New Initiative Tackles Achievement Gap By Getting Parents to Interact with Kids
Did you know that talking to children under the age of three is one of the biggest keys to their success once they start school? The New Britain Discovery Collaborative is about to launch Let's Talk, It Makes a Difference, a powerful new program designed around this critical success factor. Read more.

Friends of the Community Foundation recently took a fascinating tour inside New Britain-based CW Resources' dry food packaging facility for a glimpse at how the organization provides meaningful employment for people with disabilities and those who are socioeconomically challenged. Read more.

Friends of the Community Foundation received a letter of invitation this month to participate in the Partners in Philanthropy initiative. Read more about this opportunity to join the Community Foundation in exercising responsible leadership that makes a tangible difference.

The area's nonprofit leaders are invited to attend "Tough Times, Tough Decisions", the third workshop in a popular series co-sponsored by the American Savings Foundation and the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, to help nonprofits imagine, plan and act on innovative strategies for the current economic environment. Read more.

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