IN THE NEWS
NEWS & AWARDS
2025–2026
- Fox61: Meet the Unsung Hero winner of the 2025 IMPACT Awards (opens in a new tab)President Samantha Merwin received the United Way "Unsung Hero Award: a person giving their all to their community in quiet and often thankless ways."
- United Way ImpaCT Awards press conference (opens in a new tab)Fox61 and United Way nomination press conference, September 2025.
- Elbowbumpkid Inc program overview video (opens in a new tab)A quick video overview of our programs.
- Community Kindness Award at the Hartford Yard Goats (opens in a new tab)August 2025 Community Kindness Award presentation.
- WFSB: Renee DiNino on Birdies for Charity (opens in a new tab)How important these donations are to our mission.
- "Feeney Talks with Friends" podcast appearance (opens in a new tab)Talking community, kits and the Red Sox IMPACT Award.
- Liberty Bank's 2025 Kindness Scholars (opens in a new tab)$5,000 scholarships to three students, class of 2025.
- Points of Light Daily Award honoree: Saige (opens in a new tab)Saige honored with a Daily Point of Light Award.
2023–2024
- Red Sox Foundation IMPACT Award (1st Place, Connecticut) (opens in a new tab)Red Sox Foundation and Manning Family Foundation IMPACT Award, received 2024 and again in 2025.
- Haddam teen wins $5,000 award from New England Patriots Foundation (opens in a new tab)New England Patriots Foundation Difference Maker award.
- Patriots Difference Makers of the Week (opens in a new tab)Recognized among the 2023 volunteerism winners.
2022 and earlier
- Cigna's Volunteer of the Year: Samantha Merwin (opens in a new tab)Celebrating Cigna’s 2022 Volunteer of the Year.
- College scholarship recipient article (NH Register) (opens in a new tab)Our 2022 scholarship recipient in the New Haven Register.
- November is Diabetes Awareness Month: a primer (hk-now.com) (opens in a new tab)Article from the nonprofit’s launch.