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Find Your Best Way Through United Way

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08/24/2017

HARTFORD, CT -- Jim P.'Meara, Chair of the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut Board of Directors, blogs about helping local children and hard-working families through volunteering for the United Way inspires him. Jim serves as Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO at Webster Bank. And he encourages others to do the same, "Just as United Way helped me find my best way to make a difference, it will do the same for you."

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Main Street Community Foundation Receives National Recognition

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08/24/2017

BRISTOL, CT -- Main Street Community Foundation recently received notification that it has again met the nation’s highest standard for philanthropic excellence. National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations® establish legal, ethical, effective practices for community foundations everywhere.

Newman’s Own Celebrates 35 Years of Giving

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08/23/2017

WESTPORT, CT – It was on August 25, 1982, that Newman’s Own shipped its first bottles of salad dressing. The late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman, launched the company with his homemade recipe salad dressing, declaring that all profits would go to charity. Now, 35 years later, the company has more than 300 products with 100% of the profits continuing to help charities around the world. 

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Person of the Week: For Children and Change: Judith Meyers’ Compelling Work

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08/23/2017

GUILFORD, CT -- Shore Publishing's Person of the Week is Judith Meyers, President and CEO of Children's Fund of Connecticut and Child Health and Development Institute. She is also Connecticut Council for Philanthropy's board chair. The article highlight's Meyer's “knowledge-driven change-making for children’s health and mental health in Connecticut.”

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Center for Latino Progress Receives Comcast Foundation Grant

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08/21/2017

HARTFORD CT – AUGUST 21, 2017 - The Comcast Foundation announced today that it has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Center for Latino Progress’ FUTUROS program. FUTUROS targets Hartford’s Latino youth who face obstacles that might otherwise prevent them from being able to achieve their life goals and offers training, activities, and youth employment opportunities to help them prepare for college and technical careers. 

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Sponsors Visit STEM Programs Aimed at Fighting Summer Learning Loss

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08/17/2017

NEW BRITAIN, CT -- Sponsors that help fund the school district’s summer learning programs got a firsthand look at where their money goes during two informational sessions Wednesday. Representatives from the American Savings Foundation, United Way of Central & Northeastern Connecticut, The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, members of the New Britain Coalition for New Britain’s Youth and others toured New Britain High School to observe students participating in the district’s "XTREME" Summer Enrichment Experience program.

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Partnership Pledges More Help For Hartford Community Schools

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08/17/2017
HARTFORD, CT -- In a time of uncertainty, leaders in Hartford public schools, nonprofit agencies and the philanthropic sector say they are committed to the city’s “community school” strategy that has been cited as a national model. On Wednesday, members of the Hartford Partnership for Student Success, a coalition that includes public and private partners, signed another yearlong agreement to continue the decade-old “wraparound” help that has turned a half-dozen city schools into neighborhood hubs with health services, after-school programs, clothing banks and holiday dinners. The Hartford Partnership for Student Success is supported by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Hartford Public Schools, the Office for Youth Services, and the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut.
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New Study Revealing the Opioid Crisis Impact in Northwest CT

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08/16/2017

TORRINGTON, CT -- A new report about the impact of opioids was the center of a roundtable discussion in Torrington Wednesday afternoon. The report, “Beneath the Surface: The Opioid Epidemic in Northwest Connecticut” explores the crime rates related to opioid addiction in the area, insurance rates, treatment admission rates, how the crisis started, and what solutions can work specifically in a rural region. The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, the Foundation for Community Health, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the McCall Center for Behavioral Health partnered to publish the report.

Dominion Energy Invites Organizations Serving Veterans and Military Families to Apply for $500,000 in Grants

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08/15/2017

RICHMOND, VA -- The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation announced today that it will award $500,000 in grants to organizations providing essential services to active duty, veterans and military families in communities served by Dominion Energy. Submit applications through October 9, 2017.

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Hartford Foundation Partners With Local and National Community Foundations to Address Youth Opportunity Gap

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08/10/2017

HARTFORD, CT -- Last month, Hartford Foundation president Jay Williams and Elysa Gordon, the Foundation’s senior advisor, joined with other members of CFON in Chicago to outline the group’s progress over the past year and chart a course for the future. In 2016, the Hartford Foundation became a charter member of the Community Foundation Opportunity Network (CFON), a collaboration among 40 community foundations to narrow that “opportunity gap” so that all children in America have the chance to achieve their full potential. The Network includes America’s leading community foundations, from New Hampshire to Georgia to Illinois to Seattle, and includes four in Connecticut: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut, Fairfield County's Community Foundation, and Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

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