United Way of Coastal Carolina

United Way of Coastal Carolina Together, weโ€™re creating a future where everyone, everywhere can thrive.

Serving Carteret, Craven, Jones and Pamlico Counties

๐‹๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐! When he's not helping lead the way at United Way, Tony works at Moe...
06/17/2026

๐‹๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐!

When he's not helping lead the way at United Way, Tony works at Moen and brings the same energy, humor and dedication to our Board of Directors.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š?
Initially I was "volontold" to be UW coordinator for my work in 2010; the more I worked internally on that campaign, the more I learned about what they did. In 2018 the UW helped me coordinate disaster recovery services for my associates displaced during Hurricane Florence. At that point I joined the board to help in a larger role - not just within my company.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐ž?Housing and transportation.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š?
It's a very welcoming community; slightly slower pace of life (and traffic); but still lots of opportunity for a variety of activities.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ž๐ง ๐ ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ?
Carolina Comics and More on MLK Blvd. - a truly welcoming and well stocked comic book shop; and second place - The Casual Nerd near the Food Lion on MLK - a really good game store.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐?
We're all just people - don't let anything else distract from that (father and mother) but more importantly from Groucho Marx - "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ?
Living - maybe President Obama; he's a little geeky and yet still down to earth; Dead - either J.R.R. Tolkien to hear in his own words some elvish or Gary Gygax (creator of Dungeons and Dragons) but only if we would run a campaign together (so it would be a really long dinner)

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
Creative, Sentimental and Caring.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
I tend to overshare - so I doubt a lot would surprise them; but maybe I wish that we could base our culture more closely to resemble the Muppets.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ-๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐?
Either Ice Cream, Mom's Country Style Steak or my wife's Apple Crisp.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž?
Novelist (Editors Note: Tony has written THREE books!)

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ?
Equality

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š?
Playing a Tabletop Role playing game (i.e. Dungeons and Dragons); or seeing a play at one of the many community theaters.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
The Lord of the Rings (book) - probably reading it in middle school steered me the rest of my life. Movie - Muppet Christmas Carol (There are few movies I always tear up during multiple places - who am I kidding I tear up a lot; but often with so many accompanying smiles).

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ "๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ" ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
Connections

๐ˆ๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š?UWCC is an agency that connects community together; a way to link services to needs in an often confusing world of non-profits.

๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ž๐š?
Coffee

๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ?
Mountains

๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ฅ?
Either or Neither

๐ƒ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ฌ?
Cats

๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ?
Sweet

๐…๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?
Any Community Theater production; Christmas at Tryon Palace (in general all the stuff that happens around Christmas)

๐…๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ?
Halloween

๐…๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ˆ๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ?
Something with Peanut Butter

๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š?
Welcoming

๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐–๐š๐ฒ?
Supportive

Thank you to The New Bern Sun Journal for sharing our exciting news!๐Ÿ˜€
06/16/2026

Thank you to The New Bern Sun Journal for sharing our exciting news!๐Ÿ˜€

The United Way of Coastal Carolina has named Savannah Lambert as its new executive director as the nonprofit works to usher in a new era.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in welcoming our new Executive Director, Savannah Lambert earlier this week!We are e...
06/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us in welcoming our new Executive Director, Savannah Lambert earlier this week!

We are excited for the future of United Way of Coastal Carolina under Savannah's leadership and look forward to making an even greater impact throughout our community.

More pictures and a video to come!

Thank you to New Bern Live for sharing!โค๏ธ
06/02/2026

Thank you to New Bern Live for sharing!โค๏ธ

United Way of Coastal Carolina Announces New Executive Director Savannah Lambert, Marking an Exciting New Chapter for the Organization

United Way of Coastal Carolina (UWCC) is proud to announce the appointment of Savannah Lambert as its new Executive Dire...
05/30/2026

United Way of Coastal Carolina (UWCC) is proud to announce the appointment of Savannah Lambert as its new Executive Director, ushering in an exciting new era of growth, innovation and community impact for the organization.

