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People’s United Community Foundation is pleased to welcome two new members to the Foundation— John A. Romano, People’s United Community Foundation Officer, and People’s United Bank Long Island Division President; and Donna Lillie, People’s United Community Foundation Liaison, and People’s United Bank First Vice Presi-dent Growth Manager of the Long Island Division. PUCF looks forward to working with John and Donna, and supporting the needs of our growing communities.
During the fourth quarter of 2010, People’s United Bank acquired Bank of Smith-town, a subsidiary of Smithtown Bancorp, Inc. based in Hauppauge, New York. As part of the acquisition, People’s United Community Foundation will be expanding its footprint into Long Island later this year. At this time we will not be accepting grant applications from this new market. Funding opportunities for Long Is-land will be communicated through our newsletter and on our website in the near future.
People’s United Community Foundation appreciates your patience and understand-ing while we plan a strategic approach to entering our new Long Island market.
New PUCF Officer and Liaison for Upcoming Long Island Market
Volume 1, Issue 1
newsletter
April 2011
OUR MISSION
To invest in programs and services that enhance the quality of life for residents, promote the economic development and well-being of neighborhoods, and support the educational and developmental needs of children and youth, with special emphasis given to programs and services in low-income areas.
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IN THIS ISSUE Page 1
New PUCF Officer and Liaison for Upcoming Long Island Market
PUCF 2010 Annual Report
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Spectrum Saved Our Son’s Life
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Girls Become Science Stars at SoundWaters
Directory of Maine Grantmakers
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PUCF Grant Recipients Honored in Vermont
Mini-grant Program
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About Us
PUCF 2010 Annual Report People’s United Community Foundation is proud to provide our community partners with our 2010 Annual Report. This year’s annual report features client stories from agencies that PUCF supported in 2010. In their own words, you’ll read about the im-portance of the work of nonprofit organizations throughout our footprint. The 2010 Annual Reports were sent to our community partners in March. We hope you have received your copy. If you did not receive it, or would like additional copies, please contact Karen Galbo at 203-254-5792 or [email protected]. An electronic version is also available on the Foundation website at www.pucf.org/Publications.html. PUCF would like to express our regret to any organization that was mistakenly left off of our list of grantees in our annual report. PUCF truly values all of our grant re-cipients and will continue to recognize the achievements of our nonprofit partners.
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For years, Spectrum Youth & Family Service always had a few openings at their transitional house for homeless and at-risk youth. Yet in 2010 they observed an increase in the number of youth living on the streets, and consistently saw Spectrum housing at full capacity. With a long waiting list, and no occu-pancy available, Spectrum was painfully forced to turn youth away—dangerously sending them back out onto the streets. Being the only organization that provided shelter, programs, and resources to home-less and at-risk youth in Vermont, Spectrum recognized the need for additional housing and embarked upon a second transitional home, with the support of People’s United Community Foundation. The im-portance of their work is best described through a letter written by a parent to Spectrum...
For 41 years, Spectrum Youth & Family Service has been providing emer-gency shelter, transitional living and support services for Vermont's homeless and at-risk youth. Spectrum helps more than 2,000 youth a year with obtain-ing basic needs, counseling, and assistance with returning to school or find-ing a job. In 2010, People’s United Community Foundation awarded a grant to Spectrum in support of their Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) Transitional Housing program. For more information on Spectrum Youth & Family Service, visit their website at www.spectrumvt.org.
