The Ion Bank Foundation announced the winners of its Community Awards Program. The program, which kicks off each year in February, encourages Ion Bank customers to vote for a local charity of their choice to receive a grant from the Foundation. Our customers voted for 245 non-profit organizations, which allowed them to award grants totaling $86,600.
“This program is a wonderful collaboration between our customers, Foundation and the organizations that our customers feel have the most impact to their local community,” said David Rotatori, Ion Bank President and CEO. “Our customers are very passionate about their local charities and this program is a wonderful way for them to recognize those organizations and have a say in how our Foundation’s funds are distributed.”
2023 Ion Bank Foundation Community Awards Program Winners
| St. Francis of Assisi Church | $ 3,175 |
| Middlebury Senior Center | $ 2,100 |
| Whiskers Pet Rescue | $ 1,900 |
| Team Beta – Nonnewaug High School | $ 1,675 |
| Naugatuck High School Black Student Union | $ 1,625 |
| St. Anthony Church | $ 1,275 |
| Saint Vincent Ferrer Church | $ 1,250 |
| Animals for Life | $ 1,225 |
| Brass City Rescue Alliance | $ 1,200 |
| Rotary Club of Ansonia Seymour and Oxford, CT Inc. | $ 1,200 |
| Kellys Kids Inc. | $ 1,175 |
| GIL Foundation, Inc. | $ 975 |
| Jane Doe No More, Inc. | $ 925 |
| American Legion Post 17 | $ 850 |
| Naugatuck YMCA | $ 850 |
| Hidden Acres Therapeutic Riding Center | $ 800 |
| MVFD Ladies Auxiliary | $ 775 |
| St. Bridget School | $ 775 |
| Ball & Socket Arts | $ 750 |
| Naugatuck United Methodist Church | $ 750 |
| Palace Theater | $ 725 |
| Kitty Kat Rescue | $ 700 |
| Seymour Pink | $ 700 |
| Three Saints Orthodox Church | $ 700 |
| All the Kings Horses Equine Rescue Inc | $ 675 |
| Foster and Forever Pet Rescue, Inc. | $ 675 |
| Naugatuck Pop Warner | $ 650 |
| Friends of the Beacon Falls Library | $ 625 |
| Howard Whittemore Memorial Library | $ 625 |
| Prospect Congregational Church | $ 600 |
| Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury | $ 575 |
| Seymour C.A.R.E.S | $ 575 |
| Children’s Community School | $ 550 |
| Saint Mary’s Hospital Foundation | $ 550 |
| StayWell Health Care, Inc. | $ 550 |
| The Recreation Camp | $ 550 |
| Better Days Rescue Fund | $ 525 |
| Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust | $ 525 |
| Naugatuck Historical Society | $ 525 |
| Naugatuck Valley Soup Kitchen | $ 525 |
| Oxford Special Olympics | $ 525 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury | $ 500 |
| The Congregational Church of Naugatuck | $ 500 |
| Theresa’s Battleship Foundation, Inc. | $ 500 |
| Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect | $ 500 |
| Ecumenical Food Bank | $ 475 |
| Hope Pregnancy Center | $ 475 |
| Acts 4 Ministry, Inc. | $ 425 |
| Naugatuck High School Swimming and Diving | $ 425 |
| Peter J. Foley Little League Inc. | $ 425 |
| Cheshire Strawberry Festival – First Congregational Church | $ 400 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | $ 400 |
| Naugatuck Senior Center | $ 400 |
| Seven Angels Theatre | $ 400 |
| Where the Love Is, Inc. | $ 400 |
| Brass City Ballet | $ 375 |
| Connecticut Foodshare | $ 375 |
| Franciscan Life Center Network Inc. | $ 375 |
| Hillside Covenant Church | $ 375 |
| Meriden Historical Society, Inc. | $ 375 |
| Our Lady Queen of Angels | $ 375 |
| Oxford United Church of Christ Congregational | $ 375 |
| Cross Street Intermediate School PTO | $ 350 |
| Easter Seals Greater Waterbury | $ 350 |
| Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center, Inc. | $ 350 |
| Holy Savior Polish National Church | $ 350 |
| Naugatuck Outreach Partnership | $ 350 |
| Silver City Junior Motorsports | $ 350 |
| St. Joseph Church | $ 350 |
| St. Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury, Inc | $ 350 |
| Middlebury Congregational Church | $ 325 |
| Special Olympics Connecticut | $ 325 |
| United Way of Naugatuck & Beacon Falls | $ 325 |
| Beacon Falls Congregational Church | $ 300 |
| Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church | $ 300 |
