Nonprofits rely on virtual fundraising through community funds as COVID cancels in-person events
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A student works on a project during a summer day camp program through LifeBridge in Bridgeport, Conn. The program was made possible through with funds raised during the Fairfield County Community Foundation’s annual Giving Day this year. Giving Day was on Feb. 27, 2020 and helped nonprofits raise funds to get through the COVID-related shutdowns that happened a few weeks later.Contributed photo /
More than 12,000 individuals donated to about 400 nonprofits taking part in the Fairfield County Community Foundation’s annual Giving Day last February.
What many didn’t know was the $1.65 million raised that day would help these organizations weather the storm looming ahead.
Opinion: Inequalities causing high rates of COVID By Teresa Andres
Medical personnel conduct daily drive-thru COVID-19 testing at Bridgeport Hospital.
Heading north on the Merritt Parkway from New York City, one passes through the wealthy suburbs of Greenwich, Darien, Westport and Fairfield. But the next town is much different. Crossing the town line into Bridgeport, the million-dollar mansions are replaced by crumbling factories and infrastructure of another era. Aside from the stark contrast in Bridgeport’s built environment compared to other neighboring towns, the rates of COVID-19 in Bridgeport are significantly higher, and the question is: why?
The origins of economic and health disparities between Bridgeport and the surrounding communities stem from institutionalized racism that dates back to the Great Migration. Freed from slavery at the end of the Civil War, Blacks traveled to northern cities in search of work and freedom but were only faced with more i
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESSES JOIN FORCES TO SUPPORT EDUCATION EQUITY, LAUNCH INITIAL CAMPAIGN TO .
Fairfield County s Community FoundationDecember 9, 2020 GMT
Norwalk, Connecticut, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Capitalizing on the collaborative impact of our region’s philanthropic corporate sector, six local businesses today announced a partnership with Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) to establish the
Fairfield County Corporate Collaborative for Education Equity. A multi-year local impact and funding collective, the founding corporate members seek to foster educational equity in Fairfield County by helping to reduce and eliminate disparities which impact the region’s most vulnerable pre-K through 12th grade students, parents and guardians as well as teachers and staff.
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