DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut and the Danbury Fair Mall collected 4,000 pounds of nonperishable food at a food drive conducted on Friday, August 7 and Saturday, August 8, 2020 in the Mall’s parking lot. In addition, the event, which served as this year’s United Way Day of Action, also raised $2,400 in donations. Both the food and the monetary donations will be distributed among nine food pantries in the greater Danbury area that are members of the Danbury Food Collaborative.
DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut is partnering with the Danbury Fair Mall to conduct a food drive to benefit the Danbury Food Collaborative and its member pantries.
DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut is partnering with the Danbury Fair Mall to conduct a food drive to benefit the Danbury Food Collaborative and its member pantries. Pantries are in desperate need of donations, as their shelves have been emptied by an overwhelming need for food as families face the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WATERBURY, CT -- To support Greater Waterbury through the Covid-19 public health crisis, the American Savings Foundation board of directors awarded a $18,000 grant to Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries (GWIM).
HARTFORD, CT -- Nearly $1 million in federal support for food, emergency shelters, and homeless prevention services has been awarded to 25 non-profits and municipalities in Hartford County, according to United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut.
HARTFORD, CT -- Firebox, the innovative farm-to-table restaurant in Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood, will close after 13 years, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and “the uncertainty it has brought.” The Melville Charitable Trust launched Firebox on Broad Street in 2007, with a vision “to serve extraordinary food and to bring jobs, investment, and opportunity to the community." The restaurant became a destination for locally grown fare, crafting its daily menus with produce, meats and dairy from Connecticut farms.
This funder learning and strategy session will will focus on the challenges to and opportunities for building more healthy, vibrant and equitable communities, using Newport and the larger region as a portal for learning.
HARTFORD, CT -- As the state and local municipalities continue to reduce funding for human services programs due to ongoing fiscal challenges, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is awarding grants totaling $560,000 to 69 nonprofit agencies
WELLESLEY, MA -- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has announced its 2019 Healthy Food Fund Grant Guidelines and RFP. The Foundation is looking to support 25 local nonprofit organizations located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire that are primarily volunteer-powered to grow, glean or distribute fresh, free produce to low-income families and older adults. Grant awards will be up to $25,000 per year and are eligible for renewal for up to three years. A total of $625,000 will be awarded throughout the region in 2019.
WESTPORT, CT -- Newman's Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, today announced that more than $1.7 million in grants will be awarded to 37 nonprofit organizations that are focused on fresh food access and nutrition.
WELLESLEY, MA -- The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation is looking to support 25 local nonprofit organizations located in CT, MA, ME or NH that are primarily volunteer-powered to grow, glean or distribute fresh, free produce (and other healthy
foods) for low-income families and older adults. Grants will be awarded to help expand, train, equip, manage and/or otherwise strengthen an organization’s volunteer corps. Grant awards will be up to $25,000 per year and are eligible for renewal for up to three years. RFP deadline is November 9, 2018.
HARTFORD, CT -- United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut is proud to announce an exciting new collaboration with Aetna and the Hartford Yard Goats to keep kids healthy and on track this summer.
NORWALK, CT -- The national food rescue organization Food Rescue U.S. based in Norwalk has received a $2,500 grant from the New Canaan Community Foundation to support the expansion of the organization’s food rescue platform and in-house technology.
WATERBURY, CT -- A $30,000 grant from Connecticut Community Foundation to the Connecticut affiliate of FoodCorps, a national organization that connects kids to healthy foods, will give schoolchildren in four Waterbury and Naugatuck schools hands-on lessons in healthy eating in order to promote their preferences for fruits and vegetables—and improve overall nutrition and wellness. The award is among 51 new grants totaling $366,600 made by the Foundation in their April grant round to nonprofit organizations serving communities in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills.
NEW LONDON, CT -- Connecticut College senior Sarah Harris recently garnered a $5,000 donation from the Chelsea Groton Foundation for the New London Area Food Coalition, which operates the New London Area Food Pantry . . .
WELLESLEY, MA -- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation today announced that it awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to more than 900 nonprofit organizations in over 300 communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire in 2017. Since its inception in 1980, the Foundation has granted more than $145 million in funds throughout the four states.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- New Haven Farms will expand its incubator farm program this growing season to include locations in the Fair Haven and Hill neighborhoods, bringing an additional 25 families to the project. The program is partially funded by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation. “The incubator gardener program grew out of requests from our participants in the farm-based wellness program that they wanted to be more knowledgeable and to have the opportunity to grow their own food after having ...