TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded grants to 36 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $135,965 during its third grant cycle of 2017. The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants to Northwest Connecticut charities three times a year: early spring, late June and late fall.
DANBURY, CT -- The Danbury Library has announced their collaboration with the Regional YMCA of Western CT to offer an innovative ten-week health and wellness program to individuals 55 and over. The Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) was developed by the National Council on Aging, coordinated in Connecticut by Connecticut Community Care and sponsored in part by the Connecticut Community Foundation.
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- Workers at Charter Oak State College and the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium have donated $1,500 to help the Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund. After the hurricane, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain joined with the American Savings Foundation and the Human Resources Agency of New Britain to create the Hurricane Maria Fund.
NAUGATUCK, CT -- Quinnipiac Professor Courtney McGinnis spent the summer studying the river quality thanks to a $7,876 grant from the Connecticut Community Foundation. She and two research assistants specifically looked for the presence of phthalates, a group of chemicals used to make plastics more flexible.
DERBY, CT -- The Valley Community Foundation (VCF) was the named beneficiary for the estate of Raymond P.
HARTFORD, CT -- Elysa Gordon has been appointed to serve as vice president and senior advisor to the President of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the community foundation for Hartford and 28 surrounding communities.