United Way of Westchester and Putnam is proud to have contributed to the William L. Carter Perseverance Award given to Harshita Shet at the 2021 African American Men of Westchester’s Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Awards. Harshita of Greenburgh is currently an 11th grade honors student at Woodlands Middle and […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) is proud to announce that Joseph Benenati of Eastchester has been awarded a 2020 Ruth Taylor Scholarship. She is one of 4 recipients who collectively received scholarship awards totaling $14,000. Benenati is currently pursuing a Master of Social Work degree at CUNY Lehman […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) is proud to announce that Holly Fink of Larchmont has been awarded a 2020 Ruth Taylor Scholarship. She is one of 4 recipients who collectively received scholarship awards totaling $14,000. “The Ruth Taylor Award is quite meaningful to someone who is going back […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) is proud to announce that Stefanie Nolli Gaspar of White Plains has been awarded a 2020 Ruth Taylor Scholarship. She is one of 4 recipients who collectively received scholarship awards totaling $14,000. Nolli Gaspar is currently pursuing a Master of Social Work degree […]
White Plains, NY (January 2021) – United Way of Westchester and Putnam announced the awarding of $3,500 scholarships from its Ruth Taylor Fund to four Westchester graduate students pursuing master’s degrees in social work or public health. The four recipients are Emma Kaishian of Sleepy Hollow, Holly Fink of Larchmont, […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) is proud to announce that Emma Kaishian of Sleepy Hollow has been awarded a 2020 Ruth Taylor Scholarship. She is one of 4 recipients who collectively received scholarship awards totaling $14,000. Kaishian, who is a Yorktown native, is currently a 2021 Masters of […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) received 3,371 books from the 2020 Holiday Book Drive held by Barnes & Nobel stores in Eastchester, White Plains, and Yonkers. The new children’s books were purchased by customers and donated to United Way. “We are grateful to be the recipient of Barnes […]
White Plains, NY (January 2021) – United Way of Westchester and Putnam (United Way) awarded the Association of Development Officers (ADO) a $1,500 grant to support its capacity-building efforts for the local nonprofit community. The funds will be used to underwrite ADO’s spring workshop series, which provides nonprofit professionals in […]
Today we are featuring our AmeriCorps VISTA member, Katie Harris! Katie is a VISTA (Volunteer In Service To America) in the midst of completing her service year at United Way of Westchester and Putnam. She is an Economic Mobility VISTA through the AmeriCorps program. Katie’s service year focus is managing […]
The United Way of Westchester and Putnam has announced its latest round of Crisis Funding, which will disperse over $500,000 in grants to local nonprofits through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. “The current economic crisis leaves thousands of our neighbors hungry and at risk of being evicted from their homes,” said United […]
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