The First County Bank Foundation awarded $41,500 in grants to 9 nonprofits in Darien and New Canaan to be used for emergency assistance, music and art, transportation and other services for families and children.
The foundation recently gave: $2,500 to the Community Fund of Darien; $5,000 to Person-to-Person's Emergency Assistance Fund; $5,000 to the Tiny Miracles Foundation's Financial Assistance Program; $5,000 to the Town of Darien Firefighters Foundation; $5,000 to Arts for Healing; $7,500 to Getabout; $7,500 to the Horizons Student Enrichment Program; $2,500 to the New Canaan Community Foundation and $1,500 to the New Canaan Group Home.
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Sydney TAFE has teamed with a new clothing and retail social enterprise, The Social Outfit charity, to launch a dynamic collaboration that would enable students to gain real fashion industry skills and take on their own creativity and rich cultural heritage to produce garments for The Social Outfit’s store and adjoining workshop in Newtown.