Let’s tackle our toughest social issues together
Poverty. Homelessness. Mental health. Social isolation. These challenges can feel overwhelming, but you can move the needle on all of them at once with a donation to United Way East Ontario.
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This holiday, your support will:
- Provide kids in low-income neighbourhoods with low- and no-cost after-school programs, homework clubs, and summer camps.
- Strengthen education, mental health, and employment supports for youth facing homelessness.
- Ensure isolated seniors and their caregivers stay connected and healthy with remote and in-person programs.
- Make sure people in crisis can easily get mental health support wherever they are—in person, by phone, or online.
- Support financial literacy, healthy food programs, transportation in rural communities, and utilities and other basic needs relief.
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Your gift will be DOUBLED until December 31.
Thanks to our generous sponsor TD, holiday donations will be matched* to fuel measurable, lasting change.
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We’re all connected.
We shine brighter together.
When you give to United Way, you not only impact one person’s life, you contribute to a current that connects us all. Join our caring community of donors and let people across Ottawa, Prescott-Russell, Renfrew and Lanark Counties know that you’re here for them.
Your donation is in good hands
We invest your gift in smart, strategic ways, to ultimately move the needle.
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100% Local Impact
Every donation is put to work in the community where it is raised.
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Top 100 Canadian Charity
Charity Intelligence, MoneySense & Maclean’s named us a top-100 Canadian charity.
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Issues You Care About
Poverty. Isolation. Homelessness. Together, we can tackle the issues that seem impossible to solve.