United for Kids Foundation wins $20,000 in Chase Community Giving Competition

After competing with over 500,000 other charities in a very tight race, which began on June 15 2010, United for Kids Foundation (UKF) has emerged as one of the 200 finalists in this summer's Chase Bank Community Giving Competition.

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UKF gathered a total of 1,558 votes to finish in the 178th position. We are appreciative of the efforts of all those who took time to vote and campaign for votes on our behalf, and believe that this grant will boost our ability to begin working with many children from low income families in Nigeria who are attending public schools, our goal is to invest in materials that will improve reading, math and information technology skills among the children.