The Ion Bank Foundation announced the winners of its Community Awards Program. They received 2,732 customer votes for 201 non-profit organizations, which allowed them to award grants totaling $70,025.
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 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.”
2021 Ion Bank Foundation Community Awards Program Winners
| St. Francis of Assisi Church | $3,275 |
| Middlebury Senior Center | $1,900 |
| Brass City Rescue Alliance | $1,350 |
| Animals for Life | $1,325 |
| Palace Theater | $1,250 |
| St. Anthony Church | $1,250 |
| Connecticut Food Bank | $1,200 |
| ACES Education Foundation | $1,150 |
| Seymour Pink Inc. | $1,025 |
| Jane Doe No More, Inc. | $925 |
| Naugatuck United Methodist Church | $925 |
| Seven Angels Theatre | $925 |
| Whiskers Pet Rescue Inc. | $925 |
| Better Days Rescue Fund | $900 |
| Hidden Acres Therapeutic Riding Center | $900 |
| Kitty Kat Rescue | $900 |
| Ansonia Rotary Club | $875 |
| Thank Dog Rescue | $825 |
| MVFD Ladies Auxiliary | $800 |
| Saint Vincent Ferrer Church | $775 |
| Naugatuck High School Swimming and Diving | $750 |
| Safe Haven of Greater Waterbury | $750 |
| Cheshire Strawberry Festival – First Congregational Church | $725 |
| Oxford United Church of Christ Congregational | $725 |
| Peter J. Foley Little League Inc. | $725 |
| St. Vincent De Paul Mission of Waterbury, Inc. | $725 |
| Hope Pregnancy Center | $700 |
| Prospect Congregational Church | $700 |
| St. Bridget School | $700 |
| Howard Whittemore Memorial Library | $675 |
| Theresa’s Battleship Foundation, Inc. | $675 |
| Franciscan Life Center Network Inc. | $600 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater Waterbury | $600 |
| Naugatuck Pop Warner | $600 |
| Seymour C.A.R.E.S | $575 |
| St. John the Evangelist School | $575 |
| Three Saints Orthodox Church | $575 |
| Children’s Community School | $550 |
| Friends of the Beacon Falls Library | $550 |
| Naugatuck YMCA | $550 |
| St. John of the Cross Mission Trip | $550 |
| Naugatuck Special Olympics | $525 |
| Oxford Special Olympics | $525 |
| Beacon Falls Congregational Church | $500 |
| Connecticut Partnership for Children, Inc. | $500 |
| Easter Seals Greater Waterbury | $500 |
| House of Heroes Connecticut | $500 |
| Ecumenical Food Bank | $475 |
| Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust | $475 |
| Naugatuck Youth Services | $475 |
| Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition | $475 |
| Team Beta – Nonnewaug High School | $475 |
| Foster and Forever Pet Rescue, Inc. | $450 |
| Little Britches | $425 |
| NAMI Waterbury | $425 |
| Meriden Historical Society, Inc. | $400 |
| NEON Naugatuck Ecumenical Outreach Network | $400 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | $375 |
| Naugatuck Senior Center | $375 |
| Oxford Historical Society, Inc. | $375 |
| The Animal Haven, Inc. | $375 |
| Acts 4 Ministry, Inc. | $350 |
| Hillside Covenant Church | $350 |
| Naugatuck Historical Society | $350 |
| St. George’s Episcopal Church | $350 |
| Where the Love Is, Inc. | $350 |
| Audubon Center Bent of the River | $325 |
| Cheshire Community Food Pantry, Inc. | $325 |
| Griffin Hospital | $325 |
| St. Joseph Church | $325 |
| St. Peter Episcopal Church | $325 |
| TEAM, Inc. | $325 |
| The Congregational Church of Naugatuck | $325 |
| The Lutheran Home of Southbury | $325 |
| The Susie Foundation | $325 |
| Boy Scout Troop 138 | $300 |
| Friends of the Ansonia Nature Center, Inc. | $300 |
| Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries | $300 |
| Housatonic Council Inc., Boy Scouts of America | $300 |
| United Way of Naugatuck & Beacon Falls | $300 |
| Woodbury Lions Club Foundation, Inc. | $300 |
| American Legion Post 17 | $275 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Meriden | $275 |
| Cross Street Intermediate School PTO | $275 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $275 |
| Midstate Arc, Inc. | $275 |
| National Honor Society of Naugatuck High School, Joan Dillon Wertzonger Chapter | $275 |
| Oxford Land Trust | $275 |
| Waterbury Arc | $275 |
| Woodbury-Bethlehem Community Music Foundation, Inc. | $275 |
| Bethany Historical Society | $250 |
| Connecticut Rivers Council, BSA | $250 |
| Madre Latina Organization Inc. | $250 |
| Middlebury Historical Society, Inc. | $250 |
