16 Hartford Business Journal • December 11, 2017 • www.HartfordBusiness.com
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Butterflies of Hope Event
raises money for domestic
violence prevention
Enfield-based The Network Against Domestic
Abuse raised $37,000 during its annual
fundraising event in Hartford, Butterflies of
Hope. The funds will go toward assisting adult
victims of domestic violence and their children,
as well as prevention education.
Apella Capital collects food donations
Glastonbury financial planning firm Apella Capital LLC recently hosted a
shredding event that collected food donations for the Manchester Area
Conferences of Churches food pantry. The event brought over 100 people
who shredded more than 3,000 pounds of documents while collecting 25
cases of food for those in need.
Farmington Bank collects Thanksgiving food
and donations for Hands On Hartford
Farmington Bank joined forces with 102.9 The Whale and Whole Foods
Market to host a two-week Thanksgiving food drive. More than 2,600 pounds
of food and nearly $1,000 was raised and donated to Hands On Hartford's
MANNA Community Food Pantry. Pictured (from left) are: Keith Dakin,
102.9 The Whale; Mike Romanski, senior vice president and commercial
team leader, Farmington Bank; John Patrick, chairman, president and CEO,
Farmington Bank; Aida Couto, assistant branch manager, Farmington Bank;
and Malorie Buccigross, personal banker, Farmington Bank.
OF NOTE
At The First Tee's 20th anniversary
Biennial Network Meeting in Orlando, the
Connecticut chapter received two honors.
Meghan Mazumdar, a ninth grader at
South Windsor High School, received The
First Tee's Outstanding Participant award;
and Ted May, immediate past chair of The
First Tee of Connecticut's board, received
the Jack Stephens Leadership Award.
Susan Rochford, Legrand North and
Central America's vice president of
sustainability, energy efficiency and
public policy, received a 2017 Women
in Sustainability Leadership Award
at the 2017 Greenbuild International
Conference and Expo. The award
was created around three key values:
environmental stewardship, conduit for
change and giving back.
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