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Toughest times put spotlight on basic needs
The United Way of Northwest Connecticut supports a wide variety of nonprofit causes vital to our region. Its annual fundraising campaign and the year-round payroll deduction contributions made by thousands of local residents support 22 agencies from the YMCA, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, to agencies providing home hospice care to people without insurance, mental health and addiction counseling, child care and domestic violence education, support and shelter.