Farmington Bank Community Foundation awarded $145,200 in grants through its second quarterly grant cycle. This round of grants was focused on access to food, shelter and other basic human needs.
Grants were awarded to the following organizations:
Bread for Life- For the soup kitchen, meal delivery program (including homebound citizens, seniors living in subsidized housing, and homeless individuals and families placed at Southington hotels and motels by the State of CT), and the Children’s Summer Lunch Program.
Bloomfield Congregational Church– For the Bloomfield Backpack Program, an interfaith community partnership that provides weekend meal supplies to food insecure Bloomfield children and their families.
Connecticut Foodshare – For the Mobile Food Pantry, distributing food to those in need who lack direct proximity to a supermarket or food pantry or may not have the means to access resources outside of their neighborhood.
Covenant to Care for Children, Inc – For beds, cribs, and other essential items to address the urgent needs of families who are at-risk of losing their children, or those being reunified with their children.
Diaper Bank of Connecticut – For diapers distributed regionally through the Diaper Distribution Network Support.
Friendship Service Center, Inc.- For the Tomasso Community Kitchen which fees the FSC Shelter and Transitional Living participants, as well as hundreds of New Britain community members.
General Federation of Women’s Clubs Newington/Wethersfield – For the supplemental weekend food program for the families of school age children in Newington.
Healing Meals Foundation Corporation – For the Healthy Meals Program which offers 12 weeks of meals to people and their families impacted by serious health crisis.
Journey Home- For the Greater Hartford and Central CT Coordinated Access Networks (CAN). This includes overseeing, contracting, coordinating, and monitoring new homeless outreach programs, rapid rehousing programs, shelter diversion programs, and homelessness prevention programs in the region.
Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp – For St. Elizabeth House which supports people who are economically disadvantaged, homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness by offering transitional housing, a day shelter and meals program.
Operation Fuel Inc. – For Emergency Energy Assistance that helps offset oil, gas and electric bills for income qualified families.
Plainville Community Food Pantry, Inc. – For the pantry which distributes food to clients bi-weekly.
Services for the Elderly of Farmington – For the medical loan closet, medical transportation for seniors and friendly shopper programs. These programs help seniors and disabled individuals to keep their independence and dignity while providing them with safety while living in their homes.
South Park Inn, Inc. – For the emergency shelter in Hartford, which includes providing three meals a day to residents, and this past winter took on the City’s warming center. The organization works with clients to overcome barriers and secure permanent and stable housing.
St. Vincent de Paul Mission of Bristol – For Client Basic Needs Kits for the homeless adults and families with children who are exiting its Residential Emergency Shelter and entering housing.
Tabernacle Christian Church Inc. – For the Giving Back Food Pantry which provides weekly food to households with food insecurity in the greater Southington area.
Urban Alliance – For the monthly Free Food Distribution program. In partnership with Midwest Food Bank, UA organizes each event, selecting partner locations at the most vulnerable areas in the region. Depending on need and opportunities, additional services such as free health screenings, clothing, community resource guides and other items are made available.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church– For the soup kitchen that operates 4 nights per week with the help of volunteers, serving primarily Bristol residents.