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Family To Family: The Kissane Family Fund
When Judy Kissane’s first husband passed away, she knew she wanted to honor his legacy in a meaningful way. She discovered The Village as she was looking for ways to help others, and was inspired to take action. Along with...
From Coping To Thriving
Like most teenagers, Tyler doesn’t like cleaning his room. But his shy smile appears when he talks about extracting DNA from strawberries in his eighth-grade science lab. “It looks like string,” he explains. If you want to see him really...
He Made It Easy To Love Him
When Dave began thinking of how to give back to his community, he learned about the need for foster parents and decided to go all in. That was how he could help make a difference! During the training, he learned...
A Passion for Cars and Helping Kids
On a rainy Monday morning, Jerry Bundy stopped by his office at Bundy Motors in Tolland before heading out to pick up a car from a longtime friend and customer. Jerry doesn’t own the shop anymore — he’s retired after...
I’m the One Bringing Change Now
Genesis Martinez has known little stability growing up. She has lived in numerous homes with various family members, in group homes, and a homeless shelter, with several stays in hospital emergency rooms. Genesis has felt unloved and unaccepted for who...
Building a Community of Support for Student Success
When Jasan, a third-grader at Sarah J. Rawson school in Hartford, lost his father, he started displaying troubling behaviors in school.“Running out of the class, talking back. I would be angry all the time, but then I would feel bad,”...
I Was Willing To Change as a Parent
About a year ago, Shanthal, a young mother of two, knew she had hit a low point. “I was stressed with anxiety,” she recalls, “Both my kids at school were misbehaving and I didn’t know what to do.” So when...
Paying It Forward
Bloomfield resident Deborah Breedlove, who works for a large retirement community in West Hartford, has relied on Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) volunteers to help her accurately complete her taxes, free and online, for nearly a decade. Every year, she...
Girls Just Want To Give Back
The Village has been lucky to receive donations from some very generous young women. Sklyar Sylvester and Araya Muska of Windsor Locks organized three “more than lemonade” stands where they sold iced tea, flowers, brownies and, of course, lemonade to...
The Village for Families & Children plans to go live.
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Lunch Break: The Reality of OCDMay 23, 12:00pm1680 Albany Ave, Hartford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06105Join us on Facebook Live at noon on Thursday, May 23 for this month’s episode of Lunch Break With The Village, where we’ll focus on the reality of living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and discuss common misconceptions and other factors that contribute to misunderstanding and stigma.
You’ll learn about:
💭 Challenges individuals with OCD face in their daily lives
💭 Tips to support a loved one with OCD
💭 Common OCD assumptions and misconceptions
Our guests will be Village Chief Medical Officer Dr. Laine Taylor and a volunteer from NAMI CT.
✅ How to join: Visit our page (The Village for Families & Children) at noon on May 23 when we go live. You may need to refresh the page on your device.
Please share this free Facebook Live event with anyone who may be interested in joining the conversation.
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❤️ May is National Foster Care Month! Village foster parent Latisha recently spoke with WIHS radio about what inspired her to become a foster parent and was joined by Village Recruitment & Licensing Supervisor Christy George and our friends at Urban Alliance Hartford to discuss the need for foster parents in Connecticut and how they make a huge difference for youth in need of a home.
🎙 Hear Latisha’s story: ow.ly/17Fk50Ru9lI
👉 Learn about fostering: ow.ly/tAiz50Ru6K0
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🤩✨ Serving others by serving LOOKS! Kingswood Oxford School’s amazing student-run fashion magazine “thread” once again held fashion show to benefit The Village and support our work. We’re so grateful for their generosity and the support of all who participated and attended!!
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A great event for a worthy cause. Proud of our Wyverns who took the initiative and gave back to the community.