| Celebrate Our Communities! awards season in full swing |
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 Coincidentally, another couple was selected to receive this year's Celebrate Plainville! award. Jane and Bob Mercure were honored Tuesday, April 7 at the Plainville Chamber of Commerce's Annual Meeting. Their legacy of community service began 47 years ago after their daughter, Maureen, was born with Down Syndrome... Read more. |
| Wanted: New Catalyst Fund Members |
Future Philanthropists Invited to May 27 Meeting Have you ever admired those who make a difference in your community and wondered how you can do it, too? The Foundation's Catalyst Fund is for those who see themselves as limited in time and or money but are ready to be more involved. Join us at our May 27 meeting to find out just how easy philanthropy can be... Read more. |
| Family Resource Center's Recent Open House Shows that Parent Interest is High |
Click here to visit the Hartford Courant's story on the FRC open house. |
| New Britain's Gagliardi Family Partners with Foundation to Manage Scholarship Fund |
After a decade of overseeing the high school scholarship fund created to honor her late husband's love for the kids he coached in track, Joan Gagliardi has asked the Community Foundation to manage the fund. Read more. |
Our first honorees (and first-ever couple selected), Celebrate Berlin! award recipients Bart and Donna Bovee (right), were honored Friday evening, March 27, at the Berlin Chamber of Commerce's Annual Meeting. For the Bovee's, community volunteering has been a partnership... 
Southington's new Family Resource Center (FRC), which was funded last year by a $25,000, one-year grant from the First Years First Fund, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain's early childhood development initiative, recently hosted an open house to showcase the success of its new playgroups in four of the town's eight elementary schools. At full capacity with waiting lists, the playgroups were started to help young children and their parents make a successful transition to school.| About Us |
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