{"id":6320,"date":"2015-12-03T16:31:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T21:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/?post_type=impact_story&#038;p=6320"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:37:10","slug":"jim-petersen-united-way-was-there-for-me","status":"publish","type":"impact_story","link":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/impact-stories\/jim-petersen-united-way-was-there-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Petersen: \u2018United Way estuvo ah\u00ed para m\u00ed\u2019.\u2019"},"template":"","class_list":["post-6320","impact_story","type-impact_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-planned-giving"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":6321,"quote":"I believe that, together, you and I can make a positive change in the lives of our children.","citation":"Jim Petersen, United Way donor","topic":[286],"program_theme":false,"button_text":"Read More"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_impact_story_hero","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_impact_story_hero":{"kicker_text":"","heading":"","summary":"","image":6321,"cta":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Me preocupo por Detroit. Nuestra ciudad ha pasado por muchos altibajos, pero los recientes avances en el River Walk, las mejoras en Belle Isle y los nuevos carriles para bicicletas son se\u00f1ales de progreso.\n\nSin embargo, a\u00fan queda mucho por hacer por nuestros estudiantes desfavorecidos en toda la ciudad y la regi\u00f3n.\r\n\r\nHace a\u00f1os, comenc\u00e9 mi carrera en el sistema de Escuelas P\u00fablicas de Detroit como profesor de matem\u00e1ticas e inform\u00e1tica en la escuela secundaria. Creo que la educaci\u00f3n es la piedra angular del \u00e9xito de nuestros hijos, y la forma de motivarlos es hacer que el aprendizaje sea divertido y atractivo. Fue durante mi etapa como profesor cuando empec\u00e9 a hacer donaciones a United Way durante la campa\u00f1a anual.\r\n\r\nDesde entonces he cambiado de carrera y ahora trabajo en el \u00e1rea de TI en Ford, pero he seguido siendo un donante fiel durante tres d\u00e9cadas porque creo en United Way y en su compromiso de apoyar a los ni\u00f1os necesitados. Me interesan especialmente los programas que preparan a los estudiantes para la vida fuera del aula. El programa College and Career Pathways ofrece a los ni\u00f1os la oportunidad de ampliar sus horizontes mediante la formaci\u00f3n profesional en el mundo real y clases de trabajo en equipo. \u00a1Son oportunidades emocionantes! United Way tambi\u00e9n brinda apoyo para garantizar que estos mismos ni\u00f1os puedan acceder a comidas saludables en lugares seguros durante el verano, de modo que tengan la energ\u00eda necesaria para seguir aprendiendo incluso cuando la escuela est\u00e1 cerrada por vacaciones.\r\n\r\nSi bien el trabajo de United Way es conmovedor, hay otra raz\u00f3n por la que contribuyo. Recuerdo un momento de mi vida como joven adulto que luchaba por terminar la universidad, cuando necesitaba ayuda, y United Way estuvo ah\u00ed para m\u00ed. En este momento, hay alguien ah\u00ed fuera en una situaci\u00f3n similar, alguien que necesita ayuda. Y aunque tal vez no sepa qui\u00e9n es esa persona, s\u00e9 que puedo marcar la diferencia. Ahora es mi momento de retribuir.\r\n\r\nPor eso, adem\u00e1s de mi donaci\u00f3n anual, tambi\u00e9n he decidido hacer una donaci\u00f3n planificada con mi cuenta IRA para que United Way pueda seguir brindando apoyo a nuestras comunidades necesitadas en los a\u00f1os venideros. Creo que, juntos, usted y yo podemos lograr un cambio positivo en las vidas de nuestros ni\u00f1os.\r\n\r\n<strong>Jim Petersen<\/strong>\r\nEspecialista en Sistemas Computacionales\nFord Motor Company","right_rail_type":"none","stat":{"title":"","abstract":""},"image":null,"callout":{"text":"","abstract":""},"":null,"settings":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jim Petersen: &#039;United Way was there for me&#039; - United Way for Southeastern Michigan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I believe that, together, you and I can make a positive change in the lives of our children.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/impact-stories\/jim-petersen-united-way-was-there-for-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jim Petersen: &#039;United Way was there for me&#039; - 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