Giving Fund to Help Danbury Area Families

The News-Times has partnered with United Way of Western Connecticut each holiday season since 2011 to help families families in need with the Giving Fund. Since then, The Giving Fund has raised more than $500,000 for families in need. For six weeks, the newspaper will share several cases each week of local residents or families — whose names have been changed to protect their privacy — that readers can assist by donating.