The Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce’s Helicopter Golf Ball Drop raised $1,500 for the Wallingford Emergency Shelter. The Helicopter Golf Ball Drop was sponsored by C. Cowles and Co. at the Chamber’s 31st annual golf tournament presented by Component Engineers Inc. and held at the Farms Country Club in Wallingford.• • •The Bushnell Park Foundation has […]
The Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce's Helicopter Golf Ball Drop raised $1,500 for the Wallingford Emergency Shelter. The Helicopter Golf Ball Drop was sponsored by C. Cowles and Co. at the Chamber's 31st annual golf tournament presented by Component Engineers Inc. and held at the Farms Country Club in Wallingford.
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The Bushnell Park Foundation has received funding to repair and restore two historic statues in the park: Spirit of Victory, the Spanish American War Memorial, and the Horace Wells statue. The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation awarded $15,000 for restoration of Spirit of Victory. The Horace Wells Trust Fund and the James McManus Fund of the Hartford Dental Society awarded a combined total of $11,000 for work on the Horace Wells statue. Additional funding was provided by the city of Hartford.
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The Hartford Foundation awarded Brighter Futures Family Centers a grant of $780,000. Family Centers are designed to meet neighborhood families' specific needs and interests, and foster young children's success in school and beyond. The grant will ensure that Brighter Futures Family Centers have the resources they need to offer programs and continue to directly support families and enhance opportunities for all Hartford children to learn and thrive.
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The YMCA of Greater Hartford has received a grant from Voya Foundation to support the Y-BELL Power Scholars Academy, a program designed to increase academic achievement in underperforming and underserved youth in grades K-5. Power Scholars Academy provides structured learning and enrichment activities to more than 200 scholars from Hartford and East Hartford who are engaged in activities that will help reverse summer learning loss and prepare them for a successful 2015-2016 academic year.
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Community Health Resources received a $245,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving for its Hartford Latino Child and Family Services program. The program will offer a wide variety of behavioral health services to Spanish speaking children and families with a specific focus on trauma. The program will also assist parents and caregivers with the skills and support necessary to raise their children.
