Ninety Nine Restaurants in Glastonbury, Enfield and Vernon, raised $18,191 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, with special menu items throughout the month of October. This contribution will be used to help fund programs that teach more than 5,000 Hartford youths how to be productive, caring, and responsible citizens. Pictured (above) are Ninety […]
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Ninety Nine Restaurants in Glastonbury, Enfield and Vernon, raised $18,191 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, with special menu items throughout the month of October. This contribution will be used to help fund programs that teach more than 5,000 Hartford youths how to be productive, caring, and responsible citizens. Pictured (above) are Ninety Nine Restaurants' employees with a check donation.
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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford received a $125,000 grant from the Travelers Foundation, the charitable arm of Travelers. The grant will provide project support for the after-school program at Bellizzi Asian Studies Academy in Hartford, as well as operating support for the four Main Club Sites in collaboration with Joe Young Studios.
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Connecticut Realtors recently announced new sponsorship programs with The Maritime Aquarium and the Mystic Aquarium. At The Maritime Aquarium, Connecticut Realtors will help fund the seal adoption program for seven seals living at the aquarium in Norwalk. At the Mystic Aquarium, they will be supporting the animal rescue program to help find new homes for two California sea lions.
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The Tunxis Community College Foundation and Advisory Board Inc. raised almost $78,000 at an economic conference and networking breakfast commemorating its 45th anniversary. The money will fund student scholarships and provide emergency services and textbooks for students in need at Tunxis Community College in Farmington.
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Trinity College in Hartford has been awarded a $685,545 grant by the National Science Foundation to educate future teachers in science, technology, engineering and math education. A dozen undergraduates will come to Trinity next summer to teach inner-city Hartford students.
Undergraduate students from about 60 liberal arts colleges and universities, Trinity students included, are eligible to apply for the program. Twelve students will participate in a science Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates program at Trinity, teaching science workshops to 10th-grade students from Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy.
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