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Make a Difference in a Child's Life With Just a Few Hours

Do you enjoy working with children and helping them succeed? Are you available one afternoon a week?   Consider volunteering as an after-school program tutor and provide emotional encouragement to children and youth, help them with their homework, and...

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Charis: Connecting People to Care and Counseling

Did you know? Through Urban Alliance's Charis initiative, churches and parachurch organizations are provided with printed materials around specific topics such as addiction, crisis and trauma, dementia, depression, and fear and...

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Video: The Bridge of Hope

Click here to view this impact story in video format. (Run time: 2:44) Video by Christopher Johnson, Communications Associate. Article by Sarah Thompson, Director of Communications & Volunteer Mobilization. The Bridge, whose mission is to connect people...

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Meet UA Board of Directors Member Jeff Vanderploeg

After getting to know more about Urban Alliance's work and impact in Greater Hartford, Jeff Vanderploeg was excited to step in as a new member on Urban Alliance's Board of Directors.   "I have a great admiration for the leadership and the theory of change...

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A Heart to Help: Small Efforts Create Big Impact

Do you remember what you ate for dinner on August 13?   Chances are, probably not. But for those who dined at Blue Plate Kitchen for Get Stuffed for Good, their meal will not soon be forgotten.   Each meal at Get Stuffed for Good generated a donation...

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Congrats, YX Movement Grant Recipients!

Congratulations to Bible Way Temple Nation, House of Praise and Worship, New Dimension Christian Center, New Life Worship Center, Pentecostal Deliverance Christian Ministries and Triumphant Church of God, who were recently...

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Join Us for the Children and Youth Leaders Summit!

Saturday, October 20 9:30am-4:00pm House of Restoration Church (breakfast and lunch provided)   Get ready to worship, be inspired, network and learn about ways to increase your program's capacity to impact children and youth so they develop the character,...

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