The Power of Partnership … You hear us say it all the time but it’s true – Great Things happen when we come together! Click here to check out our e-news and learn about two Partnerships Extraordinaire, proving Great People + Great Things = Our Community!
Out now is the November 2024 Newsletter. This month, as we celebrate National Community Foundation Week and National Philanthropy Day, we thank YOU and all the ways YOU help make our community so amazing. Take a look by downloading below! If you’d like to sign up to receive our e-news, click here.
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Thank You for supporting the annual Since 2004, Liberty Bank Foundation, partnering with Rotary Clubs across Connecticut, have raised over $4 million to ensure all families in our community can enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner. Thank you for helping your local Rotary Club share the generosity of a thanksgiving dinner with your community – and helping your local Rotary Club take advantage of Liberty Bank’s generous match campaign. The 2024 Liberty Bank Rotary Club Thanksgiving Drive campaign drive is now closed. The Community Foundation of Middlesex County is honored to join this incredible partnership and support our region this holiday…
The CFMC Board of Directors is pleased to announce that $184,979.00 in grants were awarded to 35 organizations through the Spring 2024 application cycle. Our amazing nonprofits certainly inspire us, and we thank them for their dedication and the extraordinary work they do. We are also inspired by the passion and commitment of all our neighbors, friends, and donors in Middlesex County who are giving back to their local community in ways that matter to them. Below is a full list of the grantees. Please join our Board and staff with A Round of Applause for all of them! To…
We are thrilled to welcome Lilly Person to the Community Foundation of Middlesex County! Lilly has joined our team as an Intern for the summer of 2024. Lilly, a rising Sophomore at the University of Connecticut (UCONN), is from West Chester, Pennsylvania and staying with family in Middlesex County this summer. At UCONN, Lilly is pursuing a degree in finance which she hopes will lead her to a career of working with people and problem solving. So far one of her favorite courses focused on human development and the study of family and relationships. As she finishes her core classes,…
Three years ago, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in CT and the Community Foundation of Middlesex County (CFMC) came together to ensure the realization of the late Dr. Richard Goodwin’s, co-founder of TNC and land preservationist, and his spouse Esther’s vision for Burnham Brook Preserve. Their vision? To expand access to Burnham Brook Preserve as well as conservation initiatives and experiences in the Preserve region. Burnham Brook Preserve you ask? It’s a 1122-acre oasis for birds, wildlife and people that stretches from East Haddam to Old Lyme and protects the watersheds of Burnham Brook, Strong Brook and the Eightmile River. It…
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A Round of Applause to this year’s graduates on their well deserved success and the invaluable teachers, mentors, parents and guardians who have supported and inspired our students. A Heartfelt Thanks to our generous donors for their support of our local youth and commitment to building a Better Today and Brighter Tomorrow – for all. Their support has provided assistance to the outstanding youth list below. Congratulations to 43 (forty-three) outstanding youth who received an education award through a Fund at CFMC! Ann Hendershot Vickery Scholarship Award (Valley Regional High School) Ava Frost Arthur and Edyth Director Family Award (Cromwell High…
