2019 Workplace Volunteer Award Winners Congratulations to our 2019 Workplace Volunteer Award Winners. We are very excited to celebrate your significant positive impacts on our community. Download the complete list as a PDF here 2019 Workplace Volunteer Award Winners 2019 Workplace Award Winners Achievement Awards Keystone Workplaces that raise $250,000 or more Kingston Garrison Queen’s… Read More
United Way KFL&A launches United Together to help provide masks for vulnerable community members
Show your Local Love, wear a mask Kingston, ON (June 29, 2020) – The United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington is pleased to announce a new initiative called United Together that aims to provide masks to the most vulnerable members of our communities. Since the start of the pandemic, United Way KFL&A has… Read More
United Way KFL&A COVID-19 Update – June 23, 2020
On behalf of the thousands of people who have benefited locally from your support, thank you! Your contribution has changed lives right here in our community, helping the most vulnerable members live with hope, dignity and a sense of belonging. Your contribution has helped feed the hungry, shelter the homeless and bring comfort to those… Read More
Antje McNeely announced as 2020 United Way Campaign Chair
Kingston’s Chief of Police steps up to lead United Way 2020 campaign Kingston, ON (June 3, 2020) – The United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington is pleased to announce the appointment of Antje McNeely, Chief of Police for the Kingston Police Force, as your 2020 Campaign Chair. “I am honoured and proud to… Read More
United Way KFL&A COVID-19 Update – June 8, 2020
Good afternoon! Hard to believe it is June already. I hope you are continuing to find ways to enjoy these longer days and better weather – while socially distancing. In this week’s update, you can learn more about the adaptation of this year’s Day of Caring, United Way’s 2020 Campaign Chair, an upcoming Women United… Read More
United Way Day of Caring encourages individual acts of caring on June 12th
20th Annual Day of Caring goes digital this year KINGSTON, ON (June 8, 2020) – For the past 19 years, each June, United Way KFL&A volunteers have gathered in teams to help agencies with projects at the annual Day of Caring. The day is traditionally an opportunity to show your local love and help agencies… Read More
United Way KFL&A COVID-19 Update – May 25, 2020
I hope you are finding ways to social distance, while enjoying these longer days and better weather. In this week’s update, you can learn more about federal funding being stewarded locally through our United Way and the Community Foundation for Kingston and Area. I’ve also included an update on plans for recovery in the social… Read More
United Way KFL&A and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area accepting applications for Emergency Community Support Fund
Government of Canada fund aims to help organizations adapt and increase frontline services for vulnerable populations during COVID-19. Kingston, ON (May 19, 2020) – United Way Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and the Community Foundation for Kingston & Area are now accepting funding applications for the Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF). The Government of Canada’s… Read More
United Way KFL&A COVID-19 Update – May 11, 2020
In this week’s update, you can read about how we will plan recovery in the social services sector and celebrate a philanthropic leader’s 100th birthday. I have also included a link to a national story that highlights the good work being done in Kingston around youth homelessness. PLANNING FOR RESPONSE, RECOVERY Agencies have been immersed… Read More
Help for low-income seniors through grocery and meal programs
Programs funded through $65,000 grant from Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors program Kingston, ON (May 4, 2020) – Seniors are often most at risk of contracting and becoming seriously ill due to COVID-19. With physical distancing in place across the region, many are unable to access food programs or grocery shop to make… Read More