Thursday, February 1, 2018
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 . . .
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
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.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
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 ...
Sunday, January 14, 2018
HARTFORD, CT -- Thanks to Goya Foods, Inc. and its Goya Gives campaign, displaced families served by Hartford's the Centro de Ayuda Para Nuestros Amigos Caribeños (Relief Center for our Caribbean Friends) had a reason to celebrate the new year. The Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) manages the relief center, which opened on November 1. The Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving was instrumental in securing the
generous donation from Goya Foods.
Friday, December 15, 2017
SOUTHINGTON, CT -- The Rotary Club of Southington, along with the Lions Club, UNICO, the United Way of Southington, and Smokin’ with Chris, partnered with the local Liberty Bank branch to raise $70,225 in the Liberty Bank/ Rotary Club Thanksgiving Drive. Now in its 14th year, the Drive raised record-breaking levels across the state, totaling $356,372. The Liberty Bank Foundation matches each dollar raised with an additional 25 cents. With their matching, Southington’s funds went from $70,255 to $88,281, all to provide Southington residents with a Thanksgiving dinner.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
MIDDLETOWN, CT -- A 2016 study conducted by the United Ways of Connecticut reports that more than one-third of all state households are not earning enough to cover their basic needs, including food