Willimantic’s Savings Institute Bank & Trust recently contributed $3,800 to The Last Green Valley Inc. (TLGV) to support the nonprofit’s annual Walktober and Tastes of the Valley events. Pictured (from left) are: Emily Petrik, Savings Institute; Lois Bruinooge, TLGV; Joan St. Ament, Savings Institute; and Bill Reid, TLGV.• • •The Discovery Center has been awarded […]
Willimantic's Savings Institute Bank & Trust recently contributed $3,800 to The Last Green Valley Inc. (TLGV) to support the nonprofit's annual Walktober and Tastes of the Valley events. Pictured (from left) are: Emily Petrik, Savings Institute; Lois Bruinooge, TLGV; Joan St. Ament, Savings Institute; and Bill Reid, TLGV.
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The Discovery Center has been awarded a $30,000 “We're Pulling for You” grant from the SBM Charitable Foundation in Manchester to support an educational diversity program for fifth grade students at Manchester's Verplanck and Washington elementary schools. The educational diversity residential program is designed to build positive attitudes about race and differences, while reducing isolation between urban and suburban/rural schools.
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The Hartford Foundation awarded $570,000 to Hartford's six Brighter Future Family Centers to help ensure they have the resources they need to enhance opportunities for all Hartford children to learn and thrive. Centers are located in Asylum Hill, Behind the Rocks, Blue Hills, Frog Hollow, Clay Arsenal and Parkville neighborhoods.
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Operation Fuel recently received donations from two local organizations for its energy-assistance program. The Duncaster Retirement Community Outreach Committee, of Bloomfield, donated $1,000, while the Joseph Family Markets LLC, which owns Shoprite stores in West Hartford and Canton, donated $607.
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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded $70,000 to the Connecticut Historical Society to support the Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program exhibits and events. This funding comes from the NEA's Art Works category and will help support events such as the new “Connecticut Traditional Artists and their Communities” exhibit.
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The Capital Region Education Council recently held its second annual Back to School Block Party at the agency's headquarters in Hartford. The event provided important information about schools and local services and free food to the more than 2,000 people who attended.
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Manchester Community College was awarded $25,000 by the Aurora Women and Girls Foundation to fund a special initiative for female students interested in the sciences, technology, engineering and math. The grant will support students in the college's successful Foundations in Retention, Success and Transition program for first-year and new students.