Spectrum Saved Our Son’s Life
I am hurting today. Yesterday a young cousin of mine died of an apparent heroin overdose. I hurt for his mom, who is a first cousin, and for her husband and surviving younger son. They are a good, strong, lov-ing family. Their son was smart, personable, creative and had a bright future ahead of him. They remind me of my own family. My cousin’s death brought back to the surface all the years of fear and pain my wife and I went through when our own son was deep in his narcotics addiction. We are so grateful to Spectrum, and especially to our counselor there, for all that she did for my wife, me and our son during those dark years. Spectrum provided shelter when our son was homeless as well as counseling, not only for our son, but also for me and my wife. We had no clue what to do or how to handle the situation with our son, until we came to Spectrum. In place of continuing to be frozen by our fear, pain and anger, our counselor helped us un-derstand what was going on and pushed us (sometimes against my strong resistance!) to make tough de-cisions, develop a plan and stick to it. Without her coaching, counseling and support I don't think our son, or my wife and I, would have ever made it through. Our son has now been clean for more than four years, returned to college and has graduated. This past fall he started law school, and among other extra-curricular activities, he joined the university's cross country team. He has put drugs firmly behind him and is immensely excited about activities he enjoys and finds rewarding. Two years ago he married a wonderful young woman and they are now expecting our first grandchild. I can't express clearly enough that my wife and I believe that none of this would have happened without Spectrum and our counselor. Spectrum saved our son's life. Maybe he wouldn't have actually died like my cousin, but his life was on a path of destruction. Today he is happy and on a path to a very promising future. My cousins live in another state, so I don't know if there is an organization there like Spectrum. I also don't know any details of what they did over the years to try and help their son. What I do know is that we are very fortunate to have Spectrum here in Vermont. We will be forever grateful to you. - Anonymous Parent
Maine Philanthropy Center recently announced the publication of their new 2011 Directory of Maine Grantmakers. Now in its 8th edition, the new directory contains updated information on more than 475 grantmaking foundations in Maine, with almost 50 new foundations included. The Directory of Maine Grantmakers will serve as a valuable resource guide to nonprofit organizations and other individuals and organizations supporting the philanthropic community in Maine. To reserve your copy visit the Maine Philanthropy Center website at www.mainephilanthropy.org.
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Girls Become Science Stars At SoundWaters During school winter break more than 80 girls par-ticipated in the Science Stars program at Sound-Waters in Stamford, Connecticut, to learn about Science and Long Island Sound.
Science Stars is a week-long educational science program designed for girls in grades 3 through 7. Activities include hands-on science experiments, journal-writing, creative arts projects, and ses-sions with guest female scientists.
During a session with Lt. Engrid Elso of the U.S. Coast Guard, the girls experimented with an array
of emergency response gear, such as hard hats, life jackets, and water rescue suits. They also viewed photos of women working in laboratories and at oil spill sites, which also helped to increase their vo-cabulary by understanding science concepts. One parent reported, "she seems to be learning that sci-ence is more than just interesting. It can also be a lot of fun and can solve real problems."
Denise Savageau, Director of the Greenwich Conservation Commission, also led the girls through a les-son in soils, where they conducted experiments to demonstrate how soil helps with erosion. The pro-gram also included a session with SoundWaters Executive Director, Leigh Shemitz, who had the girls use tree rings to identify the age of trees, and to observe first-hand how trees shut down in winter. An-other mother talked about the benefits of the Science Stars program stating, “My daughter has learned the different avenues of science that she can go into when she grows up."
Throughout the week, SoundWaters educators encouraged questions and analysis as the girls tested clotting components of horseshoe crab blood, grew crystals and dissected squid. An analysis of the pre/post-surveys showed significant increase in knowledge about Long Island Sound species and habitats, scientific methods, and what they can do to help protect the Sound. Through the support of many gener-ous funders, SoundWaters was able to provide the program without charge to all of the girls and their families.
For more information about SoundWaters, please visit their website at www.soundwaters.org.
Directory of Maine Grantmakers
Girls participating in SoundWaters’ Science Stars program.
Cooperative Educational Services (C.E.S.) Foundation recently presented funding for 17 mini-grant projects that will enhance learning opportunities for students at C.E.S. schools and programs. Cooperative Educational Ser-vices is a regional educational center serving 17 school districts in Southern Fairfield County, Connecticut. The mini-grants were supported through funding from Peo-ple’s United Community Foundation, and were between $250 and $750 per project, and are based on application request and need. Among the projects funded were Six to Six Magnet School’s “21st Century Learning Centers,” a technology-based time management project for special education transition students; and the Developmental Learning Center’s “iPads for Autism” to aid stu-dents in C.E.S. Special Education. “The creativity and clear link to the goals of the represented C.E.S. programs will enhance the learning opportunities for the many students who will participate in the activi-ties funded by the grants,” said C.E.S. Foundation Board President, Nancy Cetorelli. This is the fourth time the C.E.S. Foundation has awarded mini-grants since it was established in 2007. People’s United Community Foundation has supported this initiative with a grant for the past two years. For more information on the C.E.S. Foundation you can view their informational video at http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVgkDSJa2-y.
