The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded a $220,000 grant to the Greater Hartford YMCA to support its third grade swim program. In an effort to mitigate recent increases in youth drowning deaths, and to promote a life-long healthy activity, the third grade swimming project follows a national YMCA model of an intensive seven-week swim […]
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded a $220,000 grant to the Greater Hartford YMCA to support its third grade swim program. In an effort to mitigate recent increases in youth drowning deaths, and to promote a life-long healthy activity, the third grade swimming project follows a national YMCA model of an intensive seven-week swim curriculum designed to increase children's familiarity and comfort within the water.
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The New Britain Police Department's K9 unit recently visited Community Mental Health Affiliates to accept a donation from the agency. New Britain-based Community Mental Health Affiliates is a private nonprofit provider of behavioral health and substance abuse treatment. CMHA provides treatment for nearly 6,000 children, adolescents and adults each year.
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The American School for the Deaf was awarded a $50,000 grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) as part of its not-for-profit grant program. This grant award is in support of the development and implementation of a visual media studio program on campus, which is the first step in the completion of a comprehensive visual communications center project. The goal of the program is to provide American School for the Deaf students with a skill set that can be transferred to future careers.
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The Nellie Mae Education Foundation has awarded grants to two community organizations in Connecticut as part of the foundation's Amplifying Student Voice and Leadership initiative. The grant recipients include Connecticut YOUTH Forum in Hartford and Hearing Youth Voices in New London.
With these grants, the organizations are able to build capacity for advocating for student voice in education while increasing knowledge and understanding of student-centered learning in their respective communities.
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As a part of its community-giving program ConnexCares, Connex Credit Union recently donated more than $600 from the fees collected by Connex's coin-cashing machine at the Guilford branch to Guilford Youth Mentoring Inc. Connex's “Coins-for-Change” program donates the fees collected to charitable organizations in the local community. Guilford Youth Mentoring is an individual advocacy program that pairs adult volunteers with high school freshmen for one-on-one weekly meetings.
