BRIDGEPORT, CT -- Avangrid (formerly United Illuminating) has granted $10,000 to United Way of Coastal Fairfield County's Neighbors Helping Neighbors initiative.
The grant will be used to help an estimated 3,000 local Coastal Fairfield County families with young children (close to 10,000 individuals) who struggle to make ends meet. In Connecticut, the bare-minimum Household Survival Budget (HSB) for a family of four (2 adults, 1 infant, 1 preschooler) is $70,788, making it hard for those families who earn the HSB or less to pay all of their monthly bills and struggle to save for emergencies.
Photo: Eileen Lopez-Cordone, Community and Economic Development Specialist for AVANGRID (formerly United Illuminating) present a check to UWCFC President & CEO, Merle Berke-Schlessel, Esq.
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Contacts:
Dana Freeman
Communications Manager
United Way of Coastal Fairfield County
203-339-6347
dfreeman@unitedwaycfc.org
Websites: www.unitedwaycfc.org; www.avangrid.com