The Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth & Family Center received a $2,200 grant from The ValMark Securities Global Gift Fund to support its Y Achievers Program. Y Achievers fosters academic success and career development for youth in grades five through 12.• • •The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded a three-year $296,714 grant to support the Jobs […]
The Wilson-Gray YMCA Youth & Family Center received a $2,200 grant from The ValMark Securities Global Gift Fund to support its Y Achievers Program. Y Achievers fosters academic success and career development for youth in grades five through 12.
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The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded a three-year $296,714 grant to support the Jobs Funnel Women in Construction and Licensed Trades Training and Placement Project run by Capital Workforce Partners. The grant will help more women have the opportunity to pursue a career in the construction trades.
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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 support of the 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 to 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.
