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Article by Urban Alliance staff. Eleven years ago, three women at Wintonbury Church in Bloomfield saw a need in the community and took action together, and a big step of faith, to begin what is now called the Clothes Closet, a monthly community outreach ministry...
Article and photo by Urban Alliance staff. When a group of twelve young adults from Valley Community Baptist Church in Avon, lead by Greg Kessler, were looking for a group service opportunity, they reached out to Urban Alliance to help match them with a ministry...
Article written by Urban Alliance staff. From food pantries to soup kitchens and even plots of land that are used to grow crops for FoodShare, many churches and organizations that are a part of the Urban Alliance network are addressing the challenges of food...
Article written by Urban Alliance staff. Photos by Urban Alliance staff unless otherwise noted. Once a month, the delicious smells of a home-cooked meal and dozens of smiling faces fill the community dining room on May Street in Hartford, at Love Kitchen, an outreach...
Article written by Urban Alliance staff. Over the course of the summer, Revitalize, a collaborative community initiative of the Urban Alliance network that focuses on effectively and holistically addressing health needs in Hartford, partnered with the North...
Youth Challenge of Connecticut, Inc., a participant in the Urban Alliance network and a non-profit residential substance abuse treatment organization, will be hosting their Annual Walk-a-Thon Against Substance Abuse on September 21, 2013, rain or shine. Walkers and...
Article and photos by Urban Alliance staff. This summer, over the course of two weeks, The Hartford Project (THP), an initiative of the Urban Alliance network, was host to 355 youth and 97 youth leaders who came together to build relationships, serve the community and...
Article by Urban Alliance staff. From after-school programs where students can experience one-on-one and small group activities, homework help and lessons, to mentoring and tutoring programs, the Urban Alliance network provides a multitude of educational opportunities...
Article by Urban Alliance staff. Seven churches and organizations who are participants in the Urban Alliance network and one Urban Alliance initiative will host several evenings of worship as part of this year's 40 Days of Worship Initiative, an interdenominational...
Photo by Urban Alliance staff. This article originally ran in the Windsor Reminder News on August 1, 2013. Article written by Calla Vassilopoulos, Reminder News staff. For the last few years, Windsor Police Chief Kevin Searles and other community members have been...
