NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 1, 2008
Contact: Caryl Hallberg,
Executive Director
challberg@covenanttocare.org
860-243-1806 x18
Foundation grants $2,000 to
Covenant to Care for
Children for the purchase of
beds for poor and neglected
children in northwest
Connecticut.
Covenant to Care for
Children is pleased to
announce that the Community
Foundation of Northwest
Connecticut has provided a
$2,000 grant to support
CCC’s Critical Goods
Program. The Critical Goods
Program distributes donated
furniture, and clothing, to
needy Connecticut families
in order to ensure that
parents and children can
remain together. The
Community Foundation of
Northwest Connecticut has
helped to assure the
continued success of this
program with their donation,
which will be used to
provide beds to the children
of struggling families in
Torrington, Litchfield, and
surrounding towns.
Covenant to Care for
Children’s Critical Goods
program relies greatly on
the donations of used
furniture and clothing from
individuals. All of the beds
that the program provides
are newly purchased. Thus,
donations that fund the
purchase of these brand-new
items are crucial.
Covenant to Care for
Children, a statewide
nonprofit organization,
depends on community
organizations for the
support of its programs.
Since many of Connecticut’s
children lack even a place
to sleep, the organization
is grateful for all the help
it receives.
“Covenant to Care for
Children is optimistic that,
together with the continued
support of the community, we
will be able to answer the
approximately 200 unfilled
requests for beds for
children across the state.”
said Caryl Hallberg,
Executive Director of
Covenant to Care for
Children.
Since 1969, the Community
Foundation of Northwest
Connecticut has managed a
collection of charitable
funds and has directed those
resources toward improving
the communities of its
20-town service area. The
grant to Covenant to Care
for Children was made
possible by the John Brooks
Fund and the Brooks Bank
Fund.
Covenant to Care for
Children mobilizes and
channels caring and faithful
people to advocate for,
mentor, and provide direct
assistance to Connecticut’s
children and youth who are
abused, neglected or
at-risk. For more
information or to make a
donation, please visit
www.covenanttocare.org or
call the main office at
860-243-1806. |
