Morning,
Kids in Crisis and Bridges School, two nonprofits based in Cos Cob, were recently awarded grants of $10,000 and $5,000 respectively from the First County Bank Foundation.
Additional information on the organizations is included in the news release below. Please feel free to call me with any questions or if you’d like to speak with any executives from the companies.
Thank you and have a great day.
All the best,
Jason
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Jason Kannon
Creative Partners
203.705.9203
FIRST COUNTY BANK FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO
KIDS IN CRISIS AND BRIDGES SCHOOL IN COS COB
STAMFORD, Conn., July 8, 2010 ─ Kids in Crisis and Bridges School, two nonprofits based in Cos Cob, were recently awarded grants of $10,000 and $5,000 respectively from the First County Bank Foundation.
Connecticut’s only facility for children newborn to age 17, Kids in Crisis provides free, temporary shelter, therapeutic counseling, comprehensive medical care and specialized educational support for children struggling with a wide range of issues including abuse, neglect, abandonment, family health issues and family conflict.
Founded in 1978, the Kids in Crisis mission is a simple one: to keep every child safe and sound. More than 96,000 families and children have been helped by Kids in Crisis, through use of its temporary shelters, crisis intervention services or community programs throughout Fairfield County.
The parents and teachers of Bridges School Early Childhood Program collaborate to provide high quality child centered programs, parenting programs and career building opportunities for teachers. Bridges provides simple, well-organized classrooms where professional teachers celebrate the joy of learning with each child.
“Kids in Crisis is an organization the foundation has contributed to for several years. The agency plans to use the money for its Safe Haven for Kids Shelter program that provides emergency residential shelter for children,” said First County Bank Foundation Vice President Katherine Harris. “The Bridges School plans to apply the money to playground equipment.”
Although the deadline for applying for First County Bank Foundation grants has passed, a new short-form application, available April 1 until the end of the year, is available at http://www.firstcounty.com/Foundation_Application_r3.pdf. Short-form applications are defined as grants of $2,500 or less for those applicants who fit the regular grant criteria, and $1,000 or less for those applicants that do not fit the regular grant criteria.
To be eligible, all applicants must have nonprofit tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and serve the communities of Stamford, Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk or Westport.
Established in 2001 in honor of the bank’s 150th anniversary, the First County Bank Foundation was created to distribute funds annually to nonprofit organizations that support community and economic development for children and families. As a mutual bank with no shareholders, First County Bank considers contributions made by the foundation a means of paying dividends back to the local communities it serves. Through 2009, the foundation has been able to award 343 grants totaling $3.5 million to various community organizations.
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Jason Kannon
Vice President
Creative Partners
One Stamford Landing
62 Southfield Avenue, Suite 110
Stamford, CT 06902
T: 203 705 9203
E: mailto:jkannon@CreativePartners.com
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