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Community Response Small Grants Program Keeps Kids Smiling

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United Way's Community Response Small Grants Program provided funding to AHEC, Southwestern Area Health Education Center, for the Give Kids a Smile Program, an American Dental Association-endorsed program.  AHEC through the Oral Health Bridgeport Initiative has coordinated a successful program each year since 2007 through which more than 1,000 Bridgeport and Stratford children have received donated dental services from 75-80 total dentists that have participated one or more of the 4 years of the program.  In 2010, 449 children have been seen by 63 dentists and

Author Alfie Kohn Talks to Parents About Raising Kids

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Alfie Kohn
Kohn encourages parents to empower their children.
Approximately 500 parents and pre-school teachers enjoyed the forum.

United Way of Coastal Fairfield County presented Alfie Kohn, author of eleven books on human behavior, education, and parenting, on March 31st at the Quick Center at Fairfield University. Mr.

Community Response Small Grants Program

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United Way Increases Support for Child FIRST

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United Way is proud to support Child FIRST, a program that we originally funded for the Bridgeport community, and that has now expanded to communities across Connecticut. The Hour's staff writer, Chase Wright reported on March 24th about the program.

"In Norwalk, the Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County will lead the program in collaboration with the Family & Children's Agency and the Norwalk Community Health Center."

Congressional Leaders Focus on Importance of Healthy Babies

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Over 65 area business and civic leaders, government representatives, and community leaders gathered at the Oronoque Country Club for the Giving Babies a Healthy Start: A Congressional Dialogue breakfast on Monday, December 14th. The breakfast was a culmination of the work of the United Ways of Coastal Fairfield County, Greater New Haven, and Western CT to collect half a million diapers for lower income families, and to raise the awareness level of the challenges facing them in caring for their babies. The breakfast celebrated the success of the Healthy Baby Diaper Drives that took place across 33 towns throughout the months of September, October and November; recognized the many companies, civic organizations, schools, and municipalities that ran diaper drives; and announced the next steps to this important work.

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