UNITED WAY TO HOST 10th ANNUAL WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP EVENT IN SUPPORT OF ‘ALICE’ WHITE PLAINS, NY – November 2, 2022 – The Women’s Leadership Council, a United Way of Westchester and Putnam initiative will host its 10th annual Take a Walk in Her Shoes breakfast and fundraiser on Tuesday, December 6th at 8 a.m. at […]
Positions are immediately available with New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) for disaster case manager(s) in your county, to support Ida flooding impacting households. With more than 300 Ida disaster case management intakes in the Hudson Valley, most of them from Westchester County, the NYS FEMA Disaster Case Management Program is urgently seeking 1 to […]
United Way Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) teamed up with Volunteer New York and the New Rochelle Department of Parks and Recreation to build a Born Learning Trail at Feeney Park in New Rochelle on Saturday, Sept. 10. The project, part of the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, had 15 volunteers from the […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) is hosting its annual Day of Golf event, presented by Liberty Mutual Invitational, honoring Joseph D. Roberto at Scarsdale Golf Club on September 12. Joseph D. Roberto is chairman, president and chief executive officer of PCSB Bank, a $2.0 billion commercial bank headquartered in Westchester County, New York, […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam announced that seven nonprofits serving Putnam County were awarded grants totaling $38,000 through Phase 39 and Phase ARPA-R of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. United Way administers this program, which provides federal funding, which helps to extend currently available services for the hungry and homeless. “Housing and food […]
Volunteers help UWWP prepare backpacks for school-aged children United Way of Westchester and Putnam called and the volunteers answered! Volunteers from the community and local organizations are helping United Way of Westchester and Putnam with the reception, assembly, and delivery of 6,000 backpacks for school-aged children this summer. The backpacks and school supplies will be […]
825 families from throughout Westchester and Putnam signed up to participate in the Summer Backpack program this summer. In the program, these households will receive weekly food parcels filled with supplemental food, books, and activities for school-aged children to enjoy throughout the summer. The program, intended for families with students that qualify for free or […]
The number of people with disabilities, in both Westchester and Putnam Counties, who struggle to afford the basics is far higher than federal poverty data indicates — 48% compared to 15% — according to a NEW REPORT from United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) and its research partner United For ALICE. In 2019, while […]
United Way of Westchester and Putnam partnered with The Building Blocks Foundation and Afya Foundation to give away 50,000 pairs of Bombas socks on Monday, July 18. With the help of volunteers from the Youth Shelter Program of Westchester, Inc., and others, these organizations gave out hundreds of cases of socks to nonprofits that will […]
About 20 organizations turned out for United Way of Westchester and Putnam’s free e-waste event to dispose of 817 items. Among the items were 518 hard drives, 21 tablets, 3 TVs and more. Hosted by United Way of Westchester and Putnam, Progressive Computing, and Upcycle, the event took place at the offices of United Way […]
