THE VALLEY — Around 60 Valley-based nonprofits have signed up to participate in this year’s Great Give, from May 6 – 7.
The Great Give, kickstarted by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in 2010, is a 36-hour give-a-thon held each May which encourages donors to help area nonprofits survive and thrive.
The Great Give includes various prizes and fund match incentives which help your dollar go further when you donate.
Last year, the Great Give raised more than $4.2 million, including $466,000 for nonprofits serving Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton — a record number for the Valley.
This year, you have the chance to push that number even higher. Below is a list of Valley-based nonprofits, provided by the Valley Community Foundation:
Advancing Heroes Fund In Memory of Jeff Vrlik
Afrique Prospere Education Inc.
Area Congregations Together Inc./Spooner House
Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley
Bunlandia Rabbit Rescue and Rehab
Coco’s Animal Rescue Efforts of Seymour
Connecticut Hurricanes Drum & Bugles Corps Inc.
Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center
CT Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, Inc.
Derby Neck Library Association
Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Ambulance Corps., Inc.
Friends of Derby Public Library
Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center
Friends of the Shelton Animal Shelter
Hope Counseling and Behavioral Health Center
Housatonic Council, Scouting America
Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County
Life Health and Wellness Center, Inc.
Master’s Table Community Meals
Oxford High School Booster Club, Inc.
Seymour Oxford Food Bank, Inc.
Shelton Ct. Gaels Alumni Association
Shelton Land Conservation Trust
Shelton Robotics/CT 4-H Foundation, FIRST Team 230
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop & Food Bank
The Blessing Pantry/Trinity Episcopal Church
Valley Council for Health & Human Services