Lambert joins United Way of Coastal Carolina from United Way of Wayne County, where she most recently served as Resource Development Director, bringing with her extensive experience in nonprofit leadership, fundraising, relationship-building and community engagement. Her background in strengthening donor relationships and developing impactful initiatives positions her to help lead UWCC into its next chapter of service across Coastal Carolina.

Savannah succeeds interim Executive Director Bob Gragson, who has faithfully guided United Way of Coastal Carolina for more than a year during a pivotal transition period. Gragson will now retire and return to California to be with his wife, concluding a meaningful season of leadership and service.

"Bob stepped into an important role during a critical time and provided stability, guidance and unwavering support for our organization," said Board Chair Tony Norwood.

"We are incredibly grateful for the dedication he has shown to United Way of Coastal Carolina and the communities we serve. His leadership helped position us for this exciting next chapter, and we wish him and his wife all the best as they begin this new season together."

As United Way of Coastal Carolina moves forward, the organization is entering a transformative period focused on re-establishing itself as a leading nonprofit force throughout the region.

Among the priorities ahead are strengthening and expanding key community initiatives including disaster relief efforts, increasing awareness and utilization of NC 211, continuing the growth and
impact of Women United, and building a stronger, more engaged Board of Directors to help shape the future of the organization.

"I am incredibly excited to join United Way of Coastal Carolina and become part of a community that cares deeply about creating lasting impact," said Lambert.

"United Way has an incredible legacy and tremendous opportunity ahead. I look forward to building relationships, listening to the needs of our communities, and working alongside our board, volunteers, donors and partners to strengthen programs and create meaningful change across Coastal Carolina."

The organization sees Lambert's arrival not simply as a leadership transition, but as an opportunity to reenergize its mission and deepen its role as a connector, advocate and catalyst for positive change throughout the region.

"We're entering a new season for United Way of Coastal Carolina," added Norwood. "There is renewed momentum, renewed vision, and a shared commitment to serving our communities in impactful ways. We are excited for what the future holds under Savannah's leadership."

United Way of Coastal Carolina has long served as a bridge connecting individuals, nonprofits, businesses and resources to strengthen local communities. As the organization looks ahead, its commitment remains rooted in creating opportunities and improving lives throughout the region.

For more information about United Way of Coastal Carolina, visit UnitedWayCoastalNC.org or follow United Way of Coastal Carolina on social media.

Happy Memorial Day๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Day๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

TONIGHTโ€ผ๏ธJoin us for our monthly Women United Meeting at the Craven County School's Board of Education at 5:30pm.We'd LO...
05/21/2026

TONIGHTโ€ผ๏ธ

Join us for our monthly Women United Meeting at the Craven County School's Board of Education at 5:30pm.

We'd LOVE to have you!

United Way of Coastal Carolina is here to support our communities!๐Ÿ’™Learn more at UnitedWayCoastalNC.org.
05/19/2026

United Way of Coastal Carolina is here to support our communities!๐Ÿ’™

Learn more at UnitedWayCoastalNC.org.

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–?:United Way of Coastal Carolina has raised over $50,000,000* since its beginning in 1957 to help support lo...
05/17/2026

๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐Š๐๐Ž๐–?:

United Way of Coastal Carolina has raised over $50,000,000* since its beginning in 1957 to help support local communitiesโ‰

UnitedWayCoastalCarolina.org

*Inflation-adjusted dollars

with . For your health and human service needs, contact NC 211 to receive information on helpful programs, like rent ...
05/15/2026

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For your health and human service needs, contact NC 211 to receive information on helpful programs, like rent and utility assistance, healthcare, transportation, internet training, childcare, senior care and more.

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UnitedWayCoastalNC.org

Address

601 Broad Street
New Bern, NC
28560

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:15pm
Thursday 9am - 5:15pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

Telephone

+12526372460

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