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NEW CANAAN, CT -- John Knight, a board member of the New Canaan Community Foundation and chair of its Distributions Committee, writes to ask for the community’s support of their 2017 Annual Appeal campaign to ensure that the foundation has the necessary resources to provide critical support for the community.
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The November 2017 Digest includes feature headlines: A Story of Irrefutable Intersectionality: The U.S. Mainland, La Isla del Encanto and Connecticut; Foundations Join Forces to Advance Obesity Prevention; Neighborhood Builder Receipient to Provide Green Job Opportunities; Public Policy Update - State Budget and Federal Tax Reform; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; SCHOLARSHIP NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
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DANBURY, CT -- Danbury is a city of heroes, and United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) is thrilled to honor several at its 4th Annual Hometown Heroes Benefit Dinner on Saturday, December 2, 2017.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- Liberty Bank continues to support veterans in many ways. Watch this WTNH video interview with Liberty Bank Madison Branch Manager Troy Bree and Sue Murphy, executive director, Liberty Bank Foundation.
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NEW BRITIAN, CT -- Through November 10, the Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund had received more than $31,000 from individuals, families, foundations, businesses, civic and school groups.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Roughly 68,000 seniors and disabled residents will lose access to a Medicare financial assistance program Jan. 1, when income eligibility requirements change under the newly enacted state budget. Most people likely won’t know they are losing coverage until they receive written notices next month, according to Rosana Garcia, policy associate at the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, an advocacy group.
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY, CT -- The local public transportation system, 9 Town Transit (9TT), is partnering with the United Way to bring transportation to the residents of Puerto Rico who have landed in Connecticut following the devastating hurricane, Maria. To help provide this service, 9TT has started a fund-raiser. For $59, a donor may purchase a pass that will provide unlimited service on all 9TT bus routes, six days a week for an entire calendar month. Passengers can board a 9TT bus in Middletown, ride down to Old Saybrook, and transfer all the way to Madison or East Lyme.
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EASTON, CT -- Help Our Military Heroes of Easton has been awarded a $70,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation. This funding will help HOMH further its mission of providing wheelchair accessible, adaptive minivans to our nation’s most traumatically wounded, injured, and ill veterans.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- Bank of America is partnering with Feeding America and its network of 200 member food banks on the Give A Meal program. Give online or drop off locations in New Haven and Fairfield counties.
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EAST HARTFORD, CT -- 1,800 school students from 39 schools across Connecticut took part in HMF FitKids in School Medal Day recently — the culmination of weeks of training supported by the Hartford Marathon Foundation. Transportation, snacks and hats were provided free to the schools through the HMF FitKids in School sponsors, including the Aetna Foundation, United Bank Foundation Connecticut, Newman’s Own Foundation and Mountain Dairy, as well as individual donations from the running community.