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WESTPORT, CT -- Social Venture Partners Connecticut (SVP Connecticut), a program and field of interest fund of Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, announced that it is accepting Letters of Interest for investment through an online application. The submission deadline is Monday, October 16.
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WETHERSFIELD, CT -- The Department of Motor Vehicles and Travelers announced today their joint sponsorship of the 10th annual Teen Safe Driving Video contest for high school students around the state. The theme this year is: “Teen Safe Driver: Could This Be You? Every Second Matters.” DMV and Travelers partner each year to raise awareness about safety behind the wheel with the state’s youngest and most inexperienced drivers. The goal is to create peer-to-peer education and influence about developing safe driving habits.
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WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The Aurora Women and Girls Foundation (Aurora Foundation) is pleased to announce that Dr. Jennifer Pennoyer and Maureen Cooper have both been appointed to the Aurora Women and Girls Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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WESTPORT, CT -- Newman’s Own Foundation awarded a $35,000 grant to WVEMS, which often relies on such funds to purchase new equipment that falls outside their operating budget.
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HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy's update from September 14, 2017 gives information, resources and learning opportunities related to: disaster relief, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Johnson Amendment & Census Funding.
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HARTFORD, CT -- The CT Civic Ambassadors Initiative is part of the Connecticut Civic Health Project, which aims at building partnerships and collaboration to strengthen ‘civic health’ in Connecticut.
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DANBURY, CT -- United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) is proud to announce the wrap-up of its annual Back-To-School Program in Danbury, which served 234 children this year and represents an investment of $46,800 into the greater Danbury community.
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MERIDEN, CT -- Platt High School English teacher Kelly Roman will be using a $15,000 grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation to hold a series of workshops with local businesses and community organizations on student-centered learning. Roman is one of a dozen New England educators to receive the Lawrence W. O’Toole Leadership Award.