MIDDLETOWN, CT -- The Liberty Bank Foundation has awarded $80,000 in scholarships to community colleges and adult education programs in its market area. “We're firm believers in the idea that, through education, all things are possible,” said Sue Murphy, executive director, Liberty Bank Foundation, ...
NIANTIC, CT -- The prison Braille program at York will be a partnership between the American Printing House for the Blind, Department of Correction and the state Department of Rehabilitation Services' Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind. The J. Walton Bissell Foundation of West Hartford awarded APH a $26,000 grant to buy computers and other equipment needed to launch the program, including a Perkins Braille embosser, translation software and Braille paper.
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WESTPORT, CT -- The Warm Up Fund is a collaborative effort between the United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, the Department of Human Services, the Westport Woman's Club (WWC) and the Clergy Association. "We come together to ensure that no one is left out in the cold," Daignault said. "The monies ...
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 . . .
NORWALK, CT -- Newman’s Own Foundation has reached the milestone of $500 million in donations since 1982, when the late actor Paul Newman began selling salad dressing and devoting profits to charities. But the foundation is inching closer to a self-proclaimed April deadline at which point it has indicated it could begin the process of soliciting buyers for the operating company that has been the engine that generates its funds. That would happen if Congress does not create an exemption for huge excise taxes it faces under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.