The California wildfires have affected tens of thousands of people. Help us support long-term recovery by donating and helping families rebuild their lives. 🔗 Learn more about how you can help and donate today: uwc.211ct.org/greater-los-an…

UPDATE FROM GOVERNOR Governor Ned Lamont today announced that, due to brutally frigid conditions being forecast into the weekend, he is extending the current Severe Cold Weather Protocol until 12:00 p.m. this coming Saturday, January 25.

If you or some you know are experiencing food insecurity, the good folks at Connecticut Foodshare can help. Attached is their 2025 mobile food pantry calendar, which lists scheduled visits to #Meriden.

If you are a Meriden senior citizen, who would like to learn about options to potentially lower your energy costs, we hope to see you next Tuesday morning, January 28, at the Senior Center.

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025: For a Better Future This Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex, and the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Bosnia.

Get out of the cold here in #Meriden. Individuals ages 18+ only. No families. Thank you

Did you know that with adequate funding, 211 could serve an additional 1,700 callers every week and the wait time would be less than three minutes? Join us at the Capitol on 2/11 to advocate for strengthening 211: ctunitedway.org/211-day-at-the…

✨ Beat the Winter Blues with a New Skill! ✨ Stuck inside this winter? Warm up your creativity with an evening class! ❄️🧺✍️ Join us for a fun, hands-on class this spring! 📖 Click the link & register today! bit.ly/WAESpring2025 Or scan code below! Connecticut Assoc. for Adult & Conti. Education

Happy 211 Day!

With a blast of arctic temperatures on the way, the Governor Ned Lamont is activating Connecticut's Severe Cold Weather Protocol beginning Sunday evening.

If you know folks who are experiencing food insecurity, please share the Connecticut Foodshare #Meriden Mobile Pantry schedule with them.

🚨NEW LOGO ALERT🚨New look, but your same United Way of Meriden and Wallingford! 🤩#UnitedIsTheWay Check out the evolution of the UW logo! 👀

Two weeks until the next visit to Meriden by the Connecticut Foodshare mobile food pantry.

🎉Celebrating the $35m new investment in 190,000 CT families working hard but living paycheck-to-paycheck. So many thanks to our amazing CT partners and the support of United Way Worldwide. facebook.com/share/v/17381W…

🍎🥪 Did you know? Meals are FREE for all students in Meriden Public Schools all year long! 🎉 Meriden K12 #wootwoot #herestudentssucceed #MeridenCT #MeridenConnecticut #CTschools #NewHavenCounty

Like this motivated participant, many people face barriers & #PowerUp is the breakthrough! 🌟She created a better life for herself & child. 💪🎉#UnitedIsTheWay Learn more about our program💻: unitedwaymw.org/powerup-workfo…

When support meets opportunity, lives change, just like for this strong individual! This is the power of #PowerUp.💙💪 By donating to our PowerUp program, you’re changing lives in our community, right here in #Meriden & #Wallingford. 🔗unitedwaymw.org/donate

Maria Campos-Harlow of United Way of Meriden & Wallingford will be joining us as a speaker for our panel discussion at BBB ELEVATE in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month! Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and an evening of reconnection! 👉 Reserve your spot now: ow.ly/Phho50WWXco

Rosh Hashanah, beginning tonight at sundown through September 24, marks the beginning of a sacred period of prayer, self-examination and repentance for Jewish people around the world. Wishing the Jewish community a very sweet new year!

FIRST MOBILE FOOD PANTRY OF Please pass the word along to those in need that the first Connecticut Foodshare mobile food pantry of the new year, in conjunction with NewOpportunitiesInc, will be staged next Thurs., Jan. 15, in the lot at the corner of Center and Miller in Meriden from 1p-2p.