| Housatonic Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America | $ 300 |
| Meriden Lions Club | $ 300 |
| Oxford Historical Society, Inc. | $ 300 |
| Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition (PRWC) | $ 300 |
| Abilities Without Boundaries | $ 275 |
| BHcare | $ 275 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterbury | $ 275 |
| Brass City Harvest Inc. | $ 275 |
| Franciscan Family Care Center | $ 275 |
| House of Heroes Connecticut | $ 275 |
| Little Britches | $ 275 |
| Midstate Arc, Inc. | $ 275 |
| Naugatuck Garden Club | $ 275 |
| Oxford Grange | $ 275 |
| St. George’s Episcopal Church | $ 275 |
| TEAM, Inc. | $ 275 |
| Woodbury Scholarship Fund Dollars for Scholars | $ 275 |
| Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation, Inc. | $ 275 |
| Connecticut Partnership for Children, Inc. | $ 250 |
| Naugatuck Ambulance, Inc. | $ 250 |
| Project Purple | $ 250 |
| Southford Falls Quilters, Inc. | $ 250 |
| St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church | $ 250 |
| St. Peter’s Episcopal Church – Cheshire | $ 250 |
| The Susie Foundation | $ 250 |
| Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire | $ 225 |
| Farmington Land Trust | $ 225 |
| Naugatuck Rotary | $ 225 |
| Baby Bundle, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Ben Bronz Foundation | $ 200 |
| Cheshire Community Food Pantry, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians | $ 200 |
| National Honor Society of Naugatuck High School, Joan Dillon Wertzinger Chapter | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Youth Services | $ 200 |
| Phoenix Stage Company | $ 200 |
| St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank | $ 200 |
| Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) | $ 200 |
| Christ Episcopal Church | $ 200 |
| Community Theater at Woodbury | $ 200 |
| Family Intervention Center, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Friends of the Oxford Library | $ 200 |
| Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries | $ 200 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $ 200 |
| Main Street Ballet Company | $ 200 |
| Master’s Table Community Meals | $ 200 |
| Mattatuck Museum | $ 200 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury | $ 200 |
| Oxford Land Trust | $ 200 |
| Random Hacks of Kindness Junior | $ 200 |
| Stanley-Whitman House | $ 200 |
| The River Foursquare Church | $ 200 |
| The Simon Foundation Inc. | $ 200 |
| United Way of Greater Waterbury | $ 200 |
| Waterbury Arc | $ 200 |
| Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department | $ 200 |
| Bethany Historical Society | $ 200 |
| Boy Scout Troop 138 | $ 200 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Meriden | $ 200 |
| Cheshire Food Drive, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Cheshire Land Trust | $ 200 |
| Friends of Woodbury Senior Community Center, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Griffin Hospital | $ 200 |
| Hilltop Hose Company #5 | $ 200 |
| Julia Day Nursery | $ 200 |
| Malta House of Care-Waterbury, Inc. | $ 200 |
| National MS Society, CT Chapter | $ 200 |
| OHS Booster Club | $ 200 |
| Rotary Club of Farmington | $ 200 |
| St. John the Evangelist School | $ 200 |
| United Church of Christ, Southbury | $ 200 |
| Waterbury Exchange Club Charitable Foundation | $ 200 |
| Woodbury Cemetery Association | $ 200 |
| Friends of CPFA/Artsplace, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Girls Inc. of Meriden | $ 200 |
| Girls Inc. of Western Connecticut | $ 200 |
| Greater Waterbury Campership Fund | $ 200 |
| Middlebury Historical Society, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Pinebrook City Assembly of God | $ 200 |
| Waterbury Chorale | $ 200 |
| Waterbury Symphony Orchestra | $ 200 |
| Woodland Church of Christ | $ 200 |
| Are You Dense, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Bent of the River Audubon Center | $ 200 |
| Boy Scouts Troop 109 | $ 200 |
| Child Guidance Clinic of Central CT | $ 200 |
