[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S3421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING THE HARTFORD FOUNDATION

 Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, today I wish to congratulate the 
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving on having been named the Bronze 
Award winner for excellence in communications by the 2012 Wilmer 
Shields Rich Awards Program. This award, which is given out by the 
National Council on Foundations, recognizes those organizations that 
develop top-notch communications plans to increase attention and 
support for nonprofit foundations and corporate giving programs. 
Increasing public awareness of these organizations helps them to better 
serve the community.
  The Harford Foundation for Public Giving received this honor for its 
2010 annual report, ``Creating Brighter Futures.'' This report focused 
on the foundation's 25-year, $30 million initiative to improve school 
readiness and success in early grades for Hartford children. The 
award--one of 12 awarded out of 140 entries in 4 categories--was 
presented during the Council on Foundations Annual Conference, April 29 
to May 1, in Los Angeles.
  Of course, this award did not come as a surprise to me, considering 
all the great work the foundation has done in the Hartford region. 
Founded in 1925, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is the 
community foundation for Hartford and 28 other towns in Connecticut's 
capital region. Devoted to enhancing the quality of life in the region, 
the foundation provides grants and other support to a broad range of 
nonprofit organizations, helps donors make effective charitable giving 
decisions, and brings people together to discuss important community 
issues. The foundation has awarded $532 million since opening its doors 
in 1925 in grants in the areas of arts and culture, children and youth, 
education, health, housing and economic development, and family and 
social services.
  I am proud to honor the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving on 
having been named the Bronze Award winner for excellence in 
communications by the 2012 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program. I thank 
Linda Kelly, the foundation's president and CEO, and everyone else 
involved in the foundation for all they have done for the people of the 
Hartford region.

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