Virtual giving:
Give online!
Financial donations will provide healthy locally sourced options for our pantries through Brass City Harvest. The pounds will be added to our Stock the Pantry total.
Day of Action to Stock the Pantry
UPDATE
As we continue to monitor the weather forecast for tomorrow's Day of Action to Stock the Pantry event, we are asking participating companies to please drop off their donations between 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., if possible.
Current forecasts show the potential for thunderstorms later in the morning, and while we will be there for the scheduled window, your effort to drop-off earlier in that window will help us ensure donations remain dry and can be sorted and distributed efficiently by our volunteers.
We appreciate your flexibility and support. If there are any additional changes to the event schedule, we will communicate them as soon as possible.
Thank you for helping make Stock the Pantry a success!
Join us for our 21st Annual United Way Day of Action! For more than two decades, on or around the longest day of the year has been a way to raise awareness and make a difference for one of the most impactful of our Basic Needs.
Our soup kitchens and food pantries see a staggering increase in demand as kids are out of school for the summer and families turn to our pantries to meet their needs. Your generosity can help meet that need.
To sign up your company or group, contact:
[email protected] / 203-757-9855 x114
in-person collecting:
Collect in-person and drop off on our Day of Action!
This year, United Way of Greater Waterbury invites you to collect healthy food items with family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and more. Start collecting and prepare to drop off your donations on Thursday, June 18th, at MacDermid Alpha in downtown Waterbury!
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026
Time: 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Address: 245 Freight Street, Waterbury, CT 06702
We encourage you to keep track to inform us what you've collected within your group. Complete the following steps:
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Print a sheet that you can fill out what you are collecting.
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Start collecting! Keep track of the donations and include your name/business and the total number of items received. If you can't count all items, just include the type of food, United Way will be weighing the amount you bring on June 18th.
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Drop off all donations on Wednesday, June 18th, in boxes/bags/crates that you can part with! This will be super helpful for us as we work to sort and distribute amongst Food Resource Committee member pantries.
Join Us In 2026
Feeding America has released the latest food insecurity data for 2025 from its annual Map the Meal Gap report and the numbers are staggering:
516,640 people in Connecticut are food insecure (an increase of 10.36%)
1 in 7 Connecticut residents are food insecure compared to 1 in 8 last year
1 in 6 children in Connecticut are food insecure
1 in 4 Black persons in Connecticut are food insecure
1 in 3 Hispanic persons in Connecticut are food insecure
1 in 10 White non-Hispanic persons in Connecticut are food insecure
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