TORRINGTON, CT -- The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation through the Draper Foundation Fund, the Marion Wm. and Alice Edwards Fund, and through gifts made by an anonymous local donor, has awarded 53 charitable organizations serving some of the area’s most economically distressed residents grants totaling $60,000. Grants will help provide the most basic of necessities – food, warm clothing and shelter.
The following nonprofits received critical needs grants:
- Barkhamsted Senior Center
- Batcheller Early Education Center
- Bethlehem Assistance Fund
- Bethlehem Food Bank
- Bethlehem Fuel Bank
- Bronc Callahan Community Fund
- Catholic Charities, Inc.
- Center Congregational Church
- Chore Service, Inc.
- Colebrook Associates
- Colebrook Congregational Church
- Community Kitchen of Torrington
- Connecticut Food Bank
- Falls Village Emergency Relief/Fuel Fund
- Falls Village Senior Center
- Family & Children's Aid
- FISH/Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern CT
- Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry
- Friendly Hands Food Bank, Inc.
- Goshen Community Care and Hospice
- Goshen Good Neighbor Fund
- Hands of Grace
- Helping Hands Chore Service, Inc.
- Housatonic Youth Service Bureau
- Junior Women's Club of Litchfield Hills
- Litchfield Hills Chore Service, Inc.
- Litchfield Hills Northwest Elderly Nutrition Program
- Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial
- McCall Center for Behavioral Health
- North Canaan Social Services
- Northwest Hills Council of Governments Fuel Bank
- Operation Overflow
- Prime Time House
- Salvation Army
- Sharon Community Foundation
- Sharon Day Care Center
- Sharon Food Bank
- Susan B. Anthony Project, Inc.
- The Corner Food Pantry Inc.
- Torrington Area Youth Service Bureau
- Town of Colebrook
- Town of Kent Social Services
- Town of Norfolk
- Town of Warren Social Services
- United Church of Christ, Cornwall
- Veterans Service Office & Museum
- Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut
- VNA Northwest, Inc.
- Washington Community Fund, Inc.
- Winchester Center Congregational Church
- Winsted Area Child Care Center, Inc.
- Winsted United Methodist Church
- Women's Support Services
Established in 1969, the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation serves 20 towns in Northwest Connecticut. Its total endowment, comprised of more than 250 funds, has grown from initial assets of $15,000 to more than $94 million. Last year, combined grants and scholarships totaled more than $3 million.
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Contacts:
Nicole Carlson Easley
Communications Director
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
860-626-1245
neasley@northwestcf.org
Christina Tranquillo
Program and Communications Associate
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
860-626-1245
ctranquillo@northwestcf.org
Website: www.northwestcf.org