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Companies and United Way care about creating the building blocks for a good life, like a quality education that leads to a stable job, a strong and qualified workforce, and good health

Volunteerism is a key component of many companies' philanthropic and community goals. United Way helps companies connect the volunteer power of their employees to where our community benefits the most.

Volunteering through the workplace benefits employees, corporations, and the community at large. Employees have the opportunity to put their skills and passion into action, companies demonstrate their corporate citizenship, and people’s lives are improved. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when a family becomes financially stable, when people have good health.

Companies large and small partner with United Way to identify how their employees can work in their community to create change on issues they care about. 

Employees benefit by:

  • Building ties to the local community
  • Learning new skills including leadership and supervision
  • Strengthening relationships with colleagues
  • Enhancing their relationship and esteem for the company

Corporations benefit by:

  • Gaining improved relations with members of their community
  • Learning about critical community issues
  • Building morale and sense of team spirit
  • Enhancing their ability to recruit and retain high-quality employees
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CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPANIES

Canvassing the Community: Promotion Team
Help promote the Festival in the greater New Haven region and beyond. Assist Festival marketing staff in researching potential audiences and distributing materials to libraries, shops, businesses and doctors' offices. Help out at community fairs and other neighborhood gatherings.
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Big Read Reporters: Literary Lovers
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to promote literary reading and stimulate community building by structuring opportunities for citizens of all ages to read and discuss a single book within their communities over a short period of time. Our region will be reading Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 from May 1-June 28. Volunteers will attend ...
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Surveyors for Economic Impact Study
Enjoy talking with people? Welcome Festivalgoers to various venues, events and activities while gathering information from Festival attendees on a formal questionnaire. Responses become part of an economic impact study developed by Quinnipiac University which is used to present the Festival?s case for funding. People who enjoy ushering will enjoy surveying as the experience is very s ...
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Paint a House, Save a Neighborhood
This year New Haven is expected to exceed the record number of 637 properties that foreclosed in 2007, resulting in more vacant buildings and more of the problems they bring. Despite whatever community efforts to improve New Haven's neighborhoods, every boarded up house on a block sets back revitalization by contributing to blight and creating potential criminal issues. This is w ...
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Solicitation Blitz!
Our largest. most glamorous, most exciting, most memorable event is fast approaching- our annual Gala & Auction. Proceeds from this event help support or programs and services for children and adults with disabilities. But to make this event a success, we NEED YOUR HELP! The main focus of this event is our live and silent auction and good portion of our revenue comes from the auctio ...
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Search for volunteer opportunities to match your interests with projects in your community or contact Amy Casavina Hall, Director of Civic Engagement, at (203) 691-4214 or acasavina@uwgnh.org.