Complete List of Organizations
BareBones Bristol
Bare Bones is a welcoming network to create and to grow Bristol’s arts community.
https://www.facebook.com/BareBonesBristol
Sarah Johnson
Bristol Adult Resource Center
Bristol Adult Resource Center a non-profit organization serving individuals with disabilities. BARC offers day and residential services, as well as recreational activities for individuals aged 18+ with developmental disabilities. The website provides parents, family members, and potential volunteers and employees with the information they need about the services offered.
Judy Gebben
Ann Beardsley
Bristol Community Organization
The Bristol Community Organization, Inc. is a private non-profit community action agency serving the young, the elderly, the handicapped and economically disadvantaged individuals and families in the Greater Bristol area. Services provided include the Energy Assistance program, Eviction Prevention/Foreclosure program, Beyond Shelter program (designed to prevent the recurrence of homelessness), Grandparents program (provides assistance to grandparents 60 years of age and older who have primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren), Head Start, Homemaker/Companion/Respite program, HUSKY and Healthy Start, Youth employment, Retired Senior Volunteer program, social services, and transportation services.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bristol-Community-Organization-Inc/184529431625740
Tom Morrow, Executive Director
Rose Bourgoin
Aminata Bangura
Nancy Micloskey
Boys & Girls Club and Family Center of Bristol
The organization’s mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
Michael Suchopar
Jay Maia
Bristol Public Schools Mentor Program
The Bristol Board of Education mentoring program has developed into one of the top programs in the state. We currently have over 200 mentors from all walks of life who go into our schools for one hour every week and provide our students with a one-on-one relationship that builds their self esteem, reawakens their drive to achieve, provides a positive role model and rekindles hope. We are always in need of new mentors, especially male mentors.
http://www.bristol.k12.ct.us/page.cfm?p=9726
Jeanine Audette, District Coordinator Mentor and School to Business Partnership
jeanineaudette@ci.bristol.ct.us
Bristol Housing Authority
BHA operates housing for elderly, non-elderly disabled persons and for families that meet the low and moderate income criteria for the federal and state programs. The organization’s goal is to make family developments a transitional, not a permanent, solution while supporting independent living for our senior and non-elderly disabled residents.
Jessica Dolan
Capital Area Substance Abuse Council
In collaboration with our communities, the Capital Area Substance Abuse Council (CASAC) is a strategic catalyst to reduce substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. We advocate for comprehensive prevention education, healthy decision making, and high impact programming in service to our diverse constituencies.
Thomas J. Steen, Executive Director
Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency
Timothy Malone
Carl Stephani
Central CT Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber is a positive, upbeat organization that promotes economic development, provides united representation in government affairs, is an advocate for the business community, and provides essential member services.
http://www.centralctchambers.org/
Cindy Scoville c.scoville@centralctchamber.org
Michael Nicastro m.nicastro@centralctchambers.org
Connecticut Center for Prevention, Wellness and Recovery
Wheeler Clinic’s Connecticut Center for Prevention, Wellness and Recovery is the state’s most comprehensive resource for behavioral health information and a leading provider of professional training and development opportunities, and prevention and health promotion services statewide.
http://www.wheelerclinic.org/ct-center
Judith A. Stonger, MA, CPP, Director
Corrine King, Prevention Specialist
CT Association for Human Services
Independent, nonprofit organization committed to decreasing poverty, neglect and inequality through public education, research, advocacy, and policy development. CAHS promotes family economic security strategies that empower low-income working families to achieve financial independence. Our mission is to end poverty and engage, equip and empower all families in Connecticut to build a secure future. We inform service providers and others to advocate for policy and practice changes that move low- to moderate-income (LMI) families toward prosperity. Most efforts are directed at families under 130 percent of the federal poverty level and all at families under 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Aleja Rasario
CT Association of Non-Profits
Connecticut Association of Nonprofits (CT Nonprofits) is the largest membership organization in the state dedicated exclusively to working with nonprofits in Connecticut. By connecting organizations with information, education, advocacy and collaboration, we help members focus their energy on the people and communities they serve.
