Bank of America has named South Park Inn as the 2015 Neighborhood Builder for Hartford. The award includes a $200,000 grant and leadership training for the nonprofit. Pictured (from left) are: Brian Baker, South Park Inn assistant director; Dean Anderson, Bank of America senior vice president; Mary Lusso, South Park Inn finance director; Stacie Nicholas, […]
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Bank of America has named South Park Inn as the 2015 Neighborhood Builder for Hartford. The award includes a $200,000 grant and leadership training for the nonprofit. Pictured (from left) are: Brian Baker, South Park Inn assistant director; Dean Anderson, Bank of America senior vice president; Mary Lusso, South Park Inn finance director; Stacie Nicholas, South Park Inn development director; Kevin Cunningham, Connecticut president, Bank of America; and John Ferrucci, South Park Inn executive director.
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Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford (LVGH) recently received a $1 million bequest from a long-time tutor. Beverly Heckel of Farmington was a tutor at LVGH up until her passing last January. LVGH has created an endowment fund with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and is currently working with a strategic planner brainstorming ideas on how to use the bequest in a way that will give back to their students.
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Environmental Office Solutions (EOS) and Operation Fuel announced a partnership to promote recycling and reduce landfill waste, while helping Connecticut residents who need energy assistance. As part of the partnership East Hartford-based Environmental Office Solutions will make a donation to Operation Fuel, when businesses and organizations collect used print cartridges for EOS to recycle.
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The Tariq Farid Foundation announced a $10,000 grant to The Diaper Bank, a New Haven nonprofit that provides free diapers to low-income families. The grant will enable The Diaper Bank to serve more families, as funds will be used to purchase diapers for 100 children each month for one year. Since 2004, The Diaper Bank has distributed more than 18 million free diapers to low-income families in Connecticut. Tariq Farid, the founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements, founded the Tariq Farid Foundation in 2013 to alleviate suffering by providing for the basic needs of food and health care, and to support education and skill development opportunities.
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Webster Bank presented a $30,000 Community Reinvestment Act-Community Development Grant to Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven. Half the grant will support the agency's first-time homebuyer and foreclosure prevention counseling programs. The other half will support its Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, a program that purchases and renovates older housing stock for future affordable homeownership.
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