Join United Way of Western CT, in partnership with the Prospector Theater, to raise awareness about individuals like Katrina, a group United Way calls ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed).
Paycheck to Paycheck documents daily struggles of a hard-working single mom - a story all too familiar for more than 30,000 individuals and families in Western CT.
We hope you can attend the screening and help us kick off our Take Five to Give $5 campaign - an eight-week long campaign to help ALICE families and individuals.
REGISTER HERE Registration is required. Suggested donation of $5 can be paid at the door.
If you cannot make it to the event, but would like to support ALICE families, click here.
Panel discussion will follow the film screening. Panelists will include: Al Almeida, Command Sergeant Major 94th Training Division, Danbury Ellen Bromley, Director of Social Services for the City of Stamford Dr. William R. Glass, Deputy Superintendent, Danbury Public Schools Valerie Jensen, visionary and founder of The Prospector Theater, Ridgefield
The Heads Up Café will be serving its signature food and beverages the entire night.
The Prospector Theater, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, provides meaningful employment to people with disabilities through the operation of a premium, first-run movie theater located in the heart of historic Ridgefield, Connecticut. All employees of the Prospector are known as Prospects. We empower Prospects to live a higher quality of life through meaningful employment, encouraging them to sparkle, shine, and turn their passions into professions.
About Paycheck to Paycheck
Filmed over the course of one year in Chattanooga, Tenn., Paycheck to Paycheck follows Katrina Gilbert, a 30-year-old mother of three who works as a certified nursing assistant in an extended-care facility while striving to address her own health-care issues. Overworked, underpaid, uninsured and lacking support, she chooses daily between purchasing her own medication and paying for the needs of her three children, which often leaves her struggling to make ends meet. Despite these obstacles, Gilbert works to better her circumstances, applying for college courses that could raise her income. Read more.