HARTFORD - Consulting Engineering Services (C.E.S.) of Middletown,
Connecticut, won The Salvation Army’s 23rd Annual Architects and
Engineers Can Challenge. This year’s contest is "history" and C.E.S. has
been declared "King of the Cans" once again! C.E.S. founder, President, and
CEO, George Keithan Jr. explained, "the effort that our employees put into
winning the competition to collect food for the hungry is unreal. Teams compete
against each other for the 'special trophy' and the first place team gets to
keep it for the year. Food is hidden all around the building because no one
wants the other teams to know how much food they have gathered until judgment
day. The contest is a lot of fun for everyone and, even better, the food goes
to help people in need." The impact...
HARTFORD – New Balance - South Windsor/Avon and owner Mike Disibio have once again donated 50 pairs of sneakers to the Salvation Army's Greater Hartford Area Services for kids for the Christmas holiday.
In a radio promotion with The Rock 106.9 WCCC, New Balance donates 50 pairs of sneakers each year to The Salvation Army. This is the third year that the kids in Hartford have been the recipients of quality pairs of sneakers at a critical time of the year. While their parents are worried about food, heat, and housing, not to mention toys, New Balance has come through again with sneakers for kids to help these families at this critical time of year.
Michael Disibio, owner of the stores, said, “we are part of the community and we enjoy giving back to help our neighbors in Hartford. We believe in a quality product and we believe that struggling families deserve good sneakers too. It is a good feeling to think that some kids in Hartford will be walking around with high quality New Balance sneakers on their feet.”
The Salvation Army's North End Corps Officer Captain Brian Thomas said, “This is wonderful! We will be able to make a lot of mothers a little happier this Christmas. These sneakers are great and I know that the kids will love to wear them. I wish to thank Michael and New Balance for thinking of us.”
THANKSGIVING IS . . .
(photo: Greater Hartfiord vounteers packing over 700 meals on Thanksgiving morning.)
HARTFORD - Thanksgiving is a time for thanks! And here at The Salvation Army
we are thankful for many things - family, friends, neighbors and acquaintances.
We are thankful for the many prayers and gifts that we have acquired over the
years. We are thankful for our health and for all of God's blessings. We are
also thankful to be able to sit down with family and friends to a wonderful
warm turkey dinner with all the trimmings on the Holiday morning. Thanksgiving continued...
WELCOME TO THE ADVISORY BOARD!
Major Brian Glasco welcomes Suzy Tremaine to the Greater Hartford Advisory Board at the November monthly meeting.
Suzy is Senior Account Executive at Buckly Radio and a long time fan of The Salvation Army.
HARTFORD STEAM BOILER COLLECTS COATS
FOR HARTFORD'S UNDERPRIVILEGED!
(left to right) Jim
Gordon, Director of Public Relations & Marketing for The Salvation Army in
Southern New England presents a "Thank You Plaque" to HSB 2011 Coat Drive
committee members Paul Carrier, Noreen Kuziak and her husband Rich Kuziak.
HARTFORD - Hartford Steam Boiler employees teamed up with The Salvation
Army and the United Way to collect coats, hats, pants, gloves and mittens for
families in need in Greater Hartford. Hartford Steamboiler Coat Drive continued...
ANNUAL SALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S
AUXILIARY
FASHION SHOW A STUNNING SUCCESS!
(left to right) Major
Brian Glasco, Jeanne Mucci, Sandra Bobowski, Captain Christine Glasco, Major
Eunice Champlin, NBC TV30 Emma Asante, Major Joyce Hartshorn and Captain
Stephanie Childs.
HARTFORD - The Greater Hartford Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary
Annual
Dinner and Fashion Show was held at the Pond House in West Hartford on
September 29th. A large crowd of Fashionesta's attended the late afternoon
event and went home as a group of very "happy shoppers!" Fashion Show continued...
KINDERGARTEN HERE WE COME!
The Right Place Graduates 49 New
Kindergarteners
(Pictured; Salvation Army Major Brian Glasco, Dianna Weeks, Edwards Angell
Palmer & Dodge LLP, Nancy Winslow, The Right Place and Harry Cion from
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP presenting back packs and school supplies
to children from The Right Place.)
HARTFORD - The
Right Place, School Readiness & Family Center held their annual graduation
ceremony at Hartford's North End Salvation Army Community Center. Forty Nine
graduates received their "diplomas" on August 22nd in a special ceremony
surrounded by a large number of family members and friends. The program is
operated by The Salvation Army and includes children from both the Sigourney
Street and Nelson Street facilities and is accredited by the National
Association for the Education of Young People (NAEYC) which ensures the highest
quality education for children.
The program had a little something
for everyone. Children were called to the stage in classroom groups, introduced
by their teachers and given their graduation certificates. Some children
explained what they wanted to become later in life, from teachers, to firemen,
to police officers . Other children performed a class song with the audience
accompanying them. Most of the young boys and girls were all deck out in
splendor with white shirts and ties and beautiful white dresses. They were all
well behaved and looked well prepared for school to begin next week.
