WHAT: The goal is to have 100 neighbors, donate $100 (or less) – 3 times a year – to a Hartford based charity.
For 2024, WECA will match all donations up to $1500 for each event! Now your donation will be worth twice as much!
WHY: It is rare for a non-profit to receive a large and unexpected donation. When this happens, they can use the funds for a larger project and/or growth. We will ask that each of the receiving charities attend our next community WECA meeting to share how our donation positively contributed to their organization.
WHO: The Hartford based non-profits must be a public charity (501c3) and its mission must be for the betterment and growth of Hartford and its people. Once a non-profit has been chosen, it will remain out of the hat for 2 calendar years from its chosen month.
HOW: Submit your favorite Hartford charity to Sarah Martz (sarahjoy21@hotmail). All suggestions will be posted publicly before every WECA community meeting. At the meeting, one of the charities will be randomly drawn from a hat. During this time, please send your donation ($100 or less) either using the Donate button below or mail a check (marked as 100NWC) to:
WECA PO Box 370115, West Hartford, CT 06137.
All donations are tax deductible.
All submissions will be put into a hat & one will be randomly drawn during our live “Pull from the Hat” event which be held at the weekly in-person membership meetings below (keep an eye on our newsletter for the exact time and location on these dates)
2024 Dates
- February 21st – Forge City Works!
- May 15th – Chrysalis Center!
- September 18th – Hands On Hartford
Once a charity is chosen, it cannot be put back onto the suggestion list for 2 years from its chosen month.
What can you do now?
You can donate by clicking the button below
Or you can send in your donation via check to WECA with 100 Neighbors as its tag line to West End Civic Association, PO Box 370115, West Hartford, CT 06137
2024 Donations
September 2024
Hands On Hartford was drawn as our final 100 Neighbors Who Care recipient for 2024. We are pleased to share that we were able to donate $2,250 thanks to the generosity of our neighbors and West End Civic Association with their donation match.
Hands On Hartford is a social service nonprofit organization that serves Hartford’s most economically challenged residents in the areas of food, housing, and health. We are also an affiliate of the Points of Light Global Network, which includes volunteer-mobilizing organizations located in nearly 40 countries around the world.
May 2024
We are please to share that the second organization we are supporting in 2024 is the Chrysalis Center with a donation of $2470. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
Chrysalis Center’s mission is to provide supportive services to assist people in need to transform their lives.
The philosophy of Chrysalis Center is based on a “partnership” model at all levels. Clients and staff are equal partners in the planning, developing, and monitoring of care to ensure clients’ needs are met. Staff work in partnership with clients to identify their strength, needs, abilities and preferences which are combined with rehabilitative and health related goals that support individual choice and growth.
Chrysalis Center’s person-centered approach empowers and motivates clients in their recovery, while allowing families/significant others to have an active voice and role in helping them reach their goals. We believe each individual/family regardless of their illness, disability, or life circumstance, brings with them a host of strengths, experiences, and skills to build upon.
February 2024
For the first event of 2024 we are please to donate $1300 to Forge City Works. Thank you to everyone who contributed.
Forge City Works is a non-profit organization in Hartford, CT. We believe in connections and opportunities fueled by food. Since 2007, we have been investing in people and in Hartford.
VISION : Eliminating barriers through the power of food.
MISSION : Forge City Works serves people in the Hartford community who have barriers to employment by providing job training in the food and hospitality industry to help them achieve sustainable careers.
Previous Donations
November 2022
For the last event in 2022, we are pleased to announce that we are donating $935 to Compass Youth Collaborative. Thank you to all of you who donated.
COMPASS Youth Collaborative connects with high-risk youth wherever they are in the City of Hartford. We engage them in relationships to provide supports and opportunities that help them become ready, willing and able to succeed in education, employment and life.
We have a vision for our youth: All youth in our community feel secure, live peacefully and have the opportunities to reach their full potential.
April 2022
We are very pleased to announce that we are donating $1,100 to Women’s League Child Development Center. Thank you to all of you who donated.
As the largest single-site early education center in Greater Hartford, Women’s League Child Development Center provides stimulating, high-quality learning experiences for preschool children in a vibrant, safe, state-of-the-art building. They’ve proudly earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals.
January 2022
Thank you to all of you who participated in our first event for 2022. We are very pleased to donate $1,450 to Interval House
Hartford Interval House (IH) is a dedicated and passionate group of staff, board members and volunteers who pride themselves on tirelessly working to end domestic violence.
October 2021
Thank you to all of you who participated in our October event. We are very pleased to donate $1,500 to Hartford Communities That Care!
HCTC provides a non-violent and drug free environment through the coordination and collaboration of services, promotion of education, healthy lifestyles, and practices and by the formation of effective partnerships with key members of the community. 2018 Recommendations for Preventing and Reducing Gun Violence.
July 2021
Thank you to all of you who participated in our July event. We are very pleased to donate $1,100 to Kenway’s Cause!
Kenway’s Cause is a 501c3 organization that raises funds in order to provide medical care to injured animals picked up by City of Hartford Animal Control that would otherwise be euthanized. Kenway’s also supports adoptive families and rescue groups should a dog adopted from the City of Hartford Shelter have a pre-existing medical condition.
April 2021
Thank you to all of you who participated in our April meeting of our new chapter of 100 Neighbors who Care! We were very excited to be able to send $2,325 we raised through neighborhood donations to Journey Home to use for their programs in Hartford.
January 2021
Thank you to all of you who participated in our first meeting of our new chapter of 100 Neighbors who Care! We were very excited to be able to send $1,400 we raised through neighborhood donations to Community First School to use for their programs in Hartford.
