Wells Fargo & Co. doled out $1,000 grants to 69 Connecticut nonprofits to celebrate the recent planting of its banking flag in state soil.
The San Francisco banking giant is the successor to the former Wachovia Bank network in the state.
The bank’s Community Partners Breakfast series gives local branch managers the opportunity to choose nonprofit to get the grant, Wells Fargo said.
“We used this occasion to celebrate and acknowledge our community partners who provide critical services to local residents,” said Joe Kirk, Wells Fargo’s regional president for Connecticut and New York.
Wells Fargo employs more than 1,500 in its 74 branches in the state.
The Connecticut groups receiving $1,000 grants from Wells Fargo are:
Ansonia – Birmingham Group Health Services
Bethel – American Cancer Society
Branford – The Community Dining Room
Bridgeport – Catholic Charities of Fairfield County
Bridgeport – The Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County
Bristol – Connecticut Community Care, Inc.
Brookfield – Child and Family Institute of Fairfield County
Cheshire – Mari Hall Family Foundation
Cos Cob – Kids in Crisis
Danbury – Americares Free Clinic of Danbury
Danbury – Ann’s Place, The Home of I Can
Danbury – Bridge to Independence & Career Opportunity
Danbury – Dorothy Day Hospitality House
Darien – Darien Library
Darien – Person-to-Person
East Hartford – East Hartford ChildPlan
East Haven – Connecticut Food Bank
Essex – The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries
Fairfield – Operation Hope
Greenwich – Neighbor to Neighbor
Greenwich – United Way of Greenwich
Hamden – Eli Whitney Museum
Hamden – Newhallville Housing & Development Corporation
Hamden – The Children’s Center of Hamden
Hamden – YMCA – Hamden
Hartford – Hartford Interval House Inc.
Hartford – Our Piece of the Pie
Hartford – United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut
Meriden – Beat The Street Community Center
Meriden – Boys and Girls Club of Meriden
Meriden – Girls Incorporated of Meriden
Middletown – Northern Middlesex YMCA
Milford – Beth-El Center
New Canaan – New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corp.
New Haven – Community Action Agency of New Haven
New Haven – Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen
New Haven – New Haven Home Recovery
Newtown – Cyrenius H. Booth Library
Norwalk – Achieve
Norwalk – Junior Achievement of South West Connecticut
Norwalk – Safe Haven for Youth of Ethiopia LTD
Norwalk – Stepping Stones Children’s Museum, Mathews Park
North Branford – Angel Food Ministries
North Haven – Best Buddies Connecticut
Ridgefield – Boys and Girls Club of Ridgefield
Seymour – Seymour Founders Day Association Inc.
Shelton – Hopeline Women’s Center Inc.
Southington – The Southington Education Foundation
Stamford – Activities for Kids, Inc.
Stamford – Diversity Films, Inc.
Stamford – Senior Services of Stamford
Stratford – South End Community Council of Stratford
Stamford – Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Southwestern Connecticut
Stamford – Umbrella Club
Wallingford – Master’s Manna Inc.
Wallingford – Wallingford Family YMCA
Waterbury – Family Services of Greater Waterbury
Waterbury – Police Activity League of Waterbury, Inc.
Waterbury –Â Rose Hope Animal Refuge
Waterbury – Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury
Waterbury – Western CT Area Agency on Aging, Inc.
Watertown – Watertown Foundation
West Haven – Savin Rock Carousel Committee
West Haven – West Haven Community House Association
Westport – A Better Chance of Westport
Wilton – Wilton Interfaith Council Food Pantry
Wolcott – Junior Women’s Club of Wolcott
Woodbridge – Ezra Academy
Woodbury – Community Services Council of Woodbury
