Farmington Bank Community Foundation has awarded retirement community New Horizons Village a $10,000 grant. The funds will be used to purchase a state-of-the-art wireless call-for-aid system for New Horizons’ care services program, which provides residents with access to care 24 hours a day, including emergency care.• • •Proton OnSite of Wallingford recently gave out $36,000 […]
Farmington Bank Community Foundation has awarded retirement community New Horizons Village a $10,000 grant. The funds will be used to purchase a state-of-the-art wireless call-for-aid system for New Horizons' care services program, which provides residents with access to care 24 hours a day, including emergency care.
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Proton OnSite of Wallingford recently gave out $36,000 in scholarships to three high school seniors as part of The Proton OnSite Scholarship and Innovation Program. The program was created to help fuel the future careers of science and technology students. Proton OnSite has awarded more than $2 million to 25 high school students over the past six years through the scholarship program, which is devoted to building the next generation of scientific innovation.
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Nonprofit Channel 3 Kids Camp recently named Kathy Leveillee as board president. Leveillee works as a personal consultant at PS Consulting in Putnam and is the founder of The Ashway Foundation, a nonprofit that supports children and their families with special needs.
Leveillee will work to uphold Channel 3 Kids Camp's mission to provide fun year-round opportunities to children of all abilities, families, and communities through educational and recreational programs that promote diversity, acceptance, and environmental appreciation.
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The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has provided a $150,000 capital grant to support Hartford Healthcare's newly opened Cancer Institute at The Hospital of Central Connecticut.
The Community Foundation's board of directors recently approved $305,351 in discretionary community grants to nonprofit organizations and programs serving Berlin, New Britain, Plainville, and Southington.
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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford and Bristol Public Library grants in the amount of $7,500 and $2,000, respectively, to support local literacy programs. These grants are part of more than $5.8 million awarded to approximately 720 schools, nonprofits, and organizations across the 43 states the company serves.
