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MIDDLETOWN, CT -- A deeply ingrained corporate culture of collaboration and willingness to listen is part of what made Liberty Bank No. 1 in The Hartford Courant Top Workplaces competition for 2017 in the large employer division.
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GUILFORD, CT -- The Guilford Foundation recently presented scholarship awards totaling $12,300 to 12 Guilford High School graduates to help offset the costs of their education.
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DANBURY, CT -- The Danbury Hospital Foundation has received a $40,000 contribution from the Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation to expand outreach capacity of the Hospital’s Greater Danbury Community Care Team (CCT) by adding a peer engagement specialist.
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BOSTON, MA -- Armed with paint brushes, rakes, gloves and basketballs, 150 Harvard Pilgrim, City Year and Boston Celtics' volunteers joined for a day of service to create clean, safe and healthy environments at Boston’s Joseph Lee K-8 school.
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NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The New Britain Museum of American Art’s Education and Outreach Program and the Southington Public Schools’ Family Resource Center were among the major beneficiaries of more than $200,000 in grants awarded this week by the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB).
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NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The New Britain Museum of American Art’s Education and Outreach Program and the Southington Public Schools’ Family Resource Center were among the major beneficiaries of more than $200,000 in grants awarded this week by the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB).
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WATERBURY, CT -- Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS), the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank division, announced today that James C. Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), following a distinguished career with Webster spanning more than four decades, will retire from Webster and transition to non-executive chairman. John R. Ciulla, President, will become the company’s CEO and a member of the holding company’s Board of Directors.
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WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The Aurora Foundation for Women and Girls is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Bernhardt Steadman, Ph.D. as its new Executive Director. Steadman, who will champion Aurora’s initiatives to strengthen opportunities for women and girls in Greater Hartford, will begin in late October.
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TERRYVILLE, CT -- Terryville Plymouth Little League was recently awarded a $1,500 grant from the Bristol Savings Bank Fund at Main Street Community Foundation to support the repair and replacement of outfield fences at two of the fields.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Hartford is home to an estimated 6,000 youth ages 16 to 24 who are neither in school nor working, often referred to as “Opportunity Youth.” One of the most significant needs these young people have is obtaining soft job skills, training, credentials, and real world work experience that employers demand. Some of these young people will receive the training and opportunities they need thanks to a two-year, $250,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to Billings Forge Community Works, in collaboration with Our Piece of the Pie®, Inc. (OPP®), that will support an Opportunity Youth Job Training Program.