Archive for Foundation News

2011 Annual Report

The Guilford Foundation is pleased to announce to release of our 2011 Annual Report, which provides an overview of the activities, financial data, donors, and grant awards made during the fiscal year starting February 1, 2011 and ending January 31, 2012. Many thanks to Drink Communications for designing this document.

Annual Dinner & Awards Celebration May 31 at 6pm

Thursday, May 31, 2012 The Guilford Yacht Club 379 Whitfield Street, Guilford, Connecticut Reception at 6:00pm Dinner & Awards at 6:45pm Admission is $50 per person – $25 under 18 This dinner is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors:

Youth Philanthropy at Work: YAG Announces Grant Awards

The Guilford High School Interact Club Youth Advisory Group (YAG), an initiative of the Guilford Foundation to promote youth philanthropy, recently awarded four grants totaling $4,300 to local organizations: YAG is an initiative of the Guilford Foundation whose intent is to foster philanthropy among high school students. Members…

Foundations Fuel Families: In the News

Fuel Aid Effort Kicks Off on Valentine’s Day. Click the link for photos and article in the Guilford Courier. 3 Shoreline towns’ charity to offer fuel aid. Click the link for the article in the New Haven Register.

President John Crawford Named Person of the Week

The Guilford Courier Featured Board President John Crawford as the “Person of the Week” on February 7, 2012. Click here for the full article!

Executive Director Featured on WTNH Channel 8

To help promote “Foundations Fuel Families,” an effort to raise funds for Guilford Social Services for families who need energy assistance, Liza Janssen Petra was interviewed on February 11, 2012 on Good Morning Connecticut. Click here to watch the interview.

Foundations Fuel Families

Foundations Fuel Families: Providing Warmth for your Neighbors

Fund Drive 2/14 to 3/19 A fuel crisis exists in Guilford. Costs to heat our homes are higher than ever, and more and more people are approaching Guilford Department of Social Services (GSS) for help: In 2010-11, GSS took 372 household applications for energy assistance, a jump from…

Notice of Press Conference

On Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 at 10am at the Guilford Free Library, the community foundations for Branford, Madison & Guilford will host a press conference to kick off “Foundations Fuel Families,” a private-sector initiative to raise funds for fuel assistance. A fuel crisis exists in our communities. Costs…

YAG in the News & Grant Application Deadline

The Youth Advisory Group (YAG), some members shown in the picture below taken at the 2011 Guilford Citizens’ Day Parade, was created through a partnership between GF and the Guilford High School Rotary Interact Club. YAG is currently fundraising for, and awarding grants to, local nonprofit organizations. The…