5 Westport Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

WESTPORT, CT — If you’re like many of your Westport 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 Westport area.

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

1. Homes with Hope: An organization dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness in Fairfield County.
2. ElderHouse: Improving the lives of older adults and their families.
3. A Better Chance of Westport: Provides educational opportunities to academically-gifted and highly motivated young men of color.
4. Westport Woman's Club: Bringing women together for fun and fundraising in support of our local community.
5. Al's Angels: To provide support to children and families battling cancer, rare blood diseases, natural disasters & severe financial hardship.