DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut has announced that more than 1,000 out-of-school activities for children in struggling families have been paid for by its ALICE Enrichment Fund since the program launched in 2017.
DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut has received a generous grant from the Genworth Foundation. The $10,000 grant will fund United Way's targeted efforts to support the needs of the hard-working, struggling individuals and families it calls ALICE® (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed).
DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut is proud to announce that its Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) affiliate has once again been named a Gold Level program.
DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut is pleased to announce that agencies interested in applying for funding during the 2020-2021 grant funding cycle may submit a Letter of Intent beginning Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Letters of Intent are due on Friday, January 17, 2020.
DANBURY, CT -- Two new members have joined United Way of Western Connecticut’s Board of Directors.
DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut launches new program to improve food access for Danbury’s older adults will be launched over the coming year, with support from the Peter & Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation and the Tufts Health Plan Foundation.
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.
DANBURY, CT -- A city-wide collaborative focused on helping lower-income residents build better lives has been awarded a $22,000 grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF).
NEW MILFORD, CT -- New Milford Visiting Nurse & Hospice has received a United Way of Western Connecticut grant to help launch a new program in the Greater New Milford Area called Nurse-Family Partnership.
STAMFORD, CT -- The Stamford office of PKF O’Connor Davies, LLP volunteered on July 9 in coordination with the United Way of Western Connecticut and the Connecticut Food Bank to distribute food at the United Way Stamford Mobile Food Pantry.
DANBURY, CT -- DanburyWORKS, a collaborative supported by the Boston Federal Reserve’s Working Cities Challenge Grant, officially launches on May 20, 2019.
DANBURY, CT -- This year, for the fifth year in a row, Immaculate High School students have donated children’s books to United Way of Western Connecticut’s Ready, Set, Let’s Read! program.
Awards Will Celebrate Community-Minded Adult and Youth Leaders in Service on Dec. 1
ROCKY HILL, CT -- According to the 2018 ALICE Report for Connecticut, 40% of households in our state have income which falls below what is needed to pay for basic necessities of housing, food, child care, health care, technology, and transportation.
DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) is proud to announce that volunteers in the SAVE (Seniors Add Valuable Experience) Program have completed 8,567 hours in the last year, service valued at $211,519.33 to the city of Danbury.
DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) is proud to announce that Sandra Ferreira-Molina has been named Director of DanburyWorks, an economic development collaborative of more than a dozen Danbury area organizations and institutions focused on lifting the number of immigrants and people of color out of poverty by 30 percent within 10 years.