https://www.facebook.com/CTNonprofits?filter=3#!/CTNonprofits/info
Ron Cretaro
Connecticut Legal Services
Connecticut Legal Services is a private, non-profit, civil law firm dedicated to helping low-income families and individuals obtain justice. The bulk of our work consists of providing civil law representation and counseling to thousands of low-income families and individuals each year. We help our clients use the law to meet basic life needs.
http://www.connlegalservices.org/index.html
Steven Eppler-Epstein
Seppler-epstein@connlegalservices.org
Community Mental Health Affiliates
CMHA is a leading provider of an integrated health and behavioral health care system for children, families and adults. By fostering improvement in the quality of life for their clients, CMHA contributes to the well-being of the communities it serves.
Raymond Gorman
C. W. Resources
CW Resources is dedicated to serving the needs of persons with disabilities through the creation of integrated vocational training and employment opportunities for those individuals who are physically, developmentally, emotionally and/or socio-economically challenged. Empowerment through Employment.
http://www.cwresources.org/about-cw-resources.php
Sandra Lavoy
Farmington Economic Development Commission
Farmington Economic Development Commission is a group of citizens and business representatives appointed by the Town of Farmington Board of Selectmen, whose purpose is to promote a sound, diversified economic base that is consistent with Farmington’s rural and village character and to encourage new businesses to locate in appropriate areas of Town. Additionally, the Economic Development Commission will foster business expansion, which will increase employment opportunities within the Town of Farmington and broaden the tax base.
http://www.farmington.nh.us/Public_Documents/FarmingtonNH_BBoard/I02A4BB2C
Courtney Hendricson
Hawkwing, Inc.
Hawkwing is a Native American Federal non-profit 501(c)3 organization created to offer cross-cultural education while assisting the people of the Lakota (Sioux) Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota meet their basic human needs. Each year, we conduct a major collection drive in order to bring basic need items to some 3,000 children and 500 Elders on the Cheyenne River. We are an all volunteer group where 90% of money and items donated go directly to the Lakota children and Elders. The remaining 10% pays the warehouse rent.
306 Cavan Lane
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Rochelle Ripley, Founder/Director
Tel. (860) 633-8933
Education Connection
Education Connection is one of Connecticut's 6 Regional Service Centers. Our mission as the regional educational service center in western Connecticut is to promote the success of school districts and their communities. Collaboratively with them, we provide educational and related services. A continuing commitment to quality and excellence is our standard of performance.
http://www.educationconnection.org/
Dr. Danuta Thibodeau
thibodeau@educationconnection.org
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity believes that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. We build and repair houses all over the world using volunteer labor and donations. Our partner families purchase these houses through no-profit, no-interest mortgage loans or innovative financing methods.
Hartford area Habitat for Humanity
(860) 541-2208 x101
Vera Smith-Winfree
Hands on Hartford
Hands On Hartford provides direct services to people in need by promoting civic engagement and volunteerism. Hands On Hartford’s direct service programs provide food and housing to Hartford’s poorest residents and include MANNA (a comprehensive basic needs program which provides nutrition for homeless individuals, emergency food, assistance for families, and weekend meals for seniors), Peter’s Retreat (provides safe supportive housing and intensive case management for men and women living with HIV / AIDS who would otherwise be homeless), Community Engagement, and Faces of Homelessness Speakers’ Bureau (a platform for members to share their firsthand experiences with homelessness and speak out against this continuing unjust reality by organizing speaking engagements)
Wanda Guzman, Volunteer Coordinator
(860) 728-3201 x2016
Logan Singerman, Faces of Homelessness VISTA
860.728.3201 x2011
Human Resource Agency of New Britain
The Human Resources Agency of New Britain, Inc. is a multi-service non-profit organization dedicated to increasing economic self-sufficiency among individuals and families residing in greater New Britain. HRA's mission is to improve the quality of life by helping people achieve economic and social potential; responding to the causes and conditions of poverty; and building stronger individuals, families and communities in the greater New Britain area. HRA provides early childhood services, emergency assistance (includes Food and Resource Center, eviction mediation and homeless prevention, and Polish victim advocacy and outreach), employment and training, energy and housing services, financial services, and health & wellness services (includes Wellness Resource Center which provides HIV/AID prevention and care programs, and Las Perlas Hispanas Center which provides health and social support for low-income, Spanish-speaking elders).