| Naugatuck Garden Club | $250 |
| Naugatuck Lions Club | $250 |
| St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church | $250 |
| The River Foursquare Church | $250 |
| Woodbury Scholarship Fund Dollars for Scholars | $250 |
| Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire | $225 |
| Friends of the Oxford Library | $225 |
| Friends of Woodbury Senior Community Center, Inc. | $225 |
| GIL Foundation, Inc. | $225 |
| Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians | $225 |
| Mattatuck Museum | $225 |
| Naugatuck Rotary | $225 |
| Project Purple | $225 |
| StayWell Health Care, Inc. | $225 |
| The Cove Center for Grieving Children | $225 |
| Waterbury Symphony Orchestra | $225 |
| Brass City Harvest Inc. | $200 |
| Friends of the Ansonia Library | $200 |
| Girls Inc. of Western Connecticut | $200 |
| Kellys Kids Inc. | $200 |
| Master’s Table Community Meals | $200 |
| United Church of Christ, Southbury | $200 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterbury | $175 |
| Community Theater at Woodbury | $175 |
| Friends of the Meriden Public Library | $175 |
| Main Street Ballet Company | $175 |
| Master’s Manna, Inc. | $175 |
| Meriden YMCA | $175 |
| New Horizons Village | $175 |
| Pinebrook City Assembly of God | $175 |
| Rotary Club of Farmington | $175 |
| Safe Families for Children – Connecticut | $175 |
| Family Intervention Center, Inc. | $150 |
| Gaylord Hospital | $150 |
| Iwo Jima Memorial Historical Foundation Inc. | $150 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater New Haven | $150 |
| Naugatuck Beautification | $150 |
| Phoenix Stage Company | $150 |
| Police Activity League of Waterbury, Inc. (PAL) | $150 |
| Random Hacks of Kindness Junior | $150 |
| Trout Unlimited Naugatuck Pomperaug Chapter 281 | $150 |
| Waterbury Bridge To Success Community Partnership | $150 |
| Annie C. Courtney Foundation | $125 |
| Christ Episcopal Church | $125 |
| Girls Inc. of Meriden | $125 |
| Naugatuck Community Choir | $125 |
| Naugatuck Education Foundation | $125 |
| Seymour Tradition | $125 |
| United Way of Greater Waterbury | $125 |
| Waterbury Exchange Club Charitable Foundation | $125 |
| Abilities Without Boundaries | $100 |
| Cheshire Community YMCA | $100 |
| Cheshire Food Drive, Inc. | $100 |
| Cheshire Land Trust | $100 |
| Christmas in the Village | $100 |
| Cross of Christ Lutheran Church | $100 |
| First Congregational Church of Meriden | $100 |
| Gallery 53/Arts & Crafts Association of Meriden, Inc. | $100 |
| Girl Scouts of Connecticut | $100 |
| Mariachi Academy of New England | $100 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury | $100 |
| SCOW (Comunidad Hispana de Wallingford) | $100 |
| The Panther Project – FRC Robotics Team 2064 | $100 |
| The Simon Foundation Inc. | $100 |
| Tribury Rotary Club of Southbury, Middlebury, Woodbury | $100 |
| Watertown Historical Society | $100 |
| Woodland Church of Christ | $100 |
| Are You Dense, Inc. | $100 |
| Camp Rising Sun | $100 |
| Greater Waterbury Campership Fund | $100 |
| Naugatuck Campership Fund | $100 |
| Naugatuck Cub Scout Pack #109 | $100 |
| Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut | $100 |
| Seymour-Oxford Nursery and Child Care Association | $100 |
| The Children’s Center of Hamden, Inc. | $100 |
| The Ronald Perille Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund | $100 |
| Wallingford Emergency Shelter – Columbus House | $100 |
| Adam’s House – Adam Wysota Foundation | $100 |
| CancerCare’s Connecticut Office | $100 |
| Futbol Friends International | $100 |
| Meriden Wallingford Chrysalis, Inc. | $100 |
| Meriden Youth Travel Baseball | $100 |
| Saint Mary’s Hospital Foundation | $100 |
| Seeds of Hope for Haiti Inc. | $100 |
| Arts for Learning Connecticut | $100 |
| Children’s Center of Hamden | $100 |
| For All Ages, Inc. | $100 |
| Habitat for Humanity Sleeping Giant Build | $100 |
| Meriden Children First | $100 |
| Meriden Project Graduation | $100 |
| New Foundations Inc. | $100 |
| Restore With The Arts, Inc. | $100 |
| Rochambeau Middle School PTO | $100 |
| Seymour Lions Club, Inc. | $100 |
| Social Sabby Sponsorships Inc. | $100 |
| The Voice of Art Inc. | $100 |
| Ulbrich Boys & Girls Club | $100 |
| Wallingford Family YMCA | $100 |
| Watertown First Robot, Inc. | $100 |