A Very Good Year: 2013 a Grantmaking Year for the Ages Community Foundation’s $1.143 Million in 2013 Grants Was Most Ever New Britain, Conn. (January 14, 2014) – For more than 70 years, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has played an integral role in shaping the communities of Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and [...]

Smith School Breakfast Celebrates Success of “Walking School Bus” New Britain, Conn. (May 30, 2014) – Smith Elementary School families and staff took time out on Friday morning, May 30, with a special breakfast to celebrate a successful first year using the “Walking School Bus” concept to get children to school safely. The Walking School [...]

(The following editorial was published in The New Britain Herald on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. To view the piece as it appeared in the newspaper, click here.) Giving Tuesday: Charity’s Version of Retail Therapy By Jim Williamson Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday? If that term throws you off, don’t fret. Corporate America [...]

Lending a Hand: College Students Help Pre-Schoolers Learn Thanks to Foundation Partnership New Britain, Conn. (February 6, 2014) – Thanks to a collaboration of four local philanthropic organizations, low-income preschool children at HRA of New Britain’s Head Start programs are getting a better chance to enter kindergarten ready to succeed.  That’s because they are now [...]

(The following post was made on the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance's blog on June 2, 2014, just days after Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law landmark legislation establishing the State Office of Early Childhood. The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain - as part of its signature First Years First early childhood development initiative [...]

Pathways/Senderos Center Teen Pregnancy Program Awarded $10,000 Catalyst Grant by Community Foundation Funding will be Used to Enhance Services to Teens through Technology Upgrades New Britain, Conn. (December 16, 2014) – The Pathways/Senderos Center, a program of Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Inc. which works to eliminate teen pregnancy through programs that increase graduation [...]

A Sensible, Unassuming – and Very Generous – Lady Berlin’s Myrna Pauloz Leaves a Legacy that Surprises Even Her Closest of Friends New Britain, Conn., (February 11, 2014) – By all accounts, Myrna Pauloz of Berlin was the quintessential practical woman – someone who shunned the spotlight, wore sensible shoes, saved for a rainy day, [...]

Record-Setting Scholarship Awards Made by Community Foundation of Greater New Britain 56 Area Students Awarded More Than $175,000 in Scholarships New Britain, Conn. (July 7, 2014) – The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has awarded 56 area students some $175,830 in 2014 scholarships, the highest total amount of scholarship dollars awarded by the Foundation [...]

$1.3 million fund to benefit The Hospital of Central Connecticut New Britain, Conn. (February 14, 2014) – The Hospital of Central Connecticut (HOCC) has been named the beneficiary of a $1.3 million charitable fund from the estate of Myrna (Morse) Pauloz through the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB). The Myrna M. Pauloz Hospital [...]

Community Plan for Southington’s Young Children Takes Next Step with Infusion of New Funding $75,000 in Grants Enable Collaborative Plan to Enter Implementation Stage Southington, Conn. (July 8, 2014) – Following a year of research into the state of early childhood education in Southington, the Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington (ECCS) is ready to enter [...]