With an increasing number of families lacking security in their housing, local organizations confront ever-changing challenges to support this at-risk community DARIEN, CT – Impact Fairfield County (“Impact FFC”) recently held its first Impactful Conversation of the 2023-2024 grant year on the topic of “No Place Like Home,” addressing the urgent and increasing needs of…
Greenwich Communities will host a ceremony dedicating the new community room at Armstrong Court to the late Winston A. Robinson, a former resident, civil rights, community, church leader, and an outstanding human being. The dedication will be in Greenwich on Saturday, September 9, at 10:00 a.m., as announced by Anthony L. Johnson, CEO and Executive…
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Fire Academy has been awarded a grant of $334,789 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through its Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. This funding will be used to enhance the academy’s training programs, equipment, and overall operations, ultimately improving the safety and effectiveness…
HARTFORD, CT – Connecticut’s Social Equity Council (SEC) today announced that its awarding $6 million in grants through a Community Reinvestment Pilot Program. This funding will support 6 organizations across Connecticut to be used for the purposes of developing, expanding, and supporting programs that uplift communities and strengthen families disproportionately impacted by the “War on…
Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, Wilton, CT – Person to Person (P2P) is participating in the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger (Postal) Food Drive on Saturday, May 13, 2023. All three P2P food pantries are collaborating with local post offices to help re-stock the P2P pantries, making it easy for residents in lower Fairfield…
Event remembered volunteers Charlotte K. Taverna and Allison Haupt, and featured speaker Lydia Fenet Norwalk, CT – Family & Children’s Agency (FCA) is thrilled to announce that their annual Mother’s Day Tea on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Nordstrom’s Bazille Bistro in The SoNo Collection broke the event’s attendance record with more than 100 people…
STAMFORD, CT., February 9, 2023 — The First County Bank Foundation is now accepting applications for the annual Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award. High school seniors can apply at https://firstcountybank.com/community/awards-and-scholarships/ The Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award rewards high school seniors residing in the towns of Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Westport and Bridgeport,…
Greenwich, CT – Laurence B. Simon, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Nathaniel Witherell, announced today that the Witherell will receive a bequest of approximately $900,000 from the estate of former Greenwich resident Reinhold Vogel. It was one of the largest single gifts in the facility’s recent history. In accordance with Mr. Vogel’s…
Norwalk, CT – The Norwalk Senior Center (NSC) is pleased to announce the appointment of MaryAnn Bruno to its Board of Directors. The Norwalk Senior Center is a non-profit agency which provides a variety of programs and services for older adults in the mid-Fairfield County area. The Senior Center works collaboratively with other organizations and…
BRIDGEPORT, CT – Housatonic Community College handed out turkeys and all the trimmings to 170 students last week, making the season of giving thanks a little brighter for those families. For the third year in a row, the college’s Student Senate handed out Thanksgiving meal bags filled with holiday dinner staples such as potatoes, carrots,…