| Gallery 53/Arts & Crafts Association of Meriden, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Iwo Jima Memorial Historical Foundation Inc | $ 200 |
| Madre Latina Organization Inc. | $ 200 |
| Master’s Manna, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Community Band | $ 200 |
| Police Athletic League of Parsippany Troy Hills | $ 200 |
| Rochambeau Middle School PTO | $ 200 |
| Spanish Community of Wallingford aka Comunidad Hispana de Wallingford | $ 200 |
| The Cove Center for Grieving Children | $ 200 |
| The Panther Project – FRC Robotics Team 2064 | $ 200 |
| Wallingford Emergency Shelter – Columbus House | $ 200 |
| CancerCare’s Connecticut Office | $ 200 |
| Friends of Meriden Public Library | $ 200 |
| Greyhound Band Association | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Campership Fund | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Lions Club | $ 200 |
| New Horizons Village | $ 200 |
| Seymour Lions Club, Inc. | $ 200 |
| South Meriden Festivals Inc. | $ 200 |
| Wolcott Girls Softball | $ 200 |
| A Kinder Ground, Inc. Nonprofit | $ 200 |
| Adam’s House – Adam Wysota Foundation | $ 200 |
| Annie C. Courtney Foundation | $ 200 |
| Arts for Learning Connecticut | $ 200 |
| Beacon Falls Historical Society | $ 200 |
| Bethany Lions Charities INC | $ 200 |
| Cheshire Community YMCA | $ 200 |
| Cheshire Youth Baseball and Softball | $ 200 |
| Clifford Beers Community Care Center | $ 200 |
| First Congregational Church of Cheshire | $ 200 |
| Friends of Riverside Cemetery | $ 200 |
| Gaylord Hospital | $ 200 |
| Habitat for Humanity Sleeping Giant Build | $ 200 |
| Hartford’s Camp Courant | $ 200 |
| Kiwanis Foundation of Meriden | $ 200 |
| Lighthouse Childcare Center | $ 200 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven | $ 200 |
| Meriden Wallingford Chrysalis, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Meriden YMCA | $ 200 |
| Meriden Youth Travel Baseball | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Community Choir | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Valley Community College Foundation | $ 200 |
| New Foundations, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Seeds of Hope for Haiti Inc. | $ 200 |
| Services for the Elderly | $ 200 |
| Seymour Oxford Food Bank, Inc | $ 200 |
| Social Sabby Sponsorships Inc. | $ 200 |
| The Hometown Foundation, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Trout Unlimited Naugatuck Pomperaug Chapter 281 | $ 200 |
| Waterbury Youth Services, Inc | $ 200 |
| Ansonia Little League | $ 200 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater New Haven | $ 200 |
| Camp Rising Sun | $ 200 |
| Central Connecticut Coast YMCA | $ 200 |
| Cub Scout Pack 27 | $ 200 |
| For All Ages, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Fraternal Order of Eagles 640 | $ 200 |
| Hoops4Life, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Meriden Project Graduation | $ 200 |
| MidState Medical Center | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Cub Scout Pack #109 | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Exchange Foundation | $ 200 |
| Partnerships in Learning and Creative Exploration Inc. | $ 200 |
| Saint Nicholas Parish – Seymour | $ 200 |
| Seymour-Oxford Nursery and Child Care Association | $ 200 |
| The Children’s Center of Hamden, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Wallingford Family YMCA | $ 200 |
| Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust | $ 200 |
| City Youth Theater Inc. | $ 200 |
| Connecticut Cat Connection Inc. | $ 200 |
| Connecticut Rivers Council, BSA | $ 200 |
| FFXs Fitness Foundation | $ 200 |
| Greater Waterbury YMCA | $ 200 |
| Hamden Rotary Club | $ 200 |
| Healing Meals Community Project | $ 200 |
| Klingberg Family Centers | $ 200 |
| LGYU INC | $ 200 |
| Main Street Waterbury | $ 200 |
| Marrakech, Inc. | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Education Foundation | $ 200 |
| Naugatuck Partnership for Children | $ 200 |
| Pomperaug Valley Garden Club | $ 200 |
| Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee of Wallingford Corp. | $ 200 |