When Holly McKeown called United Way’s 2-1-1 referral line this fall she was at her wit’s end. Six months earlier she had agreed to take in a friend of a friend who was having financial and medical difficulties for two weeks until she could get back on her feet. Two […]
John and Sophia started kindergarten this year at Carl L. Dixon Primary School in Elmsford. John has a difficult time concentrating and didn’t know the alphabet. Sophia is shy but is completing all the work that is put in front of her. In the past, teachers would have given these […]
When Dr. Andrea Hamilton, assistant principal at Elmford’s Alexander Hamilton High School, spoke to the staff at United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) at the beginning of the 2018-19 school year about her students’ needs, she had no idea what would happen next. “From the first time I had […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam believes that every child deserves to be in a loving home. As part of our outreach for the foster care program in Westchester County, UWWP held an appreciation lunch for new and seasoned foster parents at Yonkers Library on March 16. It was the […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Gala at Doral Arrowwood, on March 14, raises more than $510,000, the largest amount UWWP history WHITE PLAINS, NY – United Way of Westchester and Putnam’s Wine and Wonder Gala raised the largest amount of money in the history of the organization, drawing 350 people and raising more than $510,000.The gala, […]
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