From left: Anthony L. Johnson, Sam Romeo, Stephen Brown and Phil Brown.
Greenwich Communities recently celebrated “Outstanding Community Partners” that supported residences during the pandemic creating resilience and renewed spirit with the community.
Board Chairman Sam Romeo set the tone of the ceremony held at Adams Garden on Saturday, Oct. 2, stating “Partnerships with the community are vital. The Greenwich Communities tagline is ‘our ‘Neighborhood Partnerships’ because we couldn’t do what we do without the help of each of the partnering entities throughout the town of Greenwich.”
The transition to the new name of Greenwich Communities was strategic in identifying the rationale behind the entity’s work, explained Anthony L Johnson, CEO and executive director of Greenwich Communities; “We changed our name to Greenwich Communities because we are a community. We are an organization in a town of different communities. Although Greenwich has the population to qualify as a city, we call ourselves a town. We don’t want to be a city. We want to be a community and we are a part of that community.”
The award recipients were:
Greenwich Country Day School (GCDS) and its Center for Public Good were recognized for reaching out to Greenwich Communities residents when they needed it most during the pandemic.
Neighbor to Neighbor received an award for donating an increased amount of food to the families and older Greenwich adults in Greenwich Communities.
William Marr, building official of the town of Greenwich Building Inspection Division, was recognized for outstanding assistance