NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
August 1, 2008

Contact: Caryl Hallberg, Executive Director
challberg@covenanttocare.org
860-243-1806 x18

William and Alice Mortensen Foundation provides crucial furniture for needy children

Covenant to Care for Children receives $4,000 grant to be used for the purchase of beds for children across the state.

The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation donated $4,000 to Covenant to Care for Children’s Critical Goods Program. Thanks to the Foundation’s generosity, the program will be able to continue pursuing its goal of providing families with children with dressers, chairs, beds, and clothing – goods that are essential to preserving the unity of these struggling families. Specifically, this donation will be used to purchase and deliver new beds to Connecticut’s children.

Under any economic circumstances, furniture costs can present a significant expense for many families. However, with the economy in its current state, poorer families find the prospect of purchasing such essential items nearly impossible. Thus, monetary donations such as these have become much more important recent months. Charlie Mulholland, coordinator of the Critical Goods Program, is aware of the dire need of the state’s lower income families.

Progress has been made. Covenant to Care for Children, a non-profit organization with headquarters in Bloomfield, has been working for years toward the goal that, one day, all the state’s children will be blessed with a comfortable living environment. CCC is thankful for any support it receives, whether from faith communities, philanthropic groups, or private citizens.

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.