NESTing For A Brighter Future
Give Local Campaign
Do you aspire to make a lasting impact? We share that dream with you.
Now, there's an extraordinary opportunity for you to play a pivotal role in your community's day of giving as we begin NESTING for a Brighter Future!
NESTing for a Brighter Future is our annual campaign coinciding with Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills. This 36-hour online giving event brings together donors, businesses, and nonprofits to strengthen our community. It is an opportunity to rally around the causes we care about and create meaningful change close to home.
This year, our campaign raised $33,000+ to complete the final phase of our Adams Street redevelopment project. We will transform a once neglected and blighted space into a welcoming community mini park filled with lush landscaping, comfortable benches, and a walking path for residents of all ages to enjoy.
We have worked diligently to redevelop an entire street, and this mini park is one of the final steps in realizing that vision. Your gift during Give Local helped us reach the finish line and will create a place that encourages connection, pride, and long-term investment in our neighborhood. Thank you!
In the last three years, donors like you joined our Give Local campaign
LARGEST GIFT
$3,000
DONORS
334
DONATIONS TOTALING
$40k
AMBASSADORS
56
CASH PRIZES
$1,500
THANK YOU!
transform
a once-neglected, blighted lot into a vibrant MINI PARK filled with lush plantings, welcoming benches, and a walking path where neighbors can gather and thrive.
This year, your donation to our NESTing For A Brighter Future Give Local campaign will help us
How can you help?
Give Local 'NESTing for a Brighter Future' is NEST’s largest annual fundraising campaign, and one of the most powerful ways you can support community development. While this year's campaign is over, click an icon below to get involved, pledge a gift, or amplify next year's campaign. Every action helps move us closer to our goal, and closer to a stronger, more equitable community.
The campaign has ended. Make a pledge for 2027. This is the only time of the year that your donation will be amplified, at no additional expense to you, by bonus funds secured from campaign sponsors.
When you become a NEST Ambassador, you’ll get your own personalized giving page, plus tools and resources to help you rally support and raise funds for NEST. Ready to lead the charge? Just click “Fundraise” on the next page to get started.
Follow NEST on IG, FB and LI — and don’t just scroll. Like, comment, and share. Be part of the momentum. Your voice can help us reach new supporters and inspire action. Help us build more than homes — help us build awareness.
Be Part of the Team Behind the Mission. Help shape our 2027 campaign by joining the NEST team in spreading awareness, supporting outreach, tabling at events, phone banking, and more. Your time and energy help bring our vision to life.
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Everything You Need to Lead With Confidence. Our Ambassador Toolkit includes email templates, social media posts, and ready-to-use content to help you spread the word and make your outreach easy, effective, and impactful. Or, click here for the page builder guide.
Pledge today to donate during NEST’s 2027 Give Local campaign — and be part of a movement that’s creating real, lasting change. We’ll keep you in the loop with reminders and updates, so you’ll know exactly when and how to make your gift count.
Join our largest fundraising campaign and help revitalize communities
Take the pledge and commit to donating to NEST during our 2027 campaign!
but by how willing we
are to lift each other up.
I’ve learned that the strength of a community isn’t measured by what we achieve alone,
Give Local is our chance to do that together.
Benjamin F. Rhodes III
Waterbury Resident and
NEST Development Committee Chairperson
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