NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 1, 2008
Contact: Caryl Hallberg,
Executive Director
challberg@covenanttocare.org
860-243-1806 x18
Foundation grants Covenant
to Care for Children $4,800
to provide beds for families
in need.
Going to bed at the end of
each day is something that
most of us take for granted.
Unfortunately, until
recently, many children in
Bristol were in need of that
basic necessity. Charlie
Mulholland describes how he
repeatedly returned to one
Bristol housing complex in
order to ensure that all
children living there had a
bed of their own.
Covenant to Care for
Children has gladly accepted
a $4,800 donation from the
Main Street Community
Foundation for Covenant to
Care’s Critical Goods
Program. The program
distributes used and new
furniture and clothing to
struggling families with
children across the state,
many of which are at risk of
separation. The money from
the Main Street Community
Foundation was used to
deliver new beds and bedding
to children in Bristol who
lack a place to sleep.
Charlie Mulholland, Program
Coordinator, has been
delivering beds to the
children of Connecticut for
over nine years. In some
cases, the Bristol residents
recognize the Covenant to
Care for Children’s truck
and Charlie as he pulls up
to an often-visited
neighborhood.
Though CCC’s Critical Goods
Program has been progressing
toward the goal that all
parents and children have
the furniture they need,
much work remains to be
done. Covenant to Care for
Children, a statewide,
non-profit organization, is
very grateful to
organizations such as the
Main Street Community
Foundation, without whose
support it would be
impossible to provide
crucial care for
Connecticut’s at-risk
children.
Established in 1995, the
Main Street Community
Foundation uses its
permanently endowed funds to
assist a wide range of
community organizations in
the towns it serves. The
Foundation operates in the
towns of Burlington,
Plainville, Bristol,
Southington, Plymouth, and
Wolcott. This specific grant
was made possible by
donations from the
Ciccarelli-Vitale Community
Advancement Fund, the
Schumann Special Interest
Fund, and the Edward W. &
Audrey K. Mink 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. |
