ROCKY HILL, CT -- The United Way of Connecticut’s statewide 2-1-1 call center in Rocky Hill has already had hundreds of calls from Puerto Rican families seeking help for family members expected to be coming here. United Way President and C.E.O. Richard Porth said there are many families looking for help. "About sixty percent, two-thirds of the calls we’re getting are people looking for relocation assistance. We’re hearing that older adults may be among the first to arrive because of health concerns, things of that nature.”
GREENWICH, CT -- This week the Fairfield County native and singer-songwriter told his father, Richard Mayer, that his more than four decades as a Bridgeport educator would not soon be forgotten. To celebrate his father’s 90th birthday, which was a few days before John Mayer turns 40 on Monday, the songwriter set up a college scholarship fund through Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to commemorate his dad’s legacy.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Progreso Latino Fund of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is partnering with a Latino-led global fundraising campaign to support disaster relief and rebuilding efforts in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will host “Fiesta Latina,” its 15th annual celebration of Latin American cultures, on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Fiesta Latina is sponsored by Avangrid Foundation, UNIVISION, UNIMAS Hartford, and Yale Latino Networking Group.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Newman's Own Foundation awarded $200,000 to five organizations serving service members, veterans and their families during ceremonies at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes today.
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The Human Resources Agency will keep their food pantry operating through December 31, 2018 thanks to grants from American Savings Foundation and the United Way of Central and Northeastern CT and other private donations.
WATERBURY, CT -- The American Savings Foundation board of directors recently announced nine grants supporting a wide range of Waterbury area programs and services totaling $156,000. This includes a $45,000 grant to the Mattatuck Museum to support the organization’s youth and family programs.
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The American Savings Foundation board of directors recently announced eighteen grants totaling $427,495 supporting a variety of New Britain area programs and services that help to improve the quality of life in the community.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Hartford Youth Service Corps kicked off its second year of helping youth participate in paid community service projects Thursday. This year, Mayor Luke Bronin raised $2.5 million for the YSC. Funders include: Barbara Dalio and the Dalio Foundation, the Travelers Foundation, the Newman's Own Foundation, United Technologies Corporation, The Hartford, the Aetna Foundation, and Key Bank.
In its first year, Mayor Luke Bronin’s youth service corps has put more than 200 young people to work on hundreds of projects across Hartford. The program, anchored last year by $2.2 million in private donations, has received enough funds to push ahead for another 12 months. Funds came from insurance giants like The Travelers, Aetna and The Hartford, and from the Newman’s Own Foundation, the Dalio Foundation and other charitable groups.
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- Armed with a variety of strategies to put local high school students not planning to attend college on successful career paths, three local programs recently made presentations to members of the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain’s Catalyst Fund in an effort to secure up to $10,000 in grant funding to implement their plans.
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).
NEW BRITAIN - The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain said goodbye and thanks to former President Jim Williamson and welcomed new President David Obedzinski Monday night at the New Britain Museum of American Art.
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The newly created Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund has already received more than $20,000 in donations. The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain made a $5,000 donation to the fund on Friday to compliment the American Savings Foundation’s donation of $10,000. Other donations by members of the community have totaled more than $5,000.
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- Just days after joining with other local agencies and civic leaders to establish the Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Fund, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has made its own $5,000 donation to the very fund it will manage.
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- The West Hartford Public Schools Gifts of Music program is hosting a concert, on Oct. 21, to benefit the continuing mission to provide private lessons to students. Gifts of Music is a collaboration between West Hartford Public Schools, the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, private donors, the Ellen Jeanne Goldfarb Charitable Trust, and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Mark T. Bertolini is chairman and CEO of Aetna, a Fortune 50 health insurance company serving an estimated 46.5 million people with operations in North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The Hartford, CT-based company is embarking on numerous initiatives to help transform the health care industry – and Bertolini is very much leading the charge. The Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, for instance, is offered by the Aetna Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Counties, in partnership with CEOs for Cities.
HARTFORD, CT -- CT by the Numbers reports on the Census 2020 and how underfundingf the process can hurt Connecticut. CCP's promotion of the national United Philanthropy Forum webinar is mentioned, as well as, DataHaven's research on the potential impact on Connecticut nonprofits.
HARTFORD, CT -- As people fleeing Puerto Rico begin to trickle into Connecticut, an informal coalition of city officials, philanthropists, hospitals, public schools and faith groups have been mobilizing, even as they face a big unknown: How many families will need their help? The disaster in Puerto Rico also has brought together a network of potential partners including Travelers, MetroHartford Alliance, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, and Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
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