‘Counting On 2020’ Census PUSH Week – Common Ground High School – ROVAC Primary Voting

Boys & Girls Village – Connecticut Data Collaborative – National Veterans Council for Legal Redress

June 27, 2021 Uncategorized

Summer's here and kids should be having a blast, but there are hundreds of kids involved with the Boys & Girls Village Foster and Therapeutic Foster care programs who are looking for a caring family to help them feel at home again. So stay tuned, learn more and see if you can get involved.

Then we're going to talk about data - who uses it, why, and how data can be accessed and applied to improve your academic project, nonprofit, community agency, journalism initiative and more - as we welcome and discuss how you can be part of the Connecticut Data Collaborative.

And if you're a veteran or somebody who cares about a vet who was refused support services because of a non-qualifying discharge, we're going to connect them for help from the New Haven based National Veterans Council for Legal Redress.

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EMS Charity Run – Assisted Living Services / CT Assc for Healthcare at Home – Aspetuck Land Trust

May 31, 2020 Uncategorized

After celebrating National EMS Week earlier we'll circle back with an EMT who you'll see running through Shelton for 24 hours next weekend to help raise funds for a new Echo Hose Co. ambulance.

Then we'll bring you some advice for folks who are aging in place while facing COVID-19 restrictions with our sources from Assisted Living Services, and the CT Association for Healthcare at Home.

Then it's time for some exciting news from the Aspetuck Land Trust - which just completed a key farmland preservation project, along with an update on the group's green corridor initiative and how everyone can be part of it.

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CFB/Foodshare Megrger – NEMusicians Relief Fund – Fairfield County’s Givig Day

February 14, 2021 Uncategorized

Today we're celebrating the merger of Foodshare and Connecticut Food Bank which just launched this historic union between the state’s two largest nonprofit anti-hunger organizations. We'll hear all about it and let you know how to help - or get help if you or someone you love is going hungry in Connecticut.

Then we'll queue up the chairman of the New England Musicians Relief Fund, which has launched an initiative to reach $500,000 in donations by March 13 - the one year anniversary of when COVID-19 shut down the entertainment industry, putting thousands of professional and part-time music makers out of work.

And we'll remind you to engage yourself on February 25 as Fairfield County's Community Foundation launches Fairfield County's 8th Annual Giving Day - the region's biggest philanthropic event uniting thousands of people to make a BIG impact and strengthen the communities where we live and work

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