Leticia Mangual
Marlo Greponne
Imagine Nation Museum
The Imagine Nation Museum is a hands-on, interactive children's museum best suited for ages 2 to 10. We are a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation a division of the Boys & Girls Club & Family Center of Bristol and funded in part by the United Way of West Central Connecticut.
Doreen Stickney
doreen.stickney@imaginenation.org
Jobs Funnel Capital Workforce Partners
The Jobs Funnel is a pre-employment preparation and job training service for Hartford and area residents seeking employment in the construction fields, and serves as the model “Funnel” establishment for the state.The name "Jobs Funnel," is taken from a process individuals go through – funneling into the system to gain specific work competencies and trade-related certifications. They then funnel out to embark on a self-sustaining and rewarding career journey.
http://www.capitalworkforce.org/jobsfunnel/index.shtml
Julie Su Jack
Elvis Diaz
Chez Chamberlin
Main Street Community Foundation
Main Street Community Foundation, Inc., is a public charity committed to partnering with individuals, families and businesses who wish to build permanent charitable connections, now and for generations to come, to support and better the communities of Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott, Connecticut, USA. The foundation addresses a broad range of community goals, and supports meaningful dialogue on issues affecting the towns we serve. We convene community members, monitor and assess changing needs, locally and beyond and propose action on critical concerns. As a community foundation we are committed to connecting donors with the community and to causes they care about through charitable giving.
http://mainstreetfoundation.org/
Jarre Betts
jarre@mainstreetfoundation.org
Susan Sadecki
susan@mainstreetfoundation.org
Samantha Rajotte
Samantha@mainstreetfoundation.org
OIC (Opportunities Industrialization Center) New Britain
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain, Inc. (OIC NB) has been operating employment and training programs in the New Britain, Connecticut area for the past 40 years as an affiliate of Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, Inc. The organization’s focus has always been in the area of human services, job training and job placement. The organization provides education, training and employment services to the economically disadvantaged and unemployed people of all races and backgrounds so they may become more productive members of society. We encourage people to help themselves by taking advantage of the Youth and Adult opportunities/programs offered at OIC. OIC is considered the premier Youth Program in New Britain.
Paulette Fox, Executive Director
Elvis Diaz
Chez Chamberlin
National Fire Protection Association
The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA, established in 1896, is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. The world's leading advocate of fire prevention and an authoritative source on public safety, NFPA develops, publishes, and disseminates more than 300 consensus codes and standards intended to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and other risks.
http://www.nfpa.org/about-nfpa
Thomas McGowan
New Britain Foundation
The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain connects donors who care with causes that matter in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
http://www.cfgnb.org/donors/waystogive/remaindergifts/tabid/96/default.aspx
Jim Williamson
Ann Bova
Joeline Wruck
New England Carousel Museum
The New England Carousel Museum is dedicated to the acquisition, restoration, and preservation of operating carousels and carousel memorabilia and the creation of new carousel material, for the education and pleasure of the general public. The main mission of the New England Carousel Museum, a non-profit organization, is to preserve and protect antique wooden carousels and carousel pieces. We believe that the way to accomplish this task is through education. We are in the business of educating the children, who are the next generation of carousel lovers.
http://thecarouselmuseum.org/index.php
95 Riverside Ave, Rt 72, Bristol, CT
(860) 585-5411
Louise DeMars
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters
As Connecticut’s largest volunteer mentoring network, Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, professionally supported matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in 111 cities and towns across the state. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people in need.
http://www.nutmegbigbrothersbigsisters.org/site/c.ckLVKdOOLiK8E/b.7884443/k.EF0A/Home_Page.htm
Andrew Fleischmann
People’s Action for Clean Energy
PACE is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization working for renewable, sustainable, responsible energy development and management. Working for energy efficiency, conservation, and benign renewable energy in Connecticut, PACE is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization formed in 1973 by a group of concerned Connecticut citizens to:
- Promote the development of alternative sources of energy, especially passive solar, solar hot water, and photovoltaic energy
- Encourage the efficient use of energy
- Develop a spirit of conservation among Connecticut residents
Challenge Connecticut's commitment to nuclear power and nuclear weapons
Judy Friedman
Plainville Community Food Pantry
The Plainville Community Food Pantry, Inc. is a non-profit outreach agency that provides food, energy assistance, clothing, crisis intervention and referral services to individuals in need.
