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PUERTO RICO -- Inside Philanthropy reports on the status Puerto Rico recovery and the funding status of both the public and private sectors. The rush of the daily news cycle can obscure the fact that to this date, millions of American citizens are still facing a humanitarian crisis. Puerto Rico's path to recovery has been a slow one, exacerbated by a stuttering response from the federal government.
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WEST HARTFORD, CT -- West Hartford’s Hebrew High School of New England and Solomon Schechter Day School, and Bloomfield-based Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford have launched a new initiative with support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford.
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HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative (ECFC) with the CT State Department of Education and the Office of Early Childhood presented a Symposium on Family and Community Engagement on December 13, 2017 at Gateway Community College in New Haven.
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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.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Aetna is offering resources to members who have been affected by the wildfires in Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego counties in California. Recognizing the magnitude of this disaster and its devastating impact, the Aetna Foundation announced it will be making a $60,000 contribution to Direct Relief and a $40,000 contribution to American Red Cross to support current and forthcoming disaster relief efforts.
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NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The American Savings Foundation board of directors announced that it has awarded two grants totaling $85,000 to the Children’s Law Center of Connecticut (CLC). The grants are $75,000 to support the Legal Representation program in New Britain and Waterbury, and $10,000 to the Families in Transition program.
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DANBURY, CT -- As it has done for several weeks now, The News-Times, in partnership with the United Way of Western Connecticut, will continue to present cases like Michael’s every Thursday through the holiday season. The six stories highlighted each week outline how a local resident or family, whose names have been changed to protect their privacy, could be helped by receiving an estimated dollar amount.
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WEST HARTFORD, CT -- A new multimedia exhibit will put West Hartford's diverse population on display. The project was developed over the last year by town employees Roszena Haskins, the town's director of adult and continuing education, and Kerry Jones, director of elementary education, after receiving a $50,000 grant from the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.
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FARMINGTON, CT -- The Hill-Stead Museum recently received a $32,500 grant from the SBM Charitable Foundation to continue educational outreach for 800 students from East Hartford, Vernon, and Manchester.