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PHOTO | Contributed Pictured (from left) are: Bill McCann, Best Cleaners; Shawn McCann, Best Cleaners; and James Little, Connecticut Forest & Park Association.

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Best Cleaners donated $1,100 to the Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA) as part of its annual Earth Day campaign. The intent of the campaign is to create greater awareness of, as well as support for, CFPA programs and services. The donation represented a percentage of Best's Earth Day total sales as well as contributions from individual customers.

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Sonia Plumb Dance Co. in West Hartford has received $45,000 from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving in support of the company's new Dance Apprenticeship Career Training program. The program has been developed for high school graduates who wish to pursue dance careers, but cannot currently afford the costs of a college education.

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A grant of $15,000 has been awarded from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to Oak Hill for the Eleanor A. Brooks Blindness Related Supports Center. The program enhances the quality of life for people who are blind or visually impaired and who are deaf and blind by providing computer training, mentoring, independent-living-skills training, introduction to assistive technology and employment.

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