Susie Woerz
plainvillefoodpantry@yahoo.com
Playhouse on Park
Playhouse on Park is managed under the direction of Playhouse Theatre Group, Inc. Playhouse on Park opened its doors in the fall of 2009 and with the hard work and generosity of countless volunteers, donors and our first audiences, presented a full season of plays, musicals, comedy nights, improv, children's shows and dance. We are proud to be entering our fifth season of professional, affordable entertainment in the greater Hartford area. Playhouse Theatre Group, Inc. at Playhouse on Park is dedicated to:
Provide quality entertainment at affordable costs to as broad an audience as possible
- Embrace and provide opportunity for professional, emerging and community artists
- Offer educational and outreach opportunities through visiting and/or resident artists and educators
- Create and/or explore opportunities to collaborate with other existing arts organizations
- Be fiscally responsible and accountable at all times
Continue to be an integral member of the West Hartford community
Playhouse on Park
244 Park Road
West Hartford, CT 06119
Dawn Loveland
860-523-5900 ext 15
dloveland@playhousetheatregroup.org
Plymouth Community Food Pantry
The Plymouth Community Food Pantry provides food and referrals to those in need. The organization is dedicated to working in and with our community to end hunger, its causes and effects.
http://plymouthfoodpantry.org/index.php?pr=Clients
Erin Kennedy, Director
foodpantry@plymouthfoodpantry.org
Prudence Crandall Center
Prudence Crandall Center is dedicated to helping individuals achieve lives free of domestic violence by providing care, advocacy, support, and education. For over 40 years Prudence Crandall Center has been a leader in our state’s efforts to reduce the devastating impact of domestic violence. Today we are one of only a few programs in the country offering the full spectrum of shelter, housing and support services needed to offer practical, long-term solutions to the challenges faced by victims, helping them heal and move forward to safe, self-sufficient lives, free of violence.
Barbara Damon
Senior Core of Retired Executives
SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. We have been doing this for nearly fifty years. Because our work is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and thanks to our network of 11,000+ volunteers, we are able to deliver our services at no charge or at very low cost.
Thomas Schoenemann
Sexual Assault Crisis Services, YWCA of New Britain
YWCA New Britain's Sexual Assault Crisis Service (SACS) covers a 46-town region - all of Hartford County, part of Tolland County and the town of Plymouth. We offer assistance to sexual assault survivors and their loved ones. These services are critical after such trauma, helping victims and their families regain feelings of independence, optimism and hope. The advocates on staff are trained to work with hospital staff, the court system, public safety officers and other counselors assisting their clients. SACS offers free, confidential service for victims of sexual assault.
http://ywcanewbritain.org/sacs/
Mary DeLucia, Campus Advocate
St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol
The St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol, Inc. (SVDP), is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization and official Catholic Charity supported by the Archdiocese of Hartford, dedicated to working toward ending homelessness in the Bristol area. The purpose of the corporation is to promote effective community responses to the housing and emergency shelter needs of low and middle income groups in the City of Bristol. This is accomplished through social planning, advocacy, negotiations, and action involving those bodies capable of addressing housing and emergency shelter needs and those groups or individuals in need of housing and emergency shelter. The purpose is also to provide housing for the homeless and to operate such housing as well as provide auxiliary services to aid the homeless to acquire housing and help them to improve their lives.
http://www.svdpofbristol.com/home.aspx
Phillip Lysiak
Call Linda at 860-589-9098 for information on how to volunteer your time.
The ARC of the Farmington Valley
FAVARH is a local chapter of the Arc, the world’s largest community based organization for people with intellectual, physical and developmental disabilities. FAVARH supports more than 350 children, young adults, adults, seniors, and families throughout the Greater Farmington Valley area. We have more than 200 employees making us the largest employer in Canton. Our more than 150 active volunteers work in our Thrift Shop, play on our Unified Sports Teams, participate in our creative arts programs and unified activities, participate in fund raising efforts, and help with landscaping, household repairs, and office work.
