I have always possessed a passion for helping others and a desire to be involved in the community. That is why I knew that I would be a perfect fit for an internship, here, at Greater Twin Cities United Way.

For years, CenterPoint Energy and our unions have joined together to support United Way in Minnesota. We’ve been recognized as the Best Labor/Management Cooperative Campaign by Greater Twin Cities United Way multiple times during the past five years.

In the early 1970s, 25% of senior citizens lived in poverty. That has improved markedly, thanks in large part to Social Security and Medicare. Today, about 1 in 13 Twin Cities seniors live in poverty and 1 in 4 are at or below 200% of poverty.