Upcoming / Recent Events at United Way of Greater Nashua
June 23, 2020, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Food Packaging Day of Caring, Adult Learning Center, Nashua, NH
United Way volunteers prepared and distributed OVER 11,000 Breakfast Meals for the food pantries and weekend school food programs of Greater Nashua!
Over the Edge, Brady Sullivan Building, Manchester, NH
NOTE: This event has been postponed for 2020 and will be held June 23/24, 2021.
Nonprofits and allies – you are invited to be part of this great community fundraising event. Each year, more than 100 brave souls rappel from the top of the 24 story Brady Sullivan Building to raise money for over 20 different community nonprofits. Check out the 2020 website here to get a sense for what this event is all about: https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/edge2020 If you would like to get involved in our 2021 event as a team, sponsor, or individual participant, please contact Mike at mapfelberg@unitedwaynashua.org
Thank you to our 2020 sponsors, who are sticking with the event for 2021! These include: Brady Sullivan Properties, Optiline Enterprises, AkaVie, Bar Harbor Bank, and McLane Middleton Law Firm.
August 22, 2020, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Skydive United, Pepperell Airport, Pepperell, MA
Have you ever wanted to go sky diving? Do you want to help change the face of youth homelessness in our community? At this year’s event 5 fearless souls jumped from 11,000 feet, raising $24K to help end youth homelessness in our community! Check out this year’s event video HERE and check back next year for SKYDIVE UNITED 2021!
September 18 & 19, 2020, 5:00pm – 9:00am
United We Sleep, This year it’s VIRTUAL!
For one night in September, we come together with fellow community members in learning about the level of poverty that exists and exploring pathways to success in the greater Nashua community. We will learn from local experts as we participated in a unique, experience of a sleep out in a cardboard box. This year’s event is remote, with the programming being done via zoom and the experience being at home. Nevertheless, we will all learn, together, about the causes and cures for homelessness in our community. Check out the event page here where you can sign up, form a team, or donate: https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/sleepout2020
October 7, 2020 (Rain Date, October 8), 9:00am – 2:00pm
Community Gardening Day of Caring, Tolles Street Park, Nashua, NH
Each year United Way of Greater Nashua works with Grow Nashua to build a community farm, community garden, or some other way for people to grow and gain access to healthy food. Register to volunteer COMING SOON. Please contact Sara Ceaser at sceaser@unitedwaynashua.org with questions.
October 28, 2020, 3:30pm – 6:00pm
Community Baby Shower Day of Caring, Virtual and Drive-by this year!
Each year, United Way of Greater Nashua works with the community to collect new and gently used items for needy new families in our area. We invite families to join us for parenting education, a community meal, and the opportunity to select items from our “Baby Boutique”. For the 5th year, we are looking forward to helping low income new moms and dads to gain access to information and resources to help insure that they get the best possible start in life. A “Wish List” of items we’d like for the “Baby Boutique” can be found HERE. Register to volunteer HERE. Please contact Sara Ceaser at sceaser@unitedwaynashua.org with questions.
November 30, 2020, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Shoebox Project Day of Caring, SHARE Outreach, Milford, NH
Each year, United Way of Greater Nashua brings together a group of volunteers to create over 400 holiday gift packages of useful items for homebound seniors. Registration info coming soon. Please contact Sara Ceaser at sceaser@unitedwaynashua.org with questions.
United Way of Greater Nashua 2019 Past Community Events
United Way of Greater Nashua works to make a difference in the Greater Nashua community through fundraising events and direct action events like our bi-annual Food Packaging Days of Caring and our annual Community Baby Shower. You are invited to be part of our efforts in making a change in our community by volunteering at one or all of these events!
In 2019 we had so many great events…. check them out here:
Blizzard Blast: our first annual winter based obstacle course race through Mine Falls Park — 450 participants gave it their all in this amazing event. Check out some pictures HERE and learn about Blizzard Blast 2020 HERE!
Food Packaging: during two amazing events we packed up over 20,000 meals for distribution to the food pantries serving Greater Nashua. These meals help ensure that no family is ever sent away hungry. Check out pictures from these events HERE!
Community Farming: Each year we try to build a community farm, community garden, or some other way for people to grow and gain access to healthy food. In 2019 we partnered again with Grow Nashua to build a community farm at Dr. Crisp Elementary School. Check out the great pictures HERE!
Community Baby Shower: Our 3rd Annual Community Baby Shower was a huge success. We were able to help over 50 low income new moms and dads to gain access to information and resources to help insure that they get the best possible start in life. Check out some pictures from the event HERE! In 2019, our Community Baby Shower was also profiled by New Hampshire Chronicle on WMUR! Check out the video HERE!
Over the Edge: Our 3rd Annual LIVE UNITED Over the Edge was again held in June at the Brady-Sullivan Tower in Manchester. Over 100 brave souls rapelled from the top of this 24 story tower to raise money for over 20 different community nonprofits. Collectively we raised almost $200,000! Check out the amazing pictures from the event HERE! Also, the event was profiled by WMUR’s New Hampshire Chronicle, which you can see HERE!
Celebration of U: Our annual volunteer and donor recognition event was held at the Anheuser-Busch Biergarten in July. It was a ton of fun and we cannot wait to repeat it in 2020!
United We Sleep: For one night in September, we came together with fellow community members in learning about the level of poverty that exists and exploring pathways to success in the greater Nashua community. We learned from local experts as we participated in a unique, experience of a sleep out in a cardboard box at Nashua Community College. Together, we can make a difference preventing and eliminating homelessness in our community. For pictures from United We Sleep 2019, click HERE!
