News
Fri, 03/24/2023 - 6:46pm
1024 Acton residents and 215 Boxborough residents rely on SNAP food benefits, a 73% increase since 2020.
Earlier this month, families received their last increased pandemic benefit. On average, the SNAP emergency allotment added an additional $151 to a household’s normal monthly benefit of $335 in Massachusetts. As families absorb this decrease in food assistance, made even more challenging with recent inflation, our local food security partners…
Mon, 02/27/2023 - 6:41pm
The Town of Acton has launched a new Emergency Assistance program, available to help qualifying residents with housing, utility, and childcare costs. Funded by ARPA, this program will provide grants of up to $1,000 directly to providers (landlord, utility company, etc).
Learn more and find the application here: https://www.acton-ma.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1523
Boxborough residents can find information about the ARPA-funded Emergency Grants…
Mon, 02/20/2023 - 6:31pm
Next week is Dining United! Do good by eating local.
Acton-Boxborough United Way is teaming up with local restaurants to support our neighbors. Dine at participating restaurants during the week, and a portion of your order will fund Acton-Boxborough United Way's Assist Grants which provide emergency support for rent and utilities to help neighbors make ends meet.
Let's show up and support these restaurants who have committed to giving back to…
Fri, 02/17/2023 - 6:25pm
Our ABUW Students United volunteers have had a blast partnering with Acton-Boxborough Community Education to run S.T.E.M. projects at Extended Day! They've built towers out of paper, puff cars with candy life savers for wheels, and aluminum foil boats (the strongest held 127 pennies before sinking!)... Exciting to see the "big kids" sharing their enthusiasm for S.T.E.M. concepts with the "little kid" engineers-in-training!
Thu, 02/16/2023 - 3:43pm
Acton-Boxborough United Way invests in effective strategies to meet the basic needs of our neighbors. This year, our targeted grant-making will strive to bring innovative services to our towns to address key issues for each of our strategic priority areas: financial stability, early childhood success, mental health, and equity & racial justice.
We have two tracks of funding for this year’s grant cycle: Targeted Priority Initiative Grants (…
Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:28am
100 Holiday Meals Distributed Thanks to Mt Calvary Community Supper & Acton-Boxborough United Way
Article by Mt Calvary Community Supper
Another example of what a caring community we have in the town of Acton: local businesses and organizations coming together to help 100 individuals feel the holiday spirit.
On Monday, December 19th, Mt Calvary Community Supper partnered with ABUW, Tom Lowe’s Meat Market of Northborough, and Bisousweet…
Thu, 10/20/2022 - 1:17pm
Acton-Boxborough United Way, in partnership with Acton Recreation and volunteers from the community, has created an outdoor interactive early learning trail at NARA Park to help parents, grandparents, and caregivers turn excursions into fun learning moments.
The Born Learning Trail is a series of learning activities that any adult can play with young children at NARA Park. Based on the latest early childhood research and approved by national…
Fri, 10/07/2022 - 12:05pm
On Monday, October 3rd, Acton-Boxborough United Way welcomed Larry Spotted Crow Mann to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School as our 2022 Community Speaker.
We are grateful to Larry Spotted Crow Mann for lending his time, talent, and insight for a compelling presentation, and to ABUW board members Vivian Kobusingye Birchall and Andrew Shen for leading a dynamic Q&A, addressing a myriad of topics related to community resilience.
Acton-…
Mon, 10/03/2022 - 1:41pm
A-B United Way launches a survey on Mental Health Resilience!
By completing this survey, you are helping us to better understand strengths within Acton and Boxborough, and where we can add the most value in new programming and initiatives. We hope that together we can enhance community-based mental health resilience for all residents of Acton and Boxborough.
The survey should take you about 7 to 8 minutes to complete. Participating in this…
Thu, 09/01/2022 - 9:15am
We are thrilled to announce the launch of
Acton-Boxborough Volunteer Central, myABUW.org
Check out this one-stop site to discover volunteer opportunities and community events with dozens of local organizations, brought to you by A-B United Way.
Please visit myabuw.org to sign up as a volunteer and to explore the many opportunities to support our partners who are serving our neighbors Acton and Boxborough. Join us as we mobilize the caring…