Bob’s Discount Furniture presented Autism Speaks a $100,000 check as part of its Café Collections for a Cause initiative. Bob’s Discount Furniture customers donated $30,000 to the Café Collections and Bob’s Outreach team more than matched the funds raised to provide the nonprofit with $100,000. The funds will go toward research, awareness and advocacy programs […]
Bob's Discount Furniture presented Autism Speaks a $100,000 check as part of its Café Collections for a Cause initiative. Bob's Discount Furniture customers donated $30,000 to the Café Collections and Bob's Outreach team more than matched the funds raised to provide the nonprofit with $100,000. The funds will go toward research, awareness and advocacy programs to increase knowledge of autism and help those affected by the condition in communities across the country.
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The Village for Families & Children received a $115,000 grant from Travelers to support the Truancy Court Prevention Project at Alfred E. Burr and Martin Luther King, Jr. schools in Hartford. The program is designed to help students improve attendance, academic performance and their social connection to the school.
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Bank of America's George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation provided a $4,000 grant to support Leadership Greater Hartford's Common Ground program.
Common Ground is a 15-week program, offered each fall, that engages high school students from Greater Hartford in leadership training, diversity awareness and community problem solving.
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A $5,000 grant has been awarded from the Stanley D. and Hinda N. Fisher Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to Hartford nonprofit Oak Hill for the Eleanor A. Brooks Blindness Related Supports Center. The program enhances the quality of life for people who are blind or visually impaired by providing computer training, mentoring, independent living skills, introduction to assistive technology and employment.
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The Center for Latino Progress has been awarded $25,000 by the Travelers Foundation for the support of LOGROS: Civics, Career & College Readiness Program.
The grant will allow the implementation of a culturally sensitive curriculum that will allow youth to acquire learning strategies; complete college applications and visits; complete scholarship applications; and receive financial assistance for college registration.
