News & Updates
2024 Tampon Tuesday in SDGCA
4th Annual Tampon Tuesday Product Drive in Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Cornwall and Akwesasne We’re bringing back Tampon Tuesday to our region! Starting March 8, this three-week campaign's goal is to collect menstrual hygiene product donations to help those in need....
‘Tis the season of giving…
It is often synonymous with hope and joy. However, for many community organizations who work in the world of poverty reduction and support our communities’ most vulnerable, watching the ‘giving’ trends in our community over the last few months has stirred mixed...
Non-profits — a built-in solution to Ontario’s affordable housing crisis
22 United Ways across Ontario release joint statement on affordable housing crisis The following is a statement released Dec. 12, 2023 by CEOs and executive directors from 22 United Ways across Ontario. It’s December, a festive season for many. But as temperatures...
2023 Living Wage in Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Cornwall and Akwesasne
2023 Living Wage increased by 8.1% in one year The goal of the Living Wage Network is to eliminate working poverty by calculating what a family and single adult would need to earn to afford to live in the community they work in and by encouraging workplaces to pay it....
United Way SDG & City of Cornwall Unveil Winter Housing Plan
Yesterday, the City of Cornwall and United Way SDG announced that the former Parisien Manor will provide housing to residents living in encampments and/or on the homelessness waitlist (By-Name List) during the winter months. The initiative, named the Stepping Stone...
2022/23 at a Glance
We feel it too. Everyday life is getting unaffordable and too many people in Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Cornwall and Akwesasne are having to make significant sacrifices to makes ends meet. While we're seeing our communities come together like never before with...
United Way Centraide SDG delivers $314,790 to 8 community service organizations through the Community Services Recovery Fund
United Way Centraide SDG is pleased to announce that the Community Services Recovery Fund, a one-time investment of $400 million from the Government of Canada to help Community Service Organizations (charities, non-profits, Indigenous governing bodies) across Canada,...
Centraide SDG démarre la campagne de financement 2023 avec une collecte de fonds inoubliable
Centraide SDG s’associe à Over The Edge et la Corporation de Gestion de la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent pour offrir, pour la première fois, une activité de descente en rappel en milieu urbain, à Cornwall. Cornwall, Ontario (1 août 2023) - United Way Centraide SDG...
United Way kicks off its 2023 Campaign with a thrilling new fundraiser
United Way Centraide SDG is partnering with Over The Edge and St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation to bring urban rappelling to Cornwall for the first time Cornwall, Ontario (August 1, 2023) - The United Way Centraide SDG (UWC SDG) is excited to announce that...
10 Common Questions about UWC SDG Answered
As a charity, we have been in this community for more than 80 years, working with community partners towards a common goal of tackling poverty in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. In 1975, we became the United Way of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry and have been...