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A monthly benefit of CCP membership, the OCTOBER 2017 Member eBrief features: CCP Updates; Member News & Releases; New Resources; Colleague News and Other Events. Remember to login to access this member benefit!
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GREENWICH, CT -- Earlier this month, over eighty women with a newly discovered passion for public service attended the inaugural one-day training created by the Women's Campaign School at Yale, a non-partisan, issue neutral political campaign training program for women interested in running for office and in campaign management. The training was underwritten by a generous grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women & Girls.
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MIDDLETOWN, CT -- The Board of Directors of the Rockfall Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports environmental education and conservation in the Lower Connecticut River Valley, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Marino as Executive Director.
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HARTFORD, CT -- The Aetna Foundation and National Quality Forum seek to identify, quantify, and account for the effect of social determinants of health on health outcomes. Garth Williams, president of the Aetna Foundation, and John Bernot, MD, senior director, quality measurement at the National Quality Forum, are co-writers on this blog for Health Affairs.
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DALLAS, TX -- EARN announced today at #FinCon17 that SaverLife, EARN’s user-centric savings platform initially launched in San Francisco, is on track to pass a million dollars saved by users. To celebrate this milestone, EARN is launching SaverLife nationwide today. Designed to serve consumers making an average income of $25,000, SaverLife is transforming the way low-to-moderate income Americans can use financial technology to save money. EARN's expansion of SaverLife is supported by national funders JPMorgan Chase, MetLife Foundation, the Prudential Foundation, and Capital One.
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NEW CANAAN, CT -- The Waveny Park Conservancy, with a $18,000 grant from New Canaan Community Foundation and a $2,500 contribution from New Canaan Rotary Club, has contructed two new bridges on the grounds and made other grounds and trails improvements.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- On behalf of the University and its partners at the charitable organization United Way of Greater New Haven, University President Peter Salovey kicked off the 2017–2018 Yale United Way fundraising campaign on Oct. 3. The campaign will raise money for the nonprofit, which brings the community together around the Greater New Haven area to tackle issues of health, education and financial stability.
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HARTFORD CT - The Aurora Women and Girls Foundation presented its 12th Annual Signature Breakfast, Building Futures for Women and Girls, on October 20, 2017 at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.