The Rockville Bank Foundation recently awarded a $5,000 grant to the Housing Education Resource Center. The funds will be used to support housing counseling, information, education, mediation, intervention and referral services provided by HERC to those seeking help and answers with their housing problems and questions. Located in Hartford, The Housing Education Resource Center helps tenants, landlords, home buyers and home owners who are unable to resolve their housing problems on their own. Pictured, from left, are: Tymina Follins, community outreach officer, United Bank; Susan Harkett-Turley, Karin Nigol and Nancy Vivar-Ramos from the Housing Education Resource Center.
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The Lincoln Financial Foundation recently gave $264,000 in grants to 18 local nonprofit agencies that sustain learning. These grants are a portion of nearly $804,000 in charitable funds the Foundation has allocated for Hartford in 2014. The funding will help to strengthen educational opportunity, close the achievement gap and reduce the dropout rate in Hartford.
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Kohl’s Department Stores awarded two local youths $1,000 higher education scholarships through the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program for making a positive impact in their local communities. Emily Christensen of Manchester was selected for creating Crayons for Cancer, a nonprofit supporting families whose children are suffering from cancer by selling wax creations made by melting a box of old crayons. Samantha Petersen of South Windsor was chosen for starting SHIFT Scoliosis, an organization that educates and supports children and their families with spinal conditions.
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A grant from SBM Charitable Foundation to Hartford Stage will bring the theatre’s award-winning education programs to thousands of students in East Hartford, Manchester, and Vernon/Rockville over the next year. The grant will support students through the “Student Performance Series” and “Connections,” two of the Hartford Stage Education Department’s programs, which serve more than 20,000 young people statewide annually.
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Farmington Bank Community Foundation awarded an $8,500 grant to New Horizons Village for their energy efficiency capital improvements project. The project includes upgrades to the lighting and HVAC systems, replacement of all boilers, and the conversion from oil to natural gas. New Horizons Village, located in Farmington, is an accessible living community for adults with physical disabilities.
