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For more than 30 years our organization has met the needs of local ALICE families through our Back-to-School initiative. This year, our program helped families in three different communities across our newly expanded footprint.
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County and United Way of Western CT have joined forces to create a greater impact in our communities.
The Danbury Food Collaborative publishes and regularly updates a Guide to Accessing Food in Danbury in multiple languages.
At United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut, we are committed to empowering every individual to thrive, no matter their race, ethnicity, or zip code. Through the lens of equity, we focus our work daily on addressing immediate basic needs and the underlying systemic barriers to health, quality education, and long-term financial stability.
At United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut, we are committed to empowering every individual to thrive, no matter their race, ethnicity, or zip code. Through the lens of equity, we focus our work daily on addressing immediate basic needs and the underlying systemic barriers to health, quality education, and long-term financial stability.
The Cora’s Kids team held a panel in collaboration with the Connecticut Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Danbury Public Library where providers spoke to an audience interested in learning more about starting an at-home daycare through our program.
Community members and individuals involved with other initiatives led by Cora’s Kids heard from five daycare owners, including:
We are thrilled to share some very exciting news with our United Way community. Effective July 1, 2023, we will merge with United Way of Coastal Fairfield County to create a new entity: United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut!
This year, we mobilized more than 200 volunteers throughout Stamford, Northern Fairfield County, and Southern Litchfield County for our annual Day of Action. We were joined by 17 corporate and 19 nonprofit partners to complete projects scattered across our 15-town footprint.
Day of Action bridges the gap between our donors and other nonprofit agencies by demonstrating the difference that an entire day of volunteerism can make in our communities. Each volunteer gives around 5 hours of their time, totaling hundreds of hours of volunteerism on a single day.
Isabel Almeida, President of United Way of Western CT (UWWC), joined the award-winning “For the People” Podcast for the first half of a two-part segment focused on our latest food security initiative: the Greater Danbury Food Farmacy.