The Connecticut Credit Union Solutions Foundation and the league’s dues-discount program, the Credit Union League of Connecticut Small Credit Union Support Fund, has exceeded its fundraising goal of $25,000. Part of the league’s 2009 strategic plan, it will support training, education, and compliance of small credit unions.
“It’s heartening to know that a variety of financial services-related organizations understand the important role small credit unions play in this industry,” said Tony Emerson, Connecticut league president and CEO. “In our troubled economy, and especially with the current challenges credit unions are facing, small credit unions continually seek to serve their members faithfully day after day, member by member. Any support we can provide them strengthens the entire credit union movement.”
Connecticut Mission of Mercy, a dental clinic that provides free dental care to people of all ages in need of urgent care has received $37,000 in grants from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. The Hartford Foundation grants come from its Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund, the S.A. Johnson Family Fund, the David T. Black Memorial Fund and the Ronald T. Black Memorial Fund.
The Connecticut chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has elected a new slate of officers including a new chairman of its board of trustees. Richard Simione, formerly the board’s treasurer, will serve as chairman. A partner of Rocky Hill and Hamden-based Simione, Macca & Larrow, he has served as chairman of the finance committee and co-chairs the MS Corporate Achievers, New Haven.
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, a youth mentoring organization, recently presented a community service award to Rockville Bank. Each year, a small number of community service awards are presented by Nutmeg to unique individuals and organizations living and doing business within the non-profit’s service area.
The Paul J. Aicher Foundation in East Hartford has appointed three new board members to help further its mission of advancing democracy and improving quality of public life. The new members bring expertise on Latino political participation, deliberation and democratic governance, and youth civic engagement. They are: Erica L. Bernal-Martinez, senior director of civic engagement, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials educational fund; Archon Fung, professor of public policy, Harvard University’s Kennedy School; and Peter Levine, director at the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Tufts University.
