Aetna Foundation Announces Hartford-Area Summer Grants; Marks 29th Year of Aetna's Commitment to Community.Business Editors HARTFORD Hartford, city (1990 pop. 139,739), state capital, Hartford co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown 1635–36 on the site of a Dutch trading post (1633; abandoned 1654), inc. 1784. , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2002 The Aetna Aetna, volcano: see Etna, Italy. Foundation today announced that 15 Hartford-based community organizations will receive funding through the Foundation's summer grants program. This funding will provide academic and cultural enrichment enrichment Food industry The addition of vitamins or minerals to a food–eg, wheat, which may have been lost during processing. See White flour; Cf Whole grains. opportunities to nearly 6,000 area students. This marks the 29th consecutive year that the Aetna Foundation has awarded summer grants. "Aetna has a strong and long-standing long-stand·ing adj. Of long duration or existence: a long-standing friendship. long-standing Adjective existing for a long time commitment to the community," said Marilda Gandara Gandara may refer to:
"With the support of the Aetna Foundation, we are able to expose children to opportunities for personal growth that they would otherwise not have access to," said Sandra sandra (sänˑ·dr  ),adj Sydlo, executive director of ConnectiKids. "Funding through the Aetna Foundation will help support ConnectiKids Summer Program, which reaches 160 Hartford students from kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through grade 5." The program offers an academic morning component as well as afternoon recreation and enrichment activities. The Aetna Foundation is providing a total of $50,000 in summer grants. Hartford-area organizations receiving grants from the Aetna Foundation this year are: - Capital Region Workforce Development Board - Center City Churches - Channel 3 Kids Camp - Christian Activities Council - ConnectiKids - Ebenezer Temple - Girls Inc. - Greater Hartford YMCA - Hartford Camp Courant - Hartford College for Women - Organized Parents Make a Difference (OPMAD) - San Juan Tutorial - South Arsenal Development Corporation (SAND) - West Indian Foundation - YWCA The Aetna Foundation has maintained a strong commitment to Connecticut Connecticut, state, United States Connecticut (kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). , Aetna's home state, for almost 150 years. In 2001, Aetna and the Aetna Foundation supported Connecticut-based organizations with $2.7 million in funding. Of that, $1.8 million was spent in the city of Hartford. Information about the Aetna Foundation is available at http://www.aetna.com/foundation/. Aetna is one of the nation's leading providers of health care and related group benefits, serving 15.0 million health care members, 12.1 million dental members and 11.9 million group insurance customers, as of March 31, 2002. Information about Aetna is available at www.aetna.com. |
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