American Legion Veterans Housing
http://www.griswold-ct.org/Housing.html
The LaFlamme-Kusek American Legion Post sponsored American Legion Veterans Housing Inc Project (TALVI) has restored its existing building in Jewett City into 18 permanent supportive housing units to create a Pilot Project for a regional facility for homeless Veterans in Eastern Connecticut.
Carver Foundation of Norwalk
http://carvercenterct.org/
Carver’s community-based effort connects school, after-school, and summer learning to support positive youth outcomes, develop continuous learning pathways, and provide equitable opportunities for both students and parents. Careful not to over-schedule youth with academics, each day’s after-school programming is evenly balanced with academics, enrichment, and wellness to allow for creative time to explore and play. Carver’s world includes a bustling community center, active Carver alumni, community outreach, summer camp, international service learning, and parent leadership.
Coast Guard Foundation
http://www.coastguardfoundation.org/
Coast Guard Foundation Support Across The Country This map shows where and how the Coast Guard Foundation helps people. The examples included here are just a small sample of our support, and by no means are all of our projects represented by this map, but it shows how widespread our support is, and how we better the lives of Coast Guard personnel throughout the country. Click on an individual state to see more details about our support.
Connecticut Care 4 Kids
http://www.ctcare4kids.com/
Care 4 Kids helps low to moderate income families in Connecticut pay for child care costs. This program is sponsored by the State of Connecticut’s Department of Social Services (also called DSS).
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center
http://ctveteranslegal.org/
Connecticut Veterans Legal Center is to help veterans recovering from homelessness and mental illness overcome legal barriers to housing, healthcare and income.
Give 2 the Troops
http://give2thetroops.org/
We send care packages to deployed troops.
Help Our Military Heroes
http://www.helpourmilitaryheroes.org/
Help Our Military Heroes, Inc., (HOMH) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the military wounded with fully equipped handicapped vehicles. HOMH is donation-driven with 100% of public donations going toward purchasing special-needs vehicles for military heroes in need and other programs to help the wounded and injured. HOMH recognizes that every case is different and works with each individual in need to modify a vehicle specific to his or her injuries.
Make-A-Wish Connecticut
http://ct.wish.org/
The sole purpose of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut is to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. We want to provide children with the hope for better times, the strength for the tough times and the joy to experience the present. Make-A-Wish Connecticut has granted over 2,300 wishes since our founding in 1986.
National Organization for Rare Disorders
http://www.rarediseases.org/
Since 1987, NORD has administered Patient Assistance Programs to help patients obtain life-saving or life-sustaining medication they could not otherwise afford. Over the course of time NORD has expanded its services to offer financial assistance with insurance premiums and patient co-pay fees as well as assistance with reasonable and appropriate diagnostic testing expenses and travel to and consultation with disease specialists that are not covered by a patient’s insurance plan. NORD also works in partnership with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as patient organizations to provide travel and lodging assistance for study participants enrolled in specific rare disease clinical trials.
National Veterans Services Fund
http://www.nvsf.org/
Our staff of two full-time and two part-time employees spend every day providing different types of assistance for veterans and their families on a case-by-case basis. For example, we have purchased wheelchairs, scooters, ramps and other assistive technology; we have paid utility bills and deposits for veterans and their families in danger of homelessness; we have provided gift cards for family support; we've bought snow tires, dentures, and provided temporary housing for veterans in dire straits; we even paid a veterinary bill for a veteran’s companion animal. We've directed veterans to service officers to help them navigate the VA system and obtain the benefits to which they are entitled. As I said, this is a sample of what we have done, and continue to do on a case-by-case basis for veterans and their families.
Operation Music Aid
http://operationmusicaid.org/
Operation: Music Aid is a non-profit organization, based in Madison, CT whose mission is to secure musical instruments of all types in order to help aid in the rehabilitation of our valiant men and women who have been wounded while serving their country. Keyboards, guitars, and other musical instruments will be provided to the military hospitals, where our American heroes are rehabilitating. 100% of all donations go to the purchase of musical instruments for our severely wounded heroes.
Pillows for Soldiers
http://www.pillowsforsoldiers.com/
Our goal is simple. Supply a very comfortable, high quality pillow to as many United States Military, National Guard, Merchant Marine service men and women as possible;
to those who serve our country now, those who have served in the past and those who will serve in the future, including all families of all fallen soldiers.
Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Panties
http://shorelinesoupkitchens.com/
Our pantries located in Old Saybrook, Westbrook, Clinton, Old Lyme and East Lyme provide enough food for three meals for three days for those who attend, and those in their household. The food distributed includes both fresh meat, vegetables, fruit, and dairy and non- perishable canned and packaged food and heat-n-eat meals. Those in need are welcome to attend one distribution per week.
Our meal sites are located in Centerbrook, Essex, Deep River, Chester, Old Saybrook, Westbrook, Clinton, and Old Lyme. Hot nutritious meals are prepared by volunteers and served family style. Those in need are welcome to attend all our meal sites.
Soldier Socks
http://www.soldiersocks.com/
What we do:
The mission of SoldierSocks is to provide supplies such as tube socks and baby wipes to troops deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. These simple items, which we all take for granted, are in short supply for our soldiers abroad.
Since our inception in July of 2009, SoldierSocks has shipped over 50,000 pounds of items to our military forces.
SoldierSocks is proud to offer these resouces to our Troops.
SoldierScholarship - Our mission is to help soldiers take their next steps forward in their academic and professional careers, and fill any tuition gaps the Post-9/11 GI Bill may leave. We have three programs a veteran may apply to.
SoldierSuit - SoldierSocks is committed to helping our soldiers take their next steps forward. Whether it be a soldier taking their next steps on the frontlines, in their education or career paths, or helping them get out of a wheelchair and take the next steps forward in their daily lives, SoldierSocks is there to support them.
Veteran Angler Charters
http://veterananglercharters.org/
Veteran Angler Charters is a non-profit organization whose mission is to offer free charter fishing trips to our active duty, retired, wounded and recovering veterans and their families, providing recreational rehabilitation and therapeutic support.
Work Vessels For Veterans
http://www.workvesselsforveterans.org/
Work Vessels for Veterans offers a hand up to returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan by providing the "vessel" needed to start a business or complete career education. Work Vessels for Vets (WVFV) matches corporate and individual donations of equipment, electronics, vehicles, vessels, tools and materials with returning vets ready to start their own business.