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PUCF Grant Recipients Honored in Vermont People’s United Community Foundation awarded six grants, totaling $85,000, to nonprofit organizations in Vermont for the first quarter of 2011. The six organi-zations included; Cathedral Square Cor-poration, Central Vermont Community Land Trust, Gilman Housing Trust, Re-gional Affordable Housing Corporation, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, and Special Olympics Ver-mont. PUCF funding will support pro-grams such as, Seniors Aging Safely at Home (SASH), and WARMTH, an emer-gency fuel assistance program. To honor our grantees in Vermont, Peo-ple’s United Bank hosted an event on March 25th on behalf of PUCF, in recog-nition of the great work of our nonprofit partners in meeting the needs of our Vermont communities.
Mini-grant Projects
In photo: Merten Bangemann-Johnson, Executive Director of Gilman House Trust; Cathedral Square board members, Judy Higgins, Alice Rouleau, Ken Poppe, Bar-bara Gay; Executive Director, Nancy Eldridge; Project Manager, Molly Dungan; and Director of Development, Amy Wright; Central Vermont Community Land Trust Executive Director, Eileen Peltier; Special Olympics Vermont Director of Marketing and Development, Chris Bernier; President, Lisa DaNatale; and Execu-tive Director of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Jan Demers. Michael Seaver, People’s United Community Foundation Officer and People’s United Bank President of Vermont; Jack Barnes, People’s United Community Foundation Chairman and CEO of People’s United Bank; and Kathy Schirling, People’s United Community Foundation Liaison and Director of Marketing and Community Services for People’s United Bank.
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Questions, Comments, Ideas: email PUCF at [email protected]
ABOUT US Hank Mandel Executive Director [email protected] Tammy Torres Administration & Agency Liaison Director [email protected] Karen Galbo Marketing, Public & Community Relations Director [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jack P. Barnes, Chairman George P. Carter Robert R. D’Amore Robert B. Dannies, Jr. Brian J. Langdon ESTABLISHED April 2007
OFFICERS Hank R. Mandel (CT) Robert R. D’Amore (CT) Michael J. Casparino (CT) Timothy P. Crimmins (MA) Armando F. Goncalves (CT/NY) Michael L. Seaver (VT) Samuel A. Ladd III (ME) William P. Lucy (ME) Dianne M. Mercier (NH) John A. Romano (NY)
GIVING GUIDELINES Interested in submitting an application for a People’s United Community Founda-tion grant? Our giving guidelines along with our electronic grant application can be found on our website at www.pucf.org > apply for a grant.
GRANT APPLICATIONS If you submitted a grant application by our March 1st deadline, you will be notified of the Board’s decision by mid-May. Our next grant application deadline is June 1st for July consideration. Due to the number of requests we receive, please kindly refrain from contacting us regarding your application. If we require additional infor-mation, we will notify you. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION People’s United Community Foundation distributes grants throughout the commu-nities in which People’s United Bank does business. Our footprint includes: Con-necticut, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Westchester County, New York. PUCF anticipates grant opportunities for nonprofit organiza-tions in southern Long Island later this year. Additional information will be provided regarding this new market in the near future.
NEWSLETTER SUBMISSION
The PUCF Newsletter serves to inform and sup-port our community part-ners. Let us know what’s going on in your organiza-tion by submitting content ideas such as success sto-ries, articles, awards/achievements, or any other information of interest. And don’t forget to include a photo! We look forward to hearing from you!
Our liaisons are local contacts who provide support to PUCF and assistance to nonprofit agencies within their market. For inquiries regarding grant opportunities in your region, contact your local market liaison.
CT-Bridgeport Donna Baines [email protected] CT-Hartford Lina Garofalo [email protected] CT-New Haven Dawn Donahue [email protected] CT-Norwich Dianne Kent [email protected] CT-Stamford Jennifer Tonge [email protected] Maine-Portland Linda MacMillan [email protected] Maine-Bangor Darlene Hawkes [email protected] Massachusetts Lynn Cantell [email protected] New Hampshire Janet Ackerman [email protected] NY-Westchester Donna Baines [email protected] NY-Long Island Donna Lillie [email protected] Vermont Kathy Schirling [email protected]
Region Contact Email Address PUCF Market Liaisons
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