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Help our neighbors stay safely housed and warm this winter.

Click here to register for WAIM’s 2025 Walk for Warmth! For more than three decades, WAIM has held its annual Walk for Warmth around Willimantic on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. W4W is the flagship fundraiser for our Housing and Energy Assistance Programs. All proceeds go directly to our neighbors when they need the assistance.

2025 Event Information:

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Where

St. Joseph’s Church, 99 Jackson St, Willimantic, CT 06226

When

Sunday, November 23, 2025

  • In-person registration: 12:30 p.m.
  • Interfaith thanksgiving service: 1:30 p.m.
  • Walk starts: 2:15 p.m.

Why

  • 40% of Connecticut households earn less than the cost of living in their respective counties. Housing & utilities costs play a major role in that disparity.
  • Hundreds of low-income families, including many children in the region, confront the depletion of their deliverable fuel supply or the discontinuation of their electric or gas service every year – WAIM is there to assist.
  • Energy crises are one of the contributing factors of homelessness in our area.
  • Families who lose electric, gas, or oil service are also in danger of losing custody of their children.
  • Funds donated to the WAIM Housing and Energy Assistance Programs go directly to helping WAIM’s clients with emergency needs. Most of these funds are raised during the annual Walk for Warmth.
  • YOU CAN HELP us to ensure that our neighbors can live in heated homes with warm showers and hot meals throughout the coldest season of the year.

If you won’t be at the walk but want to donate

Click here to donate online. Checks should be addressed and mailed to:

WAIM WFW
WAIM, PO Box 221,
Willimantic, CT 06226

Thank you in advance for your support!

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