Stephen E. Morris
UCONN Health Center Auxilliaries
Volunteers make up the membership of the UConn Health Center Auxiliary. Our mission is to promote the Health Center (located in Farmington, CT) with programs and services dedicated to excellence in health care, education, research and public service. The Auxiliary creates opportunities to work together to raise money in support of Health Center activities and programs that benefit staff, patients, faculty, students and visitors. Auxiliary volunteers keep the Connucopia Gift Shop and our thrift shop in West Hartford running. We have scholarships for medical, dental, nursing, master of public health and master of dental science students. We oversee the Health Center’s art collection, which includes more than 1,500 pieces. Two of our newest initiatives are the child safety seat identification program known as WHALE (“We Have A Little Emergency”), which we introduced in Connecticut in 2008, and The Family Place, an extended-stay unit at the Homewood Suites a half-mile from the Health Center reserved for families of infants in the NICU.
http://auxiliary.uchc.edu/happenings/index.html
Irene Engels
United Labor Agency
The United Labor Agency, (ULA) was established by the Connecticut AFL-CIO to meet the human service needs of workers and their families. Our primary goal is to assist union members and all workers in handling problems and difficulties arising off the job. This involves mobilizing and utilizing the financial and human service supports of public agencies and the private sector, as well as the resources of the labor movement. Through a variety of human services and employment and training programs, ULA provides direct assistance, advocacy and vital linkages to community services for workers and their families. Staff may assist workers in the following areas: Unemployment Benefits, Medical and Health Services, Workers Compensation, Social Security, Disability Benefits, Food Stamps, Emergency Food Pantry, Public Assistance, Alcohol and Drug Counseling. You can be trained to be a volunteer assistant to workers with the needs listed above by signing up for a Union Counselor Training Program. Call our Central Office 860-258-6640 for more information.
http://ctula.org/?zone=/unionactive/view_page.cfm&page=Mission20Statement
Amy Blackwood
United Way
United Way Worldwide is the leadership and support organization for the network of nearly 1,800 community-based United Ways in 45 countries and territories. We envision a world where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability and healthy lives.
Colleen Bolingbroke
colleen.younghans@ctunitedway.org
United Way of Connecticut
The mission of the United Way of Connecticut is to help meet the needs of Connecticut residents by providing information, education and connection to services.
Richard Porth
United Way of Central CT
Mary Lynn Gagnon
Marylynn.gagnon@ctunitedway.org
Donna Osuch
Colleen Bolingbroke
colleen.younghans@ctunitedway.org
Urban Oaks Organic Farm
Urban Oaks Organic Farm is non-profit farm dedicated to improve the North Oak Neighborhood in New Britain by promoting urban agriculture that is ecologically sound, community oriented, and economically viable.
http://www.blog.urbanoaks.org/
Mariana Evica, business manager
(860) 223-6200
urbanoaksorganicfarm@gmail.com
Wheeler Clinic
Wheeler Clinic, founded in 1968, is an independent, not-for-profit, community-based organization that provides a comprehensive continuum of mental health and substance abuse recovery services, primary care, special education, child welfare, early childhood, community justice, foster care, employee assistance, and prevention and wellness programs. We serve more than 30,000 children, adolescents and adults in Connecticut each year.
http://www.wheelerclinic.org/opportunities
Susan Walkama
YWCA New Britain
For over 100 years, YWCA New Britain has been dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. The YWCA is where women turn to join a dynamic community united by a passion for positive social change, racial justice, and economic empowerment. We work to speak out on behalf of women and girls and the issues they face today– racial, ethnic, and gender disparities; domestic violence and sexual assault; lack of after-school programs; and the urgency for job training in a struggling economy– to name a few. In carrying out the mission of the YWCA, programs are designed to address the root causes of poverty in the communities we serve, namely: financial illiteracy, births to teen moms, violence against women, and lack of access to affordable childcare. The YWCA contributes time, talent, tenacity, and financial support for the betterment of women.
Sarah Bernier
Robin Sharp