WHEAT, Inc.

The University of New Haven Mayor’s Advisory Commission is a student-led group whose primary mission is to strengthen the relationship between the West Haven and the University of New Haven communities. To this end, MAC usually organizes WestFest to raise funds for the West Haven Emergency Assistance Taskforce. Unfortunately, COVID-19 forced us to cancel WestFest this year. However, in its place, MAC is holding this GoFundMe fundraiser to raise money for WHEAT and help support our cherished West Haven community.

WHEAT is a private, nonprofit 501c3 organization established to meet the emergency needs of the West Haven community in three general areas:     1.  The basic necessities of life to help improve self-sufficiency, sustainability and quality of life.    2.  Referral services    3. Advocacy with and on behalf of those in need. Over the past two years, WHEAT has expanded outreach to provide the basic necessities of life, now feeding 5,000 households, among them 1,000 children.  

Please join us in helping our community in this time of need by donating any amount you can.

Our annual Bread of Life Food Drive will run from Wednesday April 8th through Friday, April 24th.

This food drive will benefit W.H.E.A.T., a food pantry serving the West Haven area.  

For those of you unfamiliar with the BOLD drive, it is an effort by local University of Notre Dame alumni club's  to provide much needed food for the less fortunate members of our community. Last year, our BOLD drive raised over 3,000 food items that were donated to local food pantries.

We have set our goal at $1,000 in donations over the next two weeks, which is about half of what we traditionally collect.  Please consider donating!

Please feel free to share this with anyone who may be interested in helping out.  Thank you in advance for everyone who plans on participating this year, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!


More information about Wheat: WHEAT, Inc. is a private, nonprofit 501c3 organization established to meet the emergency needs of the West Haven community in three general areas:     1.  The basic necessities of life to help improve self-sufficiency, sustainability and quality of life.    2.  Referral services    3. Advocacy with and on behalf of those in need. Over the past two years, WHEAT has expanded outreach to provide the basic necessities of life, now feeding 5,000 households, among them 1,000 children.  We have increased our referral services to now include medical referrals for seniors through the agency on aging.  Lastly, we have established advocacy relationships with state and federal representatives to keep them abreast of how Congressional legislation trickles down to our agency and our ability to carry out our mission.