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City of Norwalk Announces Initiative to Help Bridge Digital Divide As the Fall Semester Approaches
NORWALK, CT -- On Monday, the City of Norwalk announced the Connectivity Initiative to try and help the 7-8 percent of children who did not have high-quality, reliable internet service. Dalio Education is the lead supporter of the initiative, providing $315,000 to Norwalk Public Schools which will contract with Altice/Optimum to provide high-speed internet to the 1,000 Norwalk families. This will be supplemented with a $50,000 grant from the Be Foundation. The Per and Astrid Heidenreich Family Foundation and The Ritter Family Foundation have each provided grants of $125,000 to support the Community Services Department and the Family Navigators.
Comcast Increases Access to and Speeds of Internet Essentials’ Low-Income Internet Service to Support Americans Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
Company Opens Xfinity WiFi Network Nationally for Free, Offers Unlimited Data for Free, Confirms Its Commitment to Connecting Low-Income Families
United Technologies Announces Multimillion Dollar STEM Partnership with National Academy Foundation (NAF)
Initiative will launch the first Academies of Engineering in select Puerto Rico high schools
Children’s Museum Receives Grant to Bring STEAM to Hartford’s Latinx Children
HARTFORD, CT -- To increase access to STEAM experiences for 800 Hartford Latinx children, the Latino Endowment Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded The Children’s Museum a one-year, $20,000 grant to support its “Bringing STEAM to Hartford Latinx Children & Families” program.
Imagine Nation Gets Grant for STEAM
BRISTOL, CT -- Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Liberty Bank Foundation for “Imagine Nation with STEAM.”
Comcast Announces Largest Ever Expansion of Its Internet Essentials Program to Reach All Low-Income Americans
New Grant Helps Children's Museum Expand Its Hartford Footprint
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- A new grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving will allow the West Hartford-based Children’s Museum to bring Hartford children more STEAM programming. Michael Werle, the museum’s executive director, said a partnership between the museum, the Hartford Public Library, the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Hartford, and Connecticut Children’s is going to help the museum expand on its offerings in the city.
Veterinary Studentd advance Animal and Human Health Through Research as Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Scholars
Grant to Pay for Scientific Equipment at Northwestern Connecticut Community College
WINSTED, CT -- Students at Northwestern Connecticut Community College, including local high schoolers, will be able to reap the benefits of new scientific equipment after a $35,000 grant was supplied by the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation.
United Technologies Forms Strategic Partnership with Girls Who Code
Food Rescue US Receives Foundation Grant
NORWALK, CT -- The national food rescue organization Food Rescue U.S. based in Norwalk has received a $2,500 grant from the New Canaan Community Foundation to support the expansion of the organization’s food rescue platform and in-house technology.
Hartford Public Library Receives almost $300,000 to Reduce Digital Divide in Hartford
Area Jewish Day Schools Kick Off STEAM Initiative
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- West Hartford’s Hebrew High School of New England and Solomon Schechter Day School, and Bloomfield-based Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford have launched a new initiative with support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford.
Cox Charities Northeast 2018 Community Grant Application for STEAM Programs
Community Foundation Meeting Focuses on the Science of Helping Kids
NEW LONDON, CT -- The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut held its annual meeting on Wednesday, November 29, where speaker and education policy advocate, Dr. Janice M. Gruendel set the tone by bringing attention to the opportunity gap faced by many children and families and to the successful ways to create more access and equity.
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Grant Supports Weitzman Institute Community eConsult Network Pilot in CT
HARTFORD, CT -- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Community eConsult Network to test the use of electronic specialty consults (eConsults) at three health centers in Connecticut.
Teens To Keep Up Conservation Work At Beardsley Zoo Thanks To $10K Grant
BRIDGEPORT, CT -- The Beardsley Zoo’s Conservation Discovery Corps will continue its programming for teens thanks to a $10,000 grant from People’s United Community Foundation. The grant will support the zoo’s program designed for high school students to work alongside field biologists and study the role of zoos in conservation and education.
With $2 Million Renovation, the New England Air Museum Entices New Visitors
Applications Now Available for Avangrid Foundation Energy & Environment Scholarships
NEW GLOUCESTER, ME -- The Avangrid Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for master’s studies in energy and/or the environment at Binghamton University, Cornell University, the University of Connecticut, Oregon State University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Maine, and the University of Rochester in the United States; ICAI School of Engineering in Spain; and the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom for the 2017/2018 academic year. The Scholarship application deadline is 8 a.m. (EST) February 17, 2017.