Cox Communications presented $16,000 in scholarships to eight college-bound students at a recent ceremony at the Connecticut State House.
The 2014 Cox Scholarships were awarded to high school seniors who excel academically, demonstrate strong community involvement and are interested in pursuing a degree in communications, engineering, telecommunications or technology.
Each student received $2,000.
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The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded a record total of 1,856 grants amounting to $29.4 million in 2013, according to the nonprofit’s recently released annual report.
The Foundation’s investment in education reflects the vision of its strategic plan, Accelerate Success, to help create a comprehensive and high-quality system of support for children with services that bridge home life, child care and school settings.
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Girl Scouts of Connecticut received a $25,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation to launch a pilot of its Live Healthy, Lead Healthy program in Hartford’s Asylum Hill neighborhood.
The eight-week health and well-being program aims to help girls ages 5-12 learn the lifelong benefits of fitness, good nutrition and stress reduction.
The nonprofit organization hopes to reach about 75 girls when the program is introduced in September.
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The Children’s Law Center of Connecticut received a three-year, $60,000 grant from the SBM Charitable Foundation in support of the nonprofit’s Legal Representation Program in eastern Connecticut.
The program provides legal advocates to impoverished children whose parents are involved in high conflict divorce, custody or visitation disputes in the Rockville/Tolland and Putnam/Windham Family courts.
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Main Street Community Foundation will be giving $75,000 in grants to 28 organizations through their 2014 General Competitive Grant Cycle.
The grant recipients were chosen from among 37 proposals submitted, and represent a broad range of programs and projects to benefit the communities and residents of Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott.
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Subway co-founder Dr. Peter Buck and his late wife donated a record-setting $30 million to support the construction of Danbury Hospital‘s recently opened Peter and Carmen Lúcia Buck Pavilion.
The 11-story, state-of-the-art building includes intensive and critical care units, an emergency department, and medical/surgical floors. Buck, a Danbury resident who co-founded the world’s largest restaurant chain, Subway, made the donation after expressing appreciation for the care he and his family received at Danbury Hospital over the years.
