Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Awards 92 Grants for Litchfield County

Thomaston Savings Bank awarded 92 grants totaling in $198,977.77 during Phase II of its Foundation Grant Cycle. Grant applications were considered for nonprofit and government agencies addressing the needs in the towns of Bethlehem, Harwinton, Plymouth, Terryville, Thomaston, Torrington, Watertown, and Oakville. These funds are dedicated to responding to the direct needs of the local community.

“Thomaston Savings Bank consistently demonstrates its social responsibility through a philanthropic model second to none. They have built a culture within their organization where all of the employees empathize with the nonprofits the Bank supports and will even conduct fundraisers on our behalf. The Bank is an integral part of our existence.” – Larry Chiucarello, Director, Plymouth Community Food Pantry

The Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation was created in 1997 to distribute funds annually to a variety of local programs. Each year, the Foundation hosts a grant cycle to provide funding to organizations that are assisting the community in their respective counties. To best serve the community the Foundation hosts its grant cycle in three phases: Hartford County, Litchfield County, and New Haven County and considers applications from local nonprofit and government agencies in support of the following focus areas: arts & culture, community development, education and youth services, health and human services, and public safety.

“The New Beginnings Program has provided new school clothes for children in need. Many children miss the first few days of school because they don’t have new clothes to wear like their peers. The grant we receive from the Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation helps us to provide pants, shirts, underwear, socks and a gift certificate towards shoes for each child in need, in Thomaston and other surrounding towns.” – Pat Krin, Area Coordinator, New Beginnings, Our Savior Lutheran Church of Thomaston

Litchfield County Recipients:

• American Legion Post 195
• American Legion Post 22
• American Red Cross Connecticut Chapter
• Beacon Baptist Fellowship Church
• Bethlehem Ambulance Association
• Bethlehem Land Trust, Inc.
• Brian O’Connell Homeless Project Inc.
• Caring for Bethlehem, Inc.
• Christmas Town Festival – Town of Bethlehem
• Cub Scout Pack 364
• EdAdvance
• First Congregational Church of Plymouth
• GFWC Harwinton Womans Club
• Girl Scouts of Connecticut, Inc.
• Greater Torrington Family Development Center
• Harwinton Agricultural Society, Inc.
• Harwinton Ambulance Association
• Harwinton Historical Society
• Harwinton Land Trust
• Harwinton Public Library
• Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
• Harwinton West Side Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
• Harwinton Youth Sports Association
• Holy Disciples Parish St. Mary Magdalen & St. John The Evangelist
• KidsPlay Children’s Museum
• Landmark Community Theatre
• Lewis S. Mills Football Boosters
• Lewis S. Mills Band Boosters
• Light Up Thomaston
• Litchfield County Creating Hope Corp.
• Litchfield Hills Northwest Elderly Nutrition Program
• Mattatuck Scout Reservation – CT Rivers Council BSA
• McCall Behavioral Health Network
• National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Trumbull-Porter Chapter
• New Beginnings
• New Opportunities, Inc.
• Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra
• Our Savior Lutheran Church
• Our Savior Lutheran Church – Garden of Eatin’ c/o Robin Zordan
• Plymouth Community Food Pantry
• Plymouth Historical Society Inc.
• Plymouth Police Department
• Plymouth Public Schools / Terryville High School Music Department
• Plymouth Volunteer Ambulance Corps – Board of Directors
• Prime Time House
• Quilts That Care, Inc.
• Railroad Museum of New England
• Saint Peter’s – Trinity Church
• St. John the Evangelist School
• St. Mary Magdalen School
• St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church
• St. Paul Lutheran Church
• Swift Middle School
• Terryville Congregational Church
• Terryville Fire Department
• Terryville Fish and Game Club
• Terryville Public Library
• Terryville Youth Soccer Club
• The Arc of Litchfield Country, Inc.
• The Community Kitchen of Torrington
• The Rotary Club of Terryville
• The Rotary Club of Watertown Connecticut Foundation
• The Salvation Army – Litchfield Hills Service Unit
• The Woodhall School
• Theodore A. Hungerford Memorial Museum
• Thomaston Christmas Committee
• Thomaston Community Pantry
• Thomaston Historical Society
• Thomaston Ladies Choral Club
• Thomaston Police Explorers
• Thomaston Public Library
• Thomaston Public Schools
• Thomaston Senior Center
• Thomaston Soccer Club, Inc.
• Thomaston Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc.
• Thomaston Volunteer Fire Department
• Town of Harwinton
• Town of Plymouth Human Services Department
• Trinity Episcopal Church
• Troop 75 Boy Scouts Terryville
• Union Congregation Church of Oakville
• United Methodist Church of Watertown
• Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7330 Auxiliary
• Warner Theatre
• Water-Oak Post 5157 Auxiliary
• Watertown Area Association for Special Citizens
• Watertown History Museum
• Watertown Public Schools
• Watertown/Oakville Veterans Council
• Wellspring
• Woodbury Bethlehem Community Music Foundation

Phase III for New Haven County opens on October 1st and will consider applications from local nonprofit and government agencies addressing community needs in Middlebury, Waterbury, and Wolcott. Please submit all applications before the October 31^st deadline. For more information go to ThomastonSB.com/Foundation.