Growing up in Waterbury, Warren Leach experienced the city’s neighborhoods as “full of music and joy.” Block parties, summer basketball leagues, a theater group where young people built [...]
Liz Bullard’s mother Beverly wanted the 26-year old to get involved in the community, but what stood between her daughter and an all-expense paid trip to a national [...]
Bravo! Waterbury's Summer Program On a hot, stuffy summer afternoon in the Children’s Community School in Waterbury, clear voices filled the halls with song. Children immersed in [...]
Yoga. Zumba. Guitar lessons. Computer training. Meals. If this sounds like an evening after class on a busy college campus, think again: It’s a typical day at the [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation's blog post, "Move over Oprah – Giving to Women’s and Girls’ Causes is Growing (and is a Rising Force for Good)," was featured in CT By [...]
Connecticut Community Foundation, in its latest round of cradle to career grants, has awarded $104,178 to 15 organizations in the Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills region to support [...]
The Trustee Fund of Connecticut Community Foundation, established through contributions by current and former Board members, has granted its second annual awards to the Bridge to Success Community [...]
Through Connecticut Community Foundation, The Persbacker Family Scholarship Fund has awarded college scholarships of $3,500 each to eight Bridgewater residents for the 2016-17 academic year: John Ascenzi, Rachel [...]
A college education is more affordable for more than 400 students in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills, thanks to scholarships awarded for the 2016-17 academic year by [...]
As a child, Jessica Hicks felt the harsh glare of the news media, and she was scared. While family members struggled with substance abuse, some of her private [...]