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Nutmeg Wins Grant from Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to Help Dozens More Children in Need
This past month, Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters learned that it had won an 18-month grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to serve at least 75 more children.The Hartford Public Schools, the City of Hartford's Office of Youth Services, Bloomfield Public Schools and Bloomfield's First Cathedral will all be collaborating with Nutmeg to identify children to be served and provide them with ideal mentors.
Nutmeg Goes to see CT Whale Thanks to AETNA's Generosity
Thanks to the generosity of Aetna, 96 statewide "Bigs" (adult mentors) and "Littles" (the children being mentored) from Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters got to drink in the sights and sounds of the XL Center in Hartford as the Connecticut Whale took to the ice in a recent Saturday night hockey joust with the Norfolk Admirals.
"World of Possibilities" Fundraiser Surpasses Others
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, Connecticut's premier youth mentoring organization, announced that the results of its 2011 "World of Possibilities" Gala has surpassed those of any past fundraiser for the organization.
When a family seeks a mentor for a boy, they often request that the person selected be a man - often someone with the same racial and ethnic background as the child.A disproportionatenumber of children currently on Nutmeg Big Brother Big Sisters' waiting list are boys of color.So Nutmeg has launched a campaign to bring in more men as mentors - especially Latino, African American and West Indian men - and it would be great for the next volunteer to be you!
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