MIDDLETOWN, CT -- This year marks the 20th anniversary of both the Liberty Bank Foundation and the Community Foundation of Middlesex County, and Middlesex United Way recounts their accomplishments and highlights some of their successful collaborations, including the Middlesex County Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, and the Middletown Thanksgiving Community Project.
BOSTON, MA -- Armed with paint brushes, rakes, gloves and basketballs, 150 Harvard Pilgrim, City Year and Boston Celtics' volunteers joined for a day of service to create clean, safe and healthy environments at Boston’s Joseph Lee K-8 school.
DETROIT, MI -- Today, CrowdRise announced that its annual holiday giving campaign will be sponsored by Newman’s Own Foundation, with $500,000 in funding and matching donations for participating charities. The Challenge, which launches November 21, is now accepting charity applications at crowdrise.com/NewmansHolidayChallenge.
WESTPORT, CT – It was on August 25, 1982, that Newman’s Own shipped its first bottles of salad dressing. The late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman, launched the company with his homemade recipe salad dressing, declaring that all profits would go to charity. Now, 35 years later, the company has more than 300 products with 100% of the profits continuing to help charities around the world.
FARMINGTON, CT -- More than a dozen employees from Farmington Bank recently participated in the CFA Society Corporate 5K which started near the Arch in Bushnell Park and passed the State Capitol and other historic buildings.
WESTPORT, CT -- Newman’s Own Foundation announced the third year of its Fellowship Program, as a new class of 17 Fellows is welcomed into the program. The new Fellows come from a wide swath of geography, from Alaska to New Zealand, and they will work at organizations covering six states and Washington, DC.