United Way Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington works closely with community partners to ensure that people have the opportunity to reach their full potential and live with hope, dignity, and a sense of belonging. This vision is realized by building on deep-rooted local community knowledge and relationships to empower people to make an impact. The United Way raises funds for programs that support immediate needs while also tackling complex social issues collaboratively. Led by volunteers, driven by a small professional staff team, the United Way KFL&A is a unifying force, encouraging people to get involved to support our most vulnerable.

"As a longtime supporter of our United Way and resident of KFL&A, I have seen firsthand how your generosity has made a profound impact on our community. As we are all feeling the pinch of rising costs and inflation, agencies in KFL&A continue to struggle to keep up with the increased demand for their services. United Way brings together people and organizations to address these community needs, collaborating and building networks that help make social change possible. It is through collective action and unwavering support from donors like you that we can address the most pressing issues facing our community.

"I think We couldn't do it without United Way. They stepped up and brought organizations together during the pandemic and continue to do so. They have funded the Senior's Food Box since day one. They got the phone calls, they knew there was a need, they called us. We responded, but they provided the backbone dollars to make this program go out in the community. Now, 400 seniors in our community receive boxes and we deliver it to their door thanks to partnerships in the community and United Way."

"The United Way funding and support really has been imperative to our operations at the Hub. The United Way provides program dollars for Indigenous programming and for our community support program, which allows us to hire the people we serve who have lived experience. The United Way’s commitment to serving our marginalized homeless population plays a key role within health and social service agencies across the city to provide support to those who need it most."

"With the United Way, you don’t know everyone’s story, and until I got involved I didn’t realize how many of my own co-workers and people I knew reached out and used services. We had employees share stories about how they benefitted and how their personal lives were impacted. To me, you don’t know what’s going on in people’s lives, so getting involved and knowing that it could be helping my neighbour, my co-worker, that’s what drove me to want to be part of this.”