The John Patrick Flanagan Foundation Awards $15,300 in Grants to Local Charities for 2011
We are pleased to make grants to the following Connecticut-based charities this year:
- CT Audubon Society: Our Trailblazers program rolls into its third year; having made field trips possible for more than 1,000 Bridgeport public school children thus far. The Trailblazers program was developed for area students in grades two through six to have an opportunity to explore native Connecticut habitats and see live animals which complements their existing science curriculum.
- Wakeman Boys and Girls Club, Smilow-Burroughs Clubhouse: Our grant sponsors two full-time staff member volunteers for the 2011-2012 school year who provide afterschool homework, mentoring, to neighborhood children.
- Lawyers for Children America: for the training of new attorneys in Fairfield County who volunteer to represent abused and neglected children in the CT legal system.
- High School Scholarship Foundation of Fairfield: the JPFF scholarship rewards a boy or girl with economic need graduating from Fairfield Warde High School.
- Bridgeport Hospital Foundation: our grant will be used to purchase toys for the John Flanagan Memorial Children’s Corner at the Norma Pfriem Cancer Center at Bridgeport Hospital.
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