Savings Institute Bank & Trust donated $3,000 to 18 local organizations including Olean Foundation Inc., The Matty Fund, Project Genesis and Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center among others. The money was raised through the bank’s quarterly employee-funded Caring and Giving Program, which focused on aiding individuals with disabilities or special needs.• • •The Connecticut Center for Advanced […]
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Savings Institute Bank & Trust donated $3,000 to 18 local organizations including Olean Foundation Inc., The Matty Fund, Project Genesis and Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center among others. The money was raised through the bank's quarterly employee-funded Caring and Giving Program, which focused on aiding individuals with disabilities or special needs.
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The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) and Pratt & Whitney have launched the Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Ambassador Program, in which talented, young employees play the role of manufacturing industry ambassadors to area youth, promoting work in the industry and dispelling misconceptions about it.
East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., is the first manufacturer in Connecticut to support the program. Pratt & Whitney employees, typically ages 26 and under, will reach out to primary and secondary school students and deliver the message that manufacturing is a rewarding career path.
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As a Catalyst sponsor, The United Bank Foundation Connecticut donated $20,000 to the Aurora Foundation for their Signature Breakfast. The annual event attracts over 500 business, community and government leaders from the Greater Hartford region with all net proceeds from the event going to their community investment program.
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The United States Department of Labor has awarded the Connecticut Department of Labor $924,509 to improve technology for existing workforce services and programs. The National Dislocated Worker Grant will help unemployed residents, jobseekers and employers better connect to workforce services.
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Junior Achievement of Southwest New England received a grant from Santander Bank to bring financial literacy programs to students in Hartford schools. The programs will teach students concepts related to budgeting, saving and money management with the intent of promoting the development of good financial habits.
