With low temperatures a regular part of the weather forecast, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded grants totaling more than $134,000 to enable two programs to provide shelter for Hartford’s homeless.
Immaculate Conception Shelter and Housing Corp. is operating, through March, for the City of Hartford, a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. “no-freeze” shelter for 40 men at a former Lafayette Street church owned by the state.
The Salvation Army is operating, through April, a shelter with 23 beds that is open 24 hours a day for single women and families at its Marshall House facility.
“We are pleased to work with the state of Connecticut and the city of Hartford on the Lafayette Street project and with The Salvation Army’s Marshall House to provide people with shelter from the cold during the winter months,” said Linda J. Kelly, president of the Hartford Foundation, in a news release.
The shelter funding includes support from the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund, The Morningstar Fund and the Lee and Margot Alllison Fund at the Hartford Foundation.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts completed its grant-making activity for 2009, awarding $295,700 to 29 organizations throughout Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. In the fourth quarter, RMHC awarded $58,617 to nine organizations with programming designed to help children live happier, healthier, more productive lives. Since 1988 RMHC of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts has provided more than $6 million to more than 400 nonprofits.
The Partnership for Breast Care, Hartford Hospital’s comprehensive breast-care program, has been awarded a three-year full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC).
Accreditation confirms the program meets rigorous criteria and standards in delivering the highest quality breast care.
The Partnership for Breast Care was recognized as fully compliant with the NAPBC’s 27 standards of care. These standards ensure strength in the center’s leadership, clinical management, research programs, community outreach, professional education and quality improvement efforts.
To celebrate January as National Blood Donor Month and help increase awareness about the need for blood, Dunkin’ Donuts and the American Red Cross are teaming up for the annual “Give a Pint, Get a Pound” campaign, which provides a coupon for a free pound of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee to donors at Red Cross blood drives in Connecticut during the month.
In addition, Connecticut Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants are hosting blood drives throughout the month to collect blood for patients in need.
