News
Fri, 02/17/2023 - 6:25pm
Our ABUW Students United volunteers have had a blast partnering with Acton-Boxborough Community Education to run S.T.E.M. projects at Extended Day! They've built towers out of paper, puff cars with candy life savers for wheels, and aluminum foil boats (the strongest held 127 pennies before sinking!)... Exciting to see the "big kids" sharing their enthusiasm for S.T.E.M. concepts with the "little kid" engineers-in-training!
Thu, 02/16/2023 - 3:43pm
Acton-Boxborough United Way invests in effective strategies to meet the basic needs of our neighbors. This year, our targeted grant-making will strive to bring innovative services to our towns to address key issues for each of our strategic priority areas: financial stability, early childhood success, mental health, and equity & racial justice.
We have two tracks of funding for this year’s grant cycle: Targeted Priority Initiative Grants (…
Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:28am
100 Holiday Meals Distributed Thanks to Mt Calvary Community Supper & Acton-Boxborough United Way
Article by Mt Calvary Community Supper
Another example of what a caring community we have in the town of Acton: local businesses and organizations coming together to help 100 individuals feel the holiday spirit.
On Monday, December 19th, Mt Calvary Community Supper partnered with ABUW, Tom Lowe’s Meat Market of Northborough, and Bisousweet…
Thu, 10/20/2022 - 1:17pm
Acton-Boxborough United Way, in partnership with Acton Recreation and volunteers from the community, has created an outdoor interactive early learning trail at NARA Park to help parents, grandparents, and caregivers turn excursions into fun learning moments.
The Born Learning Trail is a series of learning activities that any adult can play with young children at NARA Park. Based on the latest early childhood research and approved by national…
Fri, 10/07/2022 - 12:05pm
On Monday, October 3rd, Acton-Boxborough United Way welcomed Larry Spotted Crow Mann to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School as our 2022 Community Speaker.
We are grateful to Larry Spotted Crow Mann for lending his time, talent, and insight for a compelling presentation, and to ABUW board members Vivian Kobusingye Birchall and Andrew Shen for leading a dynamic Q&A, addressing a myriad of topics related to community resilience.
Acton-…
Mon, 10/03/2022 - 1:41pm
A-B United Way launches a survey on Mental Health Resilience!
By completing this survey, you are helping us to better understand strengths within Acton and Boxborough, and where we can add the most value in new programming and initiatives. We hope that together we can enhance community-based mental health resilience for all residents of Acton and Boxborough.
The survey should take you about 7 to 8 minutes to complete. Participating in this…
Thu, 09/01/2022 - 9:15am
We are thrilled to announce the launch of
Acton-Boxborough Volunteer Central, myABUW.org
Check out this one-stop site to discover volunteer opportunities and community events with dozens of local organizations, brought to you by A-B United Way.
Please visit myabuw.org to sign up as a volunteer and to explore the many opportunities to support our partners who are serving our neighbors Acton and Boxborough. Join us as we mobilize the caring…
Mon, 08/15/2022 - 8:05am
Acton-Boxborough United Way is pleased to announce the 3 newest members of our Board of Directors. Please join us in welcoming Ed Keohan, Sally Whitney, and Andrew Shen!
Ed works with leaders of small to midsize companies as a business and executive coach for FocalPoint Coaching. He focuses on strategic planning, team building, and marketing & communications at the organizational level. He also likes working with individual executives as…
Wed, 06/29/2022 - 3:05pm
Announcing ABUW's 2022-2023 Community Impact Grants
For forty years, Acton-Boxborough United Way has supported incredible local organizations bringing vital services to Acton and Boxborough. When you donate to Acton-Boxborough United Way, your dollars work harder to bring critical services to our community. By pooling your donations, we can make significant grants to organizations, attracting the quality services…
Tue, 06/28/2022 - 12:31pm
Each year, the ABUW “Volunteer of the Year” Award is given to an individual whose effort and generosity of time and spirit to our Acton Boxborough community is clearly “above and beyond” the expectations for the volunteer role they’ve selected. The gift of expertise, time and effort given by these volunteers make a clear and tangible difference in the lives of individuals and families in our community.
Lauren Rosenzweig-Morton has a long history…