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<\/a>Aloha United Way President and CEO Michelle Bartell (left) joined United Way Worldwide CEO Angela Williams at the Nasdaq closing bell ceremony in New York City on Nov. 25, 2025. (Photo credit: Nasdaq)<\/p>\nAloha United Way President and CEO Michelle Bartell joined United Way Worldwide CEO Angela Williams at the Nasdaq closing bell ceremony on Tuesday in New York City. <\/p>\n
Bartell\u2019s participation placed Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s local United Way on a national stage and highlighted the work of United Ways across the country.<\/p>\n
She joined Williams and senior leaders from the United Way network at Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square for the 4 p.m. bell ringing. Williams invited Bartell to represent Aloha United Way and its local impact.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDuring the federal shutdown, we saw how quickly needs rise and how important it is to respond without delay,\u201d Bartell said. \u201cAloha United Way worked with partners to keep support in place for families across Hawai\u02bbi. Sharing this stage today brings national attention to that work and helps us carry that momentum forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since 1919, Aloha United Way has brought people and resources together to create lasting change, providing immediate assistance through its\u00a0211 Statewide Helpline\u00a0and long-term initiatives like\u00a0ALIC\u00a0and the\u00a0Safety Net Fund. To learn more, visit\u00a0auw.org<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"November 27, 2025, 4:00 PM HST Aloha United Way President and CEO Michelle Bartell (left) joined United Way…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[29143,29144,29145,4835,29146,29147,9,24,55,54,56,2027],"class_list":["post-54568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-aloha-united-way","tag-angela-williams","tag-michelle-bartell","tag-nasdaq","tag-nasdaq-closing-bell-ceremony","tag-nasdaq-marketsite","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-times-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Senior leaders from the United Way network gathered at Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square for the 4 p.m. bell ringing on Nov. 25, 2025. (Photo Credit: Nasdaq)<\/p>\n