United Way Northwest Indiana

On Wednesday December 15th and Friday, December 17th, shoppers at Valparaiso Meijer may have been surprised by an extra police presence. Police officers from Kouts and Hebron helped students from Boone Township and East Porter County schools shop for...

NORTHWEST INDIANA – Injury Attorney Kenneth J. Allen of the Allen Law Group is donating $22,500 to support reading literacy in Northwest Indiana through the United Way Reading Buddies program....

(PORTER COUNTY, IN)— United Way of Northwest Indiana will be holding their first Get Smart About Credit virtual event on October 21, 2021. The event will take place via zoom and will feature five different sessions on the hour, every hour from 9am...

The United Way of Northwest Indiana held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, October 1 to mark the official merger of Lake Area United Way and United Way of Porter County. For more than 50 years, the two United Ways have been serving Northwest...

 Lake Area United Way and United Way of Porter County Board of Directors have solidified plans to merge the two organizations into United Way of Northwest Indiana. The evaluation process began in March on the heels of then Lake Area United Way...

Thanks to more than 530 volunteers 56 nonprofit projects were completed on Friday, August 6 as part of United Way’s annual Day of Caring event. As the largest single-day volunteer event in Northwest Indiana, Day of Caring brings together residents...

Kankakee Valley REMC recently awarded United Way of Porter County $10,000 to support United Way’s Backpacks United program, thanks to CoBank $5,000 Sharing Success matching grant program. “Kankakee Valley REMC is guided by values that support the...

Starke County Community Foundation and United Way of Porter County have partnered to expand United Way Network services to Starke County. The partnership is to provide local nonprofits access to more services and grant funding support, such as...

United Way of Porter County has awarded up to $100,000 to Valparaiso Schools’ Backpacks and Snacks program to help meet the growing need to feed hungry students on the weekends. The program provides weekend meals to students and their younger...

United Way of Porter County is working with the Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network and State of Indiana to provide mortgage assistance to Northwest Indiana residents. “The Hardest Hit Fund can change people’s lives for the better,” said Kim...