New President and Vice President Have Extensive Roots in the Stamford Community
STAMFORD, Conn. (May 7, 2019) — Stamford Cradle to Career (SC2C) has announced that new leaders are taking the helm. Stamford Cradle to Career is a city-wide partnership whose mission is to collectively align community resources to ensure equity and excellence in education, career, and life. United Way of Western Connecticut serves as the backbone organization for SC2C and in this capacity acts as both a major investor and the employer for the initiative’s staff. Bridget...Blog
Post date: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 2:12pm
Innovative Initative Focuses on Improving Equity and Quality of Life in Danbury
Danbury, Conn. (May 6, 2019) — On Monday, May 20, 2019, Danbury community leaders will convene at City Hall to officially launch DanburyWORKS.
WHAT: DanburyWORKS Launch Event
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WHEN: Monday, May 20, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
WHERE: Danbury City Hall, 155 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810
ON-SITE CONTACT: Sandra Ferreira, Director, DanburyWORKS, 203-297-6283
SPEAKERS:
• Mayor Mark Boughton
• Kimberly Morgan, CEO of United Way of Western...
Post date: Monday, May 6, 2019 - 3:17pm
$1 Million in Food Has Been Rescued, But More Support Is Needed to Keep Food Rescue Efforts Going
DANBURY, Conn. (March 27, 2019) — Women are strong, and they do meaningful, important work. That’s the message Kerri Colombo sends every time she walks into a grocery store to rescue pallets of food and gets behind the wheel of the 14-foot truck she uses to deliver that rescued food to Danbury’s food pantries.
For the past seven months, Kerri has spent almost every weekday morning driving to local food stores, such as COSTCO, BJs, ShopRite, and Big Y, to pick up...
Post date: Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 10:46am
United Way of Western Connecticut and local businesses work together for early literacy and community engagement
STAMFORD, Conn. (April 3, 2019) — United Way of Western Connecticut is once again partnering with Stamford Public Schools for the 17th annual Business to Books Read-a-Thon. Next week, volunteers from the local business community will visit six Stamford elementary schools and read to more than 1,100 children.
The purpose of the Business to Books initiative is to promote literacy and enhance public education by increasing community volunteerism in the...
Post date: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 3:15pm
Event highlights Marc B. Lautenbach, President and Chief Executive Officer,
and the company’s commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism
STAMFORD, Conn. (March 22, 2019) — At its annual Heart of Gold Award Dinner, United Way of Western Connecticut will honor Pitney Bowes and its President and Chief Executive Officer, Marc B. Lautenbach, for demonstrating exceptional citizenship, volunteerism and philanthropy. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at The Loading Dock (375 Fairfield Avenue, Stamford) from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
As part of...
Post date: Friday, March 22, 2019 - 2:15pm
Danbury Kick-Off Event on March 19 to Show How Struggling Households Can Keep More of What They Earn
DANBURY, Conn. (March 12, 2019) — United Way of Western Connecticut is sponsoring a Kick-Off Event for its ALICE Saves program on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 8 am to 9 am at the Danbury Police Station Community Room, 357 Main St., Danbury, CT. It joins the United Ways across the State of Connecticut in launching this program.
Danbury nonprofit agency staff, social workers, banking personnel, and other community members will want to attend this event to learn how...
Post date: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 1:48pm
United Way Sponsored Program Named One of the Top in North America
DANBURY, Conn. (March 6, 2019) — For the fourth year in a row, the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) in Danbury was named a Gold Level program, one of 14 YVC programs throughout the U.S. and Canada awarded this honor.
The youth service program, hosted by United Way of Western Connecticut, involved 140 youth ages 11 to 18 from Danbury and the surrounding towns in 2018. This is the tenth year United Way has operated YVC in Western Connecticut.
In the coming year, YVC youth will serve more than 30 agencies,...
Post date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 2:15pm
United Way of Western Connecticut raised $680 for its food security work through the 6th Annual Fairfield County's Giving Day on February 28.
United Way's Giving Day donors help us fill empty plates of Western Connecticut households that are ALICE® (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) and struggling to make ends meet, as well as those in poverty. United Way's work takes many forms to combat food insecurity:
600 families benefit from free, fresh food at the evening Mobile Food Pantries we fund in Stamford, Danbury, and New Milford-- More than 80% of the participating... Post date: Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 11:18am
Ready, Set, Let’s Read! Program Receives 725 Books From Immaculate High School Students
Books distributed to preschool children in the Danbury area
DANBURY, Conn. (February 12, 2019) — 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. United Way volunteers distributed 725 books to preschoolers in greater Danbury over the past month.
Ready, Set, Let’s Read! was launched in 2014. It places...
Post date: Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 10:15am
We're sharing this message on behalf of our colleagues at United Way of Connecticut.
We Stand With ALICE
Join us at the Legislative Office Building on Monday, February 25 for a legislative forum on the true scope of financial hardship in Connecticut and an in depth discussion on strategies to help ALICE households achieve financial security.
Rocky Hill, Conn. (Feb. 7, 2019) Six years ago, Connecticut United Ways committed to shining a light on households that, despite working hard, live paycheck to paycheck and...
Post date: Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 10:35am