The holidays can be a stressful time for families who are already struggling to make ends meet. They need to pay all their regular bills and provide a little extra to make Christmas special for their children. These are just a couple of ways Urban Alliance partners supported families over the holidays.
Each January, Chela – one of our awesome Urban Alliance staff members – invites the team to share special words for the coming year. In 2021, as I entered my new role as Executive Director, I chose the word discernment. For 2022, my word is INSPIRE.
This year, UA offered The Hartford Project (THP) grant funding to support their 2021 youth-led service project. UA’s Child- and Youth-led Service Project grant helps fund projects developed and led by children or youth to positively impact their community, with the support and partnership of adult leaders.
"Peer to Peer" fundraising is a great way for someone who has already given their financial support to an organization to increase engagement and support by sharing about their favorite organizations with their social network.
The on-site Distribution Center is a central part of Urban Alliance's outreach efforts. For over six years, in collaboration with World Vision, the Distribution Center has hosted the Teacher Resource Center (TRC), which has supported the academic success of thousands of students in the Hartford, East Hartford, Manchester, and New Britain school districts
As we look forward to welcoming the fall season, UA is taking the time to celebrate three network partners that leveraged a community gardening toolkit to enhance their programming over the summer. UA’s community gardening toolkits are customized to the needs and goals of each program that receives one
International Gospel Fellowship will be offering a series of mental health workshops for their church and the Greater Hartford community. Urban Alliance is able to support these workshops with consultation, grant support, printed mental health resources and donated supplies. These workshops provide a valuable resource that will offer information, skills and connections to community programming that can help people who are struggling.
With stress at an all-time high, many people are battling burnout, a state of emotional, mental, physical, and often spiritual exhaustion brought on by prolonged stress. That’s why UA recently hosted a learning community meeting on practicing self-care and establishing healthy rhythms. Participants walked away with resources and information to help them protect their priorities, establish healthy boundaries, and make time for intentional rest.
Free Resource! Urban Alliance uses their 5-C Framework to strengthen nearly 120 programs in five distinct areas– one of which is Christian Witness. UA invited program leaders to participate in a training, “Pray Without Ceasing: Interceding for the People You Serve”, to help them strengthen their efforts in offering prayer to people served and the community-at-large.
Special Touch Ministry has made it their mission to respond to this question by helping those with special needs hear the good news of Jesus Christ, read Bible stories, and explore their faith – with the support of a Christian witness grant from Urban Alliance.
