Impact Is Here!
Click here to read the Summer-Fall 2008 edition
of Impact, our semiannual magazine.
Grant Alert Plus
Grant Alert Plus is United Way of Central and
Northeastern Connecticut's biweekly e-newsletter for
the local nonprofit community. It contains the
latest information on funding, training and more. To
read the latest edition,
click here.
To subscribe, send an email to
Marisa Lee-Vaught. Please include your name,
organization name, job title, address, phone number
and email address.
Susan B. Dunn, President and CEO of United Way of
Central and Northeastern Connecticut, is one of
three Hartford area executives honored by the
Hartford Business Journal as a 2008 Business
Leader of the Year.
Click here to read the full story.
A United Way Minute with President and CEO Susan B.
Dunn
Did you know that money can buy happiness?
Click here to learn more.
Special Message from Campaign Chairman Doug Elliot
Our community needs your help now more than ever.
Click here for
a special message from Doug.
The need for services is rising and the economic
outlook is grim, according to the Fifth Annual
Non-profit Pulse Survey. The survey, released by
United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut
in partnership with Hartford Business Journal,
gauged the outlook of more than 400 executive
directors of non-profit organizations throughout
central and northeastern Connecticut and found that
community support is needed now more than ever.
Community Connections Radio Show on
WTIC-AM
The last Saturday of every month, we invite you
to join host Stan Simpson on WTIC-AM NewsTalk 1080
for United Way's Community Connections.
Each month, we explore a topic facing the people of
central and northeastern Connecticut and discuss how
United Way is helping to change community
conditions.
- To hear the October 4, 2008 broadcast,
click here.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
(H.R. 1424) has been signed into law and includes an
extension of the IRA Charitable Rollover. If you are
70½ or older, you can make a distribution in any
amount up to $100,000 per year from your IRA to your
favorite nonprofit organization, free from income
tax. Certain restrictions apply.
Click here to learn more.
2008 United Way Community Campaign Is Under Way!
On September 5, at the United Way building in
Hartford, 2008 United Way
Community Campaign Chairman Douglas G. Elliot threw out the first pitch of the Campaign season and
announced this year's Campaign goal: $28.4 million.
- To read about the 2008 Campaign Kickoff,
click here.
- To read more about the 2008 Campaign,
click here.
- For a complete list of 2008 United Way
Community Campaign Cabinet members,
click here.
17th Annual Day of Caring
On September 5, 2008, some 5,000 volunteers from
85 local companies lent a hand at more than 350
Day of Caring project sites hosted by 155
nonprofit organizations throughout central and
northeastern Connecticut –
the biggest single annual volunteer event in the
area.
- To read more about Day of Caring,
click
here.
- To view photos from 2008 Day of Caring,
click here.
- To hear a United Way Minute recording about
this year's
Day of Caring,
click here.
2008 United Way Community Campaign Courage Award
Announced
The United Way Community Campaign
presented its 15th annual Courage Award to
Frederick Bohlen of Hartford on Thursday, June 26,
2008, during Jumpstart 2008, a training
program for volunteer Campaign coordinators
conducted at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford.
Bohlen, a Liberian refugee, was resettled in
Hartford with his family by Catholic Charities,
Archdiocese of Hartford, a United Way partner
agency. He was honored for overcoming adversity
through the support of United Way funded programs
from Catholic Charities and Urban League of Greater
Hartford. To learn more about the Courage Award,
click here.