United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good. Melinda Pike never expected to be homeless. But the Massachusetts mother and her four boys have lived in three shelters over the past year and a half. "It's sad. I never thought I was gonna be where I'm at," she said. "You know, I wish I could do things better."But the reality is that the family probably wouldn't have either without the support of United Way, one of the 12 charities benefitting from Red Nose Day. The national campaign raises funds to help lift children out of poverty. About 22 percent of American children fall into that category. That figure is 15 percent just in Massachusetts, where todays Matt Lauer met Dylan
