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Worth Loomis

PHOTO | Contributed Pictured (from left) are: Sara Borghesi, Lincoln Financial Group; and Joan C. Dauber, Food Bank director.

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The Women's Business Development Council and Hartford law firm McCarter & English recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to announce their partnership. McCarter & English is supporting WBDC as it develops women business leaders and strengthens the economy of Connecticut by providing financial, entrepreneurial and access-to-capital educational programs to startups, emerging and established business owners.

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In honor of Leadership Greater Hartford's 40th Anniversary, the family of Worth Loomis, one of the organization's original pioneers, has created a $40,000 Worth Loomis Family Matching Gift. Additionally, Leadership Greater Hartford received a $5,000 grant from the TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, for its 2016 Common Ground youth leadership program. The program teaches leadership skills to a diverse group of 40 urban and suburban high school students from the Greater Hartford area.

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Employees at Lincoln Financial Group in Hartford held a diaper drive to benefit the Joan C. Dauber Food Bank at St. Francis. The drive raised about 2,000 diapers, baby wipes and ointment to benefit families receiving services at the Food Bank.

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