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June 24, 2013 Nonprofit notebook

Citizens Bank presents $15K grant to Women’s Biz Council

Contributed Photo Citizens Bank colleagues celebrate with Fran Pastore, Women’s Business Development Council CEO, film director Rob Fruchtman and Blue Marble Ice Cream Shop owner Alexis Miesen after serving ice cream at the premier of “Sweet Dreams” at Bridgeport’s Bijoux Theatre. The Citizens Bank Foundation presented the WBDC a $15,000 grant.

Citizens Bank officials recently joined the Women’s Business Development Council at Bridgeport’s Bijoux Theatre for the Connecticut premier of “Sweet Dreams,” a documentary film directed by filmmaker Rob Fruchtman that tells the story of 17 Rwandan women who survived the genocide and opened the nation’s first ice cream shop.

A long-time supporter of WBDC, the Citizens Bank Foundation presented a $15,000 grant for the organization’s Budget Coaching Program, which educates hundreds of men and women each year in Connecticut, as well as across the globe.

Fran Pastore, WBDC’s CEO, traveled to the village of Butare, Rwanda, where she shared her organization’s financial literacy and business training curriculum with the women and helped them open their first bank accounts.

Deloitte supports Camp Laurel

Campers at Camp Laurel in Lebanon will enjoy a new floating dock this summer thanks to a $4,200 donation from Deloitte. About 200 Deloitte employees visited Camp Laurel as a part of Deloitte’s IMPACT Day and worked in the pouring rain to complete repairs of the grounds, including stairs and roofs, painting new signs, and clearing brush on the trails.

IMPACT Day is an annual community service event put on by Deloitte. Thousands of Deloitte employees volunteered on approximately 800 community service projects in 80 communities.

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$2M Capitol Towers renovation completed

Residents, community leaders and public officials, including Hartford Mayor Pedro E. Segarra and State Rep. Minnie Gonzalez, recently joined the Retirement Housing Foundation and The Schochet Companies for a rededication ceremony of Capitol Towers in Hartford — marking the completion of nearly $2 million in renovations over the past year.

Opened in 1972, Capitol Towers consists of 144 affordable housing units situated on 1.2 acres in downtown Hartford that provides housing for the elderly and persons with disabilities. In 2012, Retirement Housing Foundation, a national nonprofit that provides affordable housing options for the elderly and disabled and The Schochet Companies, which oversees the management of Capitol Towers, launched a comprehensive renovation project that included $1.77 million in facility improvements and energy savings upgrades. 

The renovations included safety improvements like a new state-of-the-art fire alarm system, a security camera system, and the hiring of part-time security personnel. The complex also replaced all unit windows, toilets, and water valves to assist with energy conservation.

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Hartford Foundation honors college scholarship recipients

 More than 140 recipients in a college scholarship program that awards more than $1 million annually to Greater Hartford students were honored recently at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford during the ninth annual Scholarship Recipient Reception held by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

 Many of the scholarships are renewable, enabling students to receive significant support for each year they are in college as long as they maintain a good academic record. Students may use the grants for tuition, fees, room anºd board, and textbooks. 

 Overall, approximately 625 students will receive new and renewed scholarships in 2013 through the Hartford Foundation program, which last year totaled $1.3 million. The scholarships are awarded through 98 endowed funds created at the Hartford Foundation by individuals, families and organizations. Many of these donors create scholarship funds for personal reasons and the foundation matches recipients with the donor’s criteria. Many donors also support the foundation’s General Scholarship Endowment Fund.

 The Hartford Foundation’s scholarship program also includes $140,000 in block grants to local two-year colleges for scholarships to needy students, and $100,000 in block grants to local four-year schools for awards to students transferring from community colleges.

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