You care about your community. And you want to change things. We all have talents to share with others that allow us to make an investment in our own community, an investment of caring that each of us can afford.
Volunteering is a powerful way to make an impact as an individual in your community, and it's a fun and exciting way to give back!
It takes an entire community to get the kind of results we need to improve lives, and the most important resource we have is people. So we bring together individuals from all across the community- people from government, business, faith groups, nonprofits, and ordinary citizens- to tackle the issues that matter most. Volunteers remain critical to every aspect of United Way work.
United Way and its array of local affiliated agencies form a comprehensive circle of care that benefits every neighborhood and strengthens the community by tackling the toughest human care needs.
Whether you are interested in helping your company run a United Way campaign, becoming a program review team volunteer, or working directly with a partner agency, your time and talents are greatly appreciated.
As a volunteer with United Way you will:
- learn new skills
- feel good about helping others
- increase self-confidence
- raise community/social awareness
- discover your strengths and talents while helping others do the same
- meet people who share your interests
Play a role in creating opportunities for others to succeed. Reshape your community. Become someone's hero. Contribute time and talent to your United Way.
Volunteer Opportunities
Marketing
Video Production
Are you a wiz at iMovie or Final Cut Express? United Way of Western Connecticut always has a need for a creative volunteer to produce engaging videos that often include both stills and video footage. We also have the complete works of Garage Band sampling music for adding soundtracks -- fun, fun!
Photography
Are you a shutterbug and particularly great at capturing someone's character in a photo? We get out there when we can to snap pictures of our volunteers and donors for promotional materials and recognition campaign, but we need someone to help us get more. Call us and we'll set up a full day of photo opps!
Call United Way to become involved:
Kathy Thomas
kthomas@uwwesternct.org
(860) 354-8800
You can also visit the website of Volunteer Solutions at www.volunteersolutions.org to get involved with other local social service agencies. Volunteer Solutions forms partnerships with Volunteer Centers internal and external to United Ways.
