Nonprofit Profile: United Way of Connecticut
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PHOTO | Contributed
(From left) Damon D’Amico, Endowment Fund; John Patrick, Farmington Bank; and Chris Traczyk, Farmington Bank Community Foundation.
The Petit Family Foundation has awarded a $4,000 grant to the Boys & Girls Club of Bristol Family Center to underwrite the Venture Crew program. This newly created program will give inner-city girls ages 14-18, a chance to experience activities that are fun and challenging in areas that may be foreign to them. The Petit Family Foundation honors the memories of Jennifer Hawke-Petit, Hayley Elizabeth Petit and Michaela Rose Petit by continuing the kindness, idealism and activism that defined their lives. Pictured (from left) are: Dawn Burke, director of corporate, foundation and donor relations at Boys & Girls Club of Bristol; and Dr. William Petit, Petit Foundation board member.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford received a $40,000 grant from the Comcast Foundation, to help expand the My.Future technology initiative, a hands-on technology training to equip kids with the skills needed to compete in a 21st-century economy. The grant will provide Club staff with an expansion of volunteer efforts and the recruitment of an additional 200 mentors to work with students twice a month to provide help with schoolwork, social activities and coaching life skills.
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The Nutmeg Foundation announced a $35,000 grant to Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford to support its efforts to assist low-income individuals secure and advance in jobs that lead to family-sustaining employment and also provide employers with a qualified workforce.
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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced awards totaling more than $27.6 million in its first round of funding for fiscal year 2016, including an Art Works award of $10,000 to the Hartford Stage to provide production support for the new musical, Anastasia, in May.
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The Farmington Bank Community Foundation presented a $2,000 donation to the East Longmeadow Educational Endowment Fund during the opening of its new branch in East Longmeadow, Mass. The bank celebrated its role as a community partner with donations to area nonprofit organizations.
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