The Connecticut Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Hispanic Health Council for a program designed to increase awareness of breast cancer among Latinas through culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach.
The grant will support a new program called Mis Hermanas — DIVAS, in which Spanish-speaking breast cancer survivors will be trained to share their experiences with the goal of encouraging more women to seek early screening.
Komen Connecticut’s Community Profile of Breast Health in Connecticut, a comprehensive community needs assessment, was used to identify the unmet breast health needs. The report also will guide funding priorities for the next two years.
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The Connecticut Science Center is offering free general admission during Memorial Day weekend to honor those who have served or are serving in the military armed forces, as well as fire and police departments. Immediate family members who accompany these service personnel or have a family member deployed overseas will also receive half off general admission.Free general admission, for those qualified, applies from Saturday, May 29 through Monday, May 31.
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Front row tickets to a Boston Red Sox game? College scholarship money? Students in East Hartford who sign up to learn about entrepreneurship by running a lemonade stand on Lemonade Day on June 6 are eligible to win these prizes and more.
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. and East Hartford ChildPlan are working together to bring Lemonade Day to East Hartford. Goodwin College, as the title sponsor, is hosting the awards ceremony and serving as judges.Â
Maffe Foundation is sponsoring the scholarship prizes and has offered to be the title sponsor at next year’s Lemonade Day, an educational program that promotes the ideas of entrepreneurship, business ownership, and community giving.
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ITNNorthCentralConnecticut, an East Windsor-based nonprofit that provides, for a small fee, door-to-door rides in 10 towns for senior citizens with no access to vehicles, has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant to expand its operations by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. In its first year, 2009, more than 1,700 rides were provided.