CT family seeks funding to find cure for young son s disease
Jarret Liotta
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The Handt family is hoping to raise funds to research a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy to help three-year-old Charlie.Sydney Sheehan /Show MoreShow Less
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Jennifer Handt, left, her son Henry, a fifth grader at Hindley, her husband Rick, and three-year-old Charlie, are trying to raise funds to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, with which Charlie was recently diagnosed.Sydney Sheehan /Show MoreShow Less
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DARIEN The discovery of a rare and debilitating condition in their young son earmarked a monumental turning point for one Darien family.
Written by Mark Riser
To the Editor,
Fairfield County’s Giving Day, the region’s biggest day of philanthropic giving, is on Thursday, February 25
th this year. Powered by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, this dynamic 24-hour online fundraising event unites Fairfield County around local causes and nonprofit organizations that are closest to our hearts. Since 2014, Fairfield County’s Giving Day has raised over $9.3 million, benefitted over 1,550 nonprofits, and garnered over 97,000 donations.
To date, 49 nonprofit organizations in the Danbury area, representing Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Georgetown, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield and Sandy Hook, have signed up to participate this year. As board members of Fairfield County’s Community Foundation who live and work in Danbury, Redding and Ridgefield, we are writing to ask you to help support our nonprofit community in meeting the myriad challenges posed by the COVID pandemic: widespread economic hardship, lac
Author Margaret Atwood to Keynote Annual Fairfield County Community Foundation Fundraiser Written by Patty McQueen
The Handmaid’s Tale and
The Testaments, Margaret Atwood, will be the keynote speaker for the Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s (FCCF) annual celebration for its Fund for Women & Girls in April.
“Unite & Rise: A Virtual Celebration for the Fund for Women & Girls,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. on April 16
th. Individual tickets and sponsorship packages are available for purchase here.
The annual fundraiser will also mark the official introduction of
the emme coalition, the Fund for Women & Girls’ new signature initiative in partnership with OPTIMUS Health Care. A research-driven program for girls and women aged 12 to 49 in Bridgeport, the emme coalition will coordinate physical wellness, behavioral health and social services to give women and girls lifelong tools for wellbeing that can be passed along to future generations.
Boys & Girls Village Receives Grant To Help Vulnerable Youth Transition Into Adulthood Written by Laura Roberts
Bridgeport, CT - Boys & Girls Village (BGV) received a $20,000 grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to support its innovative Work to Learn program. The program aims to provide at-risk older youth with life and job readiness skills as they take steps toward independence and adulthood.
BGV is one of Connecticut’s leading providers of behavioral, educational, vocational and permanency planning services for the most vulnerable youth and their families. Their Work to Learn program helps youth aged 16-21 who are in the foster care system, or have been in the past, providing them with the skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency.