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Coronavirus – Nonprofit Resources

Resources to help your organization navigate through the effects of the coronavirus. Tele-Health for Substance Abuse Telehealth During Covid-19 Quarantine The Child Care Council of Westchester is Here to Help You Find Child Care The Council is reaching out to the child care and after school community to see who […]

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United Way’s “Take a Walk in Her Shoes” to feature Today Show’s Jean Chatzky and honor Jean Marie Connolly

White Plains, N.Y, (November 2019) – The award-winning financial editor of NBC’s TODAY Show, Jean Chatzky will be the keynote speaker on December 10 when the United Way Women’s Leadership Council will hold its “Take a Walk in Her Shoes” Breakfast, the 7th Annual Celebration of Women in Philanthropy. Jean […]

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United Way Distributes Backpacks and School Supplies to 600 School Children

White Plains, NY (September 2019) – Approximately 600 students in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Ossining, Elmsford, Peekskill, and Putnam County received backpacks and other supplies in time for school thanks to the United Way of Westchester and Putnam. United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) collected the supplies during a “Back […]

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United Way of Westchester and Putnam, FamilyWize and Walgreens Team Up to Provide Free Flu Vaccinations

White Plains, NY (September 2019) – The United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) is partnering with FamilyWize Community Service Partnership and Walgreens to offer the administration of free flu shots at local festivals in September. These organizations are working together to help deliver flu vaccines for uninsured and underinsured […]

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Westchester Nonprofits can Apply for Emergency Food and Shelter Funds

The United Way of Westchester and Putnam is accepting applications for the Phase 36 (2019-2020) Emergency Food and Shelter Funds available through the Local Westchester Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Board. This program provides federal funding which helps to extend currently available services for the hungry and homeless. The […]

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United Way and Business Council of Westchester Hold Not-for-Profit Leadership Summit

“Building Community” was the theme of the May 6 event in Tarrytown TARRYTOWN, N.Y. – (MAY 6, 2019) – The business and not-for-profit worlds met on May 6 for a special summit that found common ground in the work of uniting and building communities that work for everyone. The 17th Annual Not-For-Profit […]

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United Way and Girl Scouts Partner on United2Read Literacy Program

Ossining Girl Scouts collect 3,000 books and assemble 1,000 reading kits being distributed to preschools in Ossining Ossining, N.Y, (April, 2019) –Volunteers from Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson in Ossining collected 3,000 books and helped build reading kits for low-income children as part of the United Way of Westchester and […]

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Applications Sought for Ruth Taylor Scholarships

Awards will go to graduate students in social work or public health White Plains, N.Y., April 11, 2019– Westchester County graduate students pursuing careers in social work or public health are invited to apply for scholarship assistance through the Ruth Taylor Award Fund. The fund was established in tribute to Ruth Taylor […]

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