Webster Financial Corp. says it’s donated $100,000 to United Ways to support local communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Waterbury-based super-regional lender said the funds will be used to provide food, shelter, health care and childcare for agencies and families across the state facing financial hardship because of the global health crisis.
“Webster has been a long-time partner with United Way and we are committed to providing
immediate resources to help families and individuals who are facing challenges in ways never
seen before,” said Kathy Luria, senior vice president and director of philanthropy and community
affairs at Webster.
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Hartford Foundation awards $1.1M grants from coronavirus response fund
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded grants worth more than $1.1 million as part of its third round of funding to support communities dealing with financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.
The organization’s latest funding round this week is aimed at supporting Wallingford’s Capital for Change ($505,000), Oak Hill in Hartford ($150,000), MARC Inc. of Manchester ($100,000), Bloomfield’s Community Solutions, Manchester Area Conference of Churches and Hartford homeless shelter South Park Inn ($75,000).
Other nonprofit recipients in Hartford and Enfield received between $10,850 and $50,000.
The foundation seeded the relief fund with an initial $1 million. The fund has awarded $3.28 million in grants to date.
On Friday, the foundation said donors have contributed more than $3 million to its COVID-19 Response Fund, including a donation of $500,000 from the LEGO Group and LEGO Foundation of Enfield’s LEGO Group. LEGO also donated an additional $600,000 to the 4-CT Statewide Relief Fund, which is administered by the foundation.
“We remain committed to doing all we can to provide immediate assistance to nonprofits and support long-term efforts that will be necessary to stabilize our region in the aftermath of this crisis,” said Hartford Foundation president Jay Williams.
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Travelers donating 130 meals daily amid COVID-19 crisis
Travelers Cos. is donating 130 meals every weekday to programs and services provided by Hartford nonprofit Community Renewal Team (CRT) during the coronavirus crisis.
Travelers is providing free meals from April through at least mid-May from their catering service that would typically serve the property-casualty insurer’s employees, CRT said this week.
CRT says the meals are being served through many of its programs, including CRT Generations, where grandparents are the legal guardians of their grandchildren in Hartford.
Other meals are going to the East Hartford Family Shelter, Veteran’s Crossing in East Hartford and to low-income senior residents at Coventry Place in Bloomfield.
The contributions are part of Travelers’ $5 million pledge to COVID-19 coronavirus relief efforts.
