Glastonbury independent insurance agency GoodWorks Insurance has donated $2,500 to the FOCUS Center for Autism and is the presenting sponsor of the 2015 FOCUS Festival for Autism. FOCUS Center for Autism in Canton is a nonprofit that provides supportive programming and services for children and young adults with autism spectrum disorders. GoodWorks donates at least […]
Glastonbury independent insurance agency GoodWorks Insurance has donated $2,500 to the FOCUS Center for Autism and is the presenting sponsor of the 2015 FOCUS Festival for Autism. FOCUS Center for Autism in Canton is a nonprofit that provides supportive programming and services for children and young adults with autism spectrum disorders. GoodWorks donates at least 50 percent of its operating profit to qualified nonprofits that support education, health care and public-safety programs.
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The Cigna Foundation is making a $25,000 donation to the American Red Cross for flood relief in Texas and Oklahoma. Cigna is also activating an internal website that will enable company employees to request matching funds for employee donations to the Red Cross. The company is also expanding access to its 24/7 telephone help line to provide personal assistance and support for all residents in affected areas.
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As part of Citizens Bank's Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money financial literacy initiative, The Connecticut Association for Human Services received $15,000 for their Connecticut Money School program. The program is a collaboration of five nonprofit partners that offer free financial education for adults and seniors.
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The American Mural Project has received a $25,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation. The grant will help support AMP's new arts center and installation of its signature piece — a 120-foot-long, 48-foot-high mural — the largest indoor collaborative artwork in the world. The new building will also house AMP's educational programs, which utilize the arts to foster confidence, collaboration and critical thinking skills in students from diverse racial and economic backgrounds.
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Farmington's The Jackson Laboratory will receive $100,000 from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations in support of “Teaching the Genome Generation,” the laboratory's innovative teacher professional development education program. Launching last summer, the program gives high school science and math teachers hands-on lab experience that they can share with their colleagues and students.
