to United Way. Be sure to click over to the Opinion page and let them know! They are doing their United Way campaign today so we hope that most Journal employees will be able to click Yes!

Russ set up at ACCO's health fair this week and was able to give employees information about giving to United Way through our text-to-give platform. ACCO has been a generous corporate donor for years, but they have not been able to do payroll deduction for employees. Our online options allow employees to give even if they don't have the opportunity for payroll deduction.

The Census Bureau will be hiring soon for census takers in 2020. These jobs pay $13.50 per hour and reimburse mileage. To apply, visit 2020census.gov/jobs. Hiring will begin just after the holidays so applicants are encouraged to apply now for consideration. Having an accurate census count helps our community!