ANNOUNCING GRANT AWARDS FOR 2022:
The East Windsor Greater Together Community Fund Advisory Committee awarded $41,000 in grants in November to eleven nonprofit organizations in the town.
East Windsor is one of the towns the nonprofit Hartford Foundation for Public Giving gave money to as part of its
Greater Together Community Fund, which helps residents respond to needs in their communities.
Twenty-one local organizations applied for a grant, and the advisory committee ranked them with criteria such as how well the organizations would be suited to implement proposed projects, if the projects addressed a real need in the community, how many people the projects would benefit, if the projects are new and would not duplicate anything else being done in the town and if the projects are sustainable.
Of these applications, the advisory committee was able to grant eleven awards.
In East Windsor, the advisory committee awarded:
$5,000 to the EW Soccer Club to assist Timothy Misluk in the execution of his Eagle Scout Service Project which is to construct bench shelters for use at the Abbe Road soccer fields.
$5,000 was awarded to the Library Association of Warehouse Point, Inc to build an educational garden that will highlight the dinosaur history of East Windsor through sculpture, historical information and a prehistoric plant garden.
$5,000 was granted to the EW Middle School Math Ramp class to assist with a winning design by Genzie Frezie to create an outdoor lunch area.
$5,000 to the EW BMX & Skatepark Committee for the purchase of equipment to expand the current park located on Reservoir Road.
This park offers a safe, approved facility for youth whose sports of choice are BMX biking and skateboarding.
$5,000 to the American Legion, which welcomes all veterans of the town, to replace the roof of their building located in the Warehouse Point section.
Currently there are approximately 1,000 veterans living in East Windsor.
$4,570 to the Broad Brook Library Association, Inc to replace the deteriorating tile flooring of their building located in Broad Brook.
$4,250 to the East Windsor Garden Club to restore the Memorial Garden located in the triangle of the Windsorville town green.
$2,776 to East Windsor Parks & Recreation. This will allow them to offer free swimming lessons at the park during the months of June through August to EW youth in an effort to increase water competency among the community and promote water safety.
$2,100 to the Connecticut Trolley Museum to replace car cards on two operating trolleys. These advertising cards will be designed by East Windsor youths to reflect current businesses and organizations in a vintage 1900’s manner.
$2,000 to the EW American Heritage Rivers Commission for a sensory project. This project will increase the ability of sensory-impaired individuals to learn about and enjoy the Scantic River.
$500 to the East Windsor Housing Authority to be used to help meet the immediate food needs of Park Hill residents in an acute emergency situation.
The advisory committee is always looking for new members. If anyone has ideas about the needs of the town or would like to join the committee, send an email to ewcommunityfund@gmail.com.
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is the community foundation for Hartford and 28 surrounding towns.
Through partnerships, the Foundation seeks to strengthen communities in Greater Hartford by putting philanthropy in action to dismantle structural racism and achieve equity in social and economic mobility.
Made possible by the gifts of generous individuals, families and organizations, the Foundation has awarded grants of more than $894 million since its founding in 1925. For more information, visit www.hfpg.org or call 860-548-1888.
Advisory Committee members: Debbie Talamini, Ceil Donahue, Willow Burt, Kathy Randall, Joan Nordell, Kim Foscolos, Vincent Hernandez, Bob Maynard from East Windsor and Ashley Coleman as Liaison for the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving