5 Naugatuck Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

NAUGATUCK, CT — If you're like many of your Naugatuck neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Naugatuck area.

Here are five local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

• Naugatuck Youth Services is the designated youth services bureau for the borough of Naugatuck.
• The United Way of Naugatuck & Beacon Falls partners with local community organizations to energize the people of our community and help them better meet our local human needs.
• Connecticut Partnership for Children, Inc. is dedicated to supporting families throughout Connecticut by working with communities in which they live.
• Naugatuck YMCA is a cause-driven organization that is for youth development, for healthy living and for social responsibility.
• Naugatuck Valley Soup Kitchen is a free meal delivery service in Naugatuck that manages two free pantry boxes in town available 24/7 to those in need.