All the graduates were presented with back packs loaded with school supplies
that were donated by employees at the Hartford law firm of Edwards Angell
Palmer & Dodge LLP. Harry C. Cion, Office Administrator at Edwards Angell
Palmer & Dodge LLP said, "The attorneys and staff at the Hartford office of
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge had a "Jean's Day" every Friday in August to
raise money for backpacks and school supplies for the children at The Right
Place. Coordinated by our Administrative Assistant Dianna Weeks, we were
thrilled to raise enough money to purchase these items for the entire
graduating class. We were grateful for the opportunity to give back to the
community."
And now these kids are ready to go . . . let the school year begin!
DINNER & A VISIT -
THE SALVATION ARMY
CHRISTMAS MEAL PROGRAM
HARTFORD - The Salvation Army of Greater Hartford delivered holiday meals to homebound seniors and shut-ins. Close to 700 meals were delivered on Christmas morning. Volunteers arrived at 855 Asylum Avenue, they enjoyed coffee and danishes while they prepared to deliver a meal and a little holiday cheer.
Sponsors for the 2010 Holiday Meal Program are the Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Hartford Courant, Entenman's, and our many volunteers. View Pictures from last years' holiday meal program ...
WTIC 1080 HOLIDAY
STORE SETS NEW RECORD!
(Donors and volunteers eagerly await the
news as WTIC Holiday Store radio personalities Ray Dunaway and Jim Vicevich
get ready to announce this year's total before signing off.)
HARTFORD - The
WTIC NewsTalk 1080 - Salvation Army Holiday Store set a new record and raised
$195,521.09 in cash donations this holiday season. An estimated $39,259.00 in
new toys and $4,385.00 non perishable food was also
collected, which equals a total value of $239,165.09
raised at the 21st WTIC Holiday
store.
If you ever needed a new definition of "crazy" you
would have had to be present at Avon Old Farms Hotel on Christmas Eve Day for
the final broadcast of this year's program. The day started over $55,000 behind
last year's cash contributions. It was a little slow at 5:30 AM when Ray
Dunaway went on the air, but after 6:00 it started to pick up. And then it
never stopped! Read more....
SOUP, SOAP & HOPE 2010
HARTFORD, CT - "The Salvation Army stands for hope, when other flames are
extinguished and other stars go dim, this one light continues to shine
brightly." The word "Hope" was highlighted during the Army's annual Soup, Soap
and Hope Event, Thursday, September 16th at the Bond Hotel. When you entered
the lobby, you were greeted by the Army's brass ensemble playing inspiration
music as you waited for the elevator to the ballroom floor. Soup, Soap & Hope cont...
View Photos below:
HOW MANY PRATT LAWYERS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE DAY OF CARING A SUCCESS?
HARTFORD - In the case of The Right Place in Hartford, it took 35 Pratt Legal Services Department employees to do a "world class clean up" for the United Way's Day of Caring on Friday August 28th. And what a success the project was! The advanced crew showed up at The Salvation Army Early Learning Center on Sigourney Street around noontime. Michelle Crawford, Kate Arthur, and Alex McHugh were the point persons. With a long project list, a digital camera, plenty of cleaning supplies and great enthusiasm, they were ready to go.
The staff at The Right Place and The Salvation Army were amazed and thrilled (no exaggeration) at how the Legal Services Day of Caring team (literally) tore into the preschool and whipped it into shape. There was a very long "to do" list and the group nailed everything on it, then took on more! There are many action photos to show the effort and the results, but here's a teaser on what went down (much of it in the pouring rain): assembly-line rubber floor tile scrubbing; trees lopped and limbed; piles of rotting apples carted away; classroom toys disinfected; a basement full of castoffs cleared out; hard-core weeding and weed whacking; ceiling tiles replaced; playground toys, climbers and bikes scrubbed; carpets cleaned; sandbox torn apart, and the (very dramatic) total destruction of a shed and (also dramatic) clean up of the shed site. Some of the team who were less wet and filthy than others by the end read to and did crafts with some very cute little attention-hounds. The project certainly succeeded in making The Right Place a better place for the little people that learn through play there.
A HUGE thank you from The Right Place & Salvation Army to the team (in no particular order): Christine Hwang, Raja Maharajh, Kim Caron, Ben Buckley, Aprile Ricardi, Kate Arthur, Steve Swigert, Mima Meshe-Esponda, Greg Fearn, Meg Sheehan, Joe Hillmon, Mary Martineau, David Burns, Rosemarie Tamiso, Kristine Murphy, Andrea Yalof, Cheryl White-Mink, Holly Moore, Debbie Baldyga, Teresa Bogacz, Pam Bryck, Bill Piotrowski, Laurie Kaufman, Ed Bushard, James Pfadenhauer, Mark Pearl, Amy Bisson, Jamie Karabetsos, Bob Williams, Tyler Morrison, Alex McHugh, Michelle Crawford, Chad McDaniel (who is back from his trip and is acting pretty normal) and Peter Gutermann (for moral support).