Join Cynthia Clegg, President and CEO, Community Foundation of Middlesex County, Dave Director, Chairman, Council of Business Partners at the Community Foundation of Middlesex County, Pat Rehmer, Senior Vice President, Hartford Healthcare and President, Behavioral Health Network and Renee DiNino, Director of Community Affairs for iHeartMedia as they chat about the Buddy Bench project and its positive impact on the community. Listen to the interview HERE
What an evening – from entrancing wildlife to great friends to beautiful vistas, we couldn’t have asked for more! We wish to thank everyone who joined us for a beautiful evening of fun and good cheer aboard the Lady Katharine as we Sailed Away for a Celebration on the Connecticut River. For those of you who could not make it,
At the Community Foundation of Middlesex County (CFMC), we are so fortunate to be surrounded by “Good People Doing Great Things”. Every day we are reminded that everyone in our region truly cares about our friends and neighbors and where we live, work and play. On Wednesday August 22, CFMC held its bi-annual Local Leaders, Local Legends awards reception at the Essex Steam Train
It’s a simple idea – with lasting results. Sometimes children (and even adults) feel alone. Sometimes children aren’t certain how to ask others to be included in activities at school. Well, there’s a solution – the Buddy Bench. Thanks to a partnership with the Community Foundation’s Council of Business Partners and At-Risk Boys Funds, Rushford Academy, and you, our kind and generous donors, Buddy Benches are appearing on playgrounds throughout Middlesex County. RALLYING FOR RESPECT, KINDNESS, AND POSITIVE CHANGE with a BUDDY BENCH PROGRAM. Buddy Benches are safe havens on playgrounds and give grade school children the easy opportunity to “buddy…
The Animals: Respect and Friendship (ARF!) Fund took the lead from a family in Chester and decided to help get a special piece of equipment in the hands of every fire department in Middlesex County. The ARF! Fund Committee set a goal in the fall of 2017 to raise awareness about the dangers of smoke inhalation to our “furry” friends and to equip our local fire departments with the tools necessary to rescue anyone and any animal they may come across in a fire. The ARF! Fund Committee has purchased a special oxygen mask kit which is designed to fit…
When is a bench so much more than a bench? When does a bench have the power to connect people of all ages and experiences and create a community of upstanders? When it is a Buddy Bench built by at-risk youth from Rushford Academy in Durham. Thanks to 34 individual donors and the countless contributors to two Funds at the Community Foundation of Middlesex County, the residential teen students are learning positive life skills and giving back to their community. The students at Rushford Academy are building wooden benches for local schools to use as a social inclusion tool. The…
Please join the Community Foundation in welcoming our newest Board members! Laura Colebank Laura was co-owner of Tantor Media Inc., a digital audiobook publishing company. She and her husband founded the company in 2000 and sold to Recorded Books in 2014. She served eight years on the Audiobook Publishers Association Public Relations Committee to raise audiobook awareness, and the Audio Publishers Association Board for six years. Her career spanned marketing positions at First Brands Corporation and other consumer product companies. She received a B.A. in Economics and French from Duke University. Laura joined the Community Foundation of Middlesex County Grants Committee in 2015. Her…
Thank you – one and all – for an incredible night celebrating 20 Years of Philanthropy * Leadership * Legacy. November 17, 2017 truly was a night to remember – made possible by the generosity of so many in our community. We are deeply humbled and grateful for the support of our guests and friends, and we wish to take this moment to thank our generous sponsors, benefactors, patrons, and volunteers for all they did to make our 20th anniversary celebration a great success! Friends and neighbors gathered together to celebrate 20 years of Helping Good People Do Great Things!…
We are honored and humbled to have participated in Wesleyan University’s Board Intern Program since its inception. The program offers students and selected nonprofits to partner and share expertise, talents, and skills all for the benefit of Middlesex County. The Community Foundation of Middlesex County is thrilled to welcome our 2017-2018 intern, Ferdinand Quayson. As you will read, he has accomplished so much in such a short period of time. Ferdinand is a sophomore at Wesleyan University with a keen interest in youth development. He grew up as an orphan and spent most of his childhood on the streets of…
Dahlia DeHaan was the Community Foundation’s first intern through the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce’s Youth @ Work Summer Employment Program. Dahlia returned to CFMC this summer through the Youth @ Work program, and we asked her to reflect on her experiences in the program and at CFMC. Five Years Later … What I’ve Learned Dahlia DeHaan I’m no stranger to office work. The first job I ever had was at the Community Foundation of Middlesex County in the summer of 2012, since I had been accepted and enrolled in the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce Youth @ Work Program….
