The Ion Bank Foundation announced the winners of its Community Awards Program at a special ceremony last evening at the 87 Church Street, Naugatuck branch. We received 2,449 customer votes for 134 non-profit organizations which allowed us to award grants totaling $62,100.
The program, which kicked off in February, encouraged Ion Bank customers to vote for a local charity of their choice to receive a grant from the Foundation.
“This program is a wonderful collaboration between our customers, Foundation and the organizations that our customers feel have the most impact to local communities,” said Charles J. Boulier III, 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.”
2017 Ion Bank Foundation Community Awards Program Winners
| St. Mary Church | Naugatuck | $1,800 |
| St. Hedwig Church | Naugatuck | $1,675 |
| St. Francis of Assisi Church | Naugatuck | $1,600 |
| St. Francis St. Hedwig School | Naugatuck | $1,525 |
| St. John of the Cross Mission Trip | Middlebury | $1,500 |
| St. Anthony Church | Prospect | $1,450 |
| Team Beta – Nonnewaug High School | Woodbury | $1,300 |
| St. Bridget School | Cheshire | $1,225 |
| Theresa’s Battleship Foundation, Inc. | Cheshire | $1,200 |
| Howard Whittemore Memorial Library | Naugatuck | $1,150 |
| Middlebury Elderly & Social Services | Middlebury | $1,150 |
| Where the Love Is, Inc. | Hamden | $1,125 |
| Better Days Rescue Fund | Woodbury | $1,100 |
| House of Heroes Connecticut | Hamden | $1,100 |
| Saint Vincent Ferrer Church | Naugatuck | $1,075 |
| Seymour Pink Inc. | Seymour | $1,025 |
| Three Saints Orthodox Church | Ansonia | $1,025 |
| Naugatuck YMCA | Naugatuck | $975 |
| Prospect Congregational Church | Prospect | $950 |
| Cheshire Strawberry Festival – First Congregational Church | Cheshire | $925 |
| Naugatuck High School Swimming Alumni | Naugatuck | $900 |
| Brass City Rescue Alliance | Middlebury | $850 |
| Oxford United Church of Christ Congregational | Oxford | $850 |
| St. Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury, Inc | Waterbury | $850 |
| Jane Doe No More, Inc. | Naugatuck | $825 |
| Naugatuck Special Olympics | Naugatuck | $800 |
| Oxford Special Olympics | Oxford | $775 |
| Prospect Senior Center | Prospect | $775 |
| Thank Dog Rescue | Newtown | $775 |
| Friends of the Oxford Library | Oxford | $750 |
| Naugatuck United Methodist Church | Naugatuck | $750 |
| Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury | Waterbury | $725 |
| Volunteer Fire Department of Prospect | Prospect | $725 |
| Naugatuck High School Soccer Booster Club | Naugatuck | $700 |
| Hidden Acres Therapeutic Riding Center | Naugatuck | $625 |
| Acts 4 Ministry, Inc. | Waterbury | $600 |
| Middlebury Congregational Church | Middlebury | $600 |
| Area Congregations Together, Inc. / Spooner House | Shelton | $575 |
| Beacon Falls Congregational Church | Beacon Falls | $575 |
| Naugatuck Baseball League | Naugatuck | $575 |
| Connecticut Food Bank | Wallingford | $550 |
| Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust | Woodbury | $550 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury | Waterbury | $550 |
| Franciscan Life Center Network Inc. | Meriden | $525 |
| Naugatuck Community Choir | Naugatuck | $525 |
| Children’s Community School | Waterbury | $500 |
| Seven Angels Theatre | Waterbury | $500 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Meriden | Meriden | $475 |
| Hillside Covenant Church | Naugatuck | $475 |
| St. Mary School | Waterbury | $475 |
| Ecumenical Food Bank | Naugatuck | $450 |
| GIL Foundation, Inc. | Prospect | $450 |
| Naugatuck High School Greyhound Band Association | Naugatuck | $425 |
| Naugatuck Senior Center | Naugatuck | $425 |
| Association of the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department | Woodbury | $400 |
| Naugatuck Education Foundation | Naugatuck | $400 |
| Connecticut Partnership for Children, Inc. | Seymour | $375 |
| Family Intervention Center, Inc. | Waterbury | $375 |
| Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut | New Haven | $375 |
| Girls Incorporated of Meriden | Meriden | $350 |
| Naugatuck Historical Society | Naugatuck | $350 |
| Waterbury Arc | Waterbury | $350 |
| Best Buddies CT | North Haven | $325 |
| Friends of Middlebury Dog Park | Middlebury | $325 |
| Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center, Inc. | Ansonia | $325 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel School | Meriden | $325 |
| Palace Theater | Waterbury | $325 |
| Rotary Club of Ansonia | Ansonia | $325 |
| TEAM, Inc. | Derby | $325 |
| Boy Scout Troop 138 | Naugatuck | $300 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterbury | Waterbury | $300 |
| Naugatuck Youth Services | Naugatuck | $300 |
| Oxford Land Trust | Oxford | $300 |
| Audubon Center Bent of the River | Southbury | $275 |
| Hilltop Hose Company #5 | Ansonia | $275 |
| Naugatuck Beautification | Naugatuck | $275 |
| Saint Joseph School | Meriden | $275 |
| The Susie Foundation | Beacon Falls | $275 |
| Master’s Manna, Inc. | Wallingford | $250 |
| NAMI Waterbury | Waterbury | $250 |
| Naugatuck Valley Community Church | Naugatuck | $250 |
| Watertown Historical Society | Watertown | $250 |
| Woodbury Lions Club Foundation, Inc. | Woodbury | $250 |
| Friends of the Ansonia Library | Ansonia | $225 |
| Girls Inc. of Western Connecticut | Waterbury | $225 |
| Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries | Waterbury | $225 |
| NEON Naugatuck Ecumenical Outreach Network | Naugatuck | $225 |
| Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation, Inc. | Woodbury | $225 |
| American Legion Post 17 | Naugatuck | $175 |
| Children’s Center of Hamden | Hamden | $175 |
| Mattatuck Museum | Waterbury | $175 |
| Naugatuck Campership Fund | Naugatuck | $175 |
| Naugatuck Teen Theater | Naugatuck | $175 |
| Arc of Meriden-Wallingford, Inc. | Meriden | $150 |
| CancerCare’s Connecticut Office | Norwalk | $150 |
| Greater Waterbury Campership Fund | Waterbury | $150 |
| Kellys Kids Inc. | Prospect | $150 |
| MidState Medical Center | Meriden | $150 |
| National MS Society, CT Chapter | Hartford | $150 |
| Phoenix Stage Company | Oakville | $150 |
| Treasured Time | Seymour | $150 |
| United Way of Naugatuck & Beacon Falls | Naugatuck | $150 |
| Connecticut Advocates for Parkinson’s | Glastonbury | $125 |
| Friends of the Watertown Library Association | Watertown | $125 |
| Greater Waterbury YMCA | Waterbury | $125 |
| Wallingford Family YMCA | Wallingford | $125 |
| Waterbury Exchange Club Charitable Foundation | Waterbury | $125 |
| Brass City Harvest Inc. | Waterbury | $100 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Meriden | Meriden | $100 |
| Madre Latina Organization Inc. | Waterbury | $100 |
| Quassapaug Sailing Center | Middlebury | $100 |
| StayWell Health Care, Inc. | Naugatuck | $100 |
| The Naugatuck Rotary Foundation | Naugatuck | $100 |
| Waterbury Symphony Orchestra | Waterbury | $100 |
| Child Guidance Clinic for Central Connecticut | Meriden | $100 |
| Griffin Hospital | Derby | $100 |
| Meriden YMCA | Meriden | $100 |
| Naugatuck Cub Scout Pack #109 | Naugatuck | $100 |
| Naugatuck Partnership for Children | Naugatuck | $100 |
| Restoration Springs | Waterbury | $100 |
| Seymour Lions Club, Inc. | Seymour | $100 |
| Spanish Community of Wallingford | Wallingford | $100 |
| St. George’s Episcopal Church | Middlebury | $100 |
| United Way of Greater Waterbury | Waterbury | $100 |
| Are You Dense, Inc. | Woodbury | $100 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury | Waterbury | $100 |
| P.L.A.C.E. Children’s Museum and Creative Arts Center | Hamden | $100 |
| St. Anthony Church Hope Ministry | Prospect | $100 |
| Wallingford Lions Club | Wallingford | $100 |
| Beat the Street Community Center Inc. | Meriden | $100 |
| Hamden-North Haven YMCA | Hamden | $100 |
| Meriden Children First | Meriden | $100 |
| Prospect Scholarship Foundation, Inc. | Prospect | $100 |
| Ulbrich Boys & Girls Club | Wallingford | $100 |