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WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The West Hartford Public Schools Gifts of Music program is hosting a concert, on Oct. 21, to benefit the continuing mission to provide private lessons to students. Gifts of Music is a collaboration between West Hartford Public Schools, the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, private donors, the Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Charitable Trust, and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
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WASHINGTON, DC -- The Newman's Own Foundation awarded $200,000 to five organizations serving service members, veterans and their families during ceremonies at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes today.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will host “Fiesta Latina,” its 15th annual celebration of Latin American cultures, on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Fiesta Latina is sponsored by Avangrid Foundation, UNIVISION, UNIMAS Hartford, and Yale Latino Networking Group.
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HARTFORD, CT -- CT by the Numbers reports on the Census 2020 and how underfundingf the process can hurt Connecticut. CCP's promotion of the national United Philanthropy Forum webinar is mentioned, as well as, DataHaven's research on the potential impact on Connecticut nonprofits.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Jay Williams, president of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, has written an op-ed for CT Viewpoints describing several of the things that the Hartford Foundation is doing differently in order to respond to the challenging and uncertain fiscal times facing our region.
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NEW YORK, NY -- The Travelers Companies, Inc. today announced that in light of the active and devastating storm season, it is increasing the $500,000 already committed for hurricane relief efforts by $100,000.
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HARTFORD, CT -- As people fleeing Puerto Rico begin to trickle into Connecticut, an informal coalition of city officials, philanthropists, hospitals, public schools and faith groups have been mobilizing, even as they face a big unknown: How many families will need their help? The disaster in Puerto Rico also has brought together a network of potential partners including Travelers, MetroHartford Alliance, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, and Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut’s rural residents die at higher rates than their city and suburban counterparts and a large percentage of those deaths may be preventable if better public health programs or better access to health care services were available, according to the latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Nancy Heaton, CEO for the Foundation for Community Health in Sharon, said Litchfield County has studied options to improve transportation.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- On Tuesday, October 24 the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven, the NewAlliance Foundation, and the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation are presenting an event featuring a talk by Ralph Smith, managing director of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
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WESTON, CT -- Stephanie Miller, executive director for Trust for Learning, has blogged for Momsrising.org on the Trust's new research that answers the question as to what parents really want from the early childhood education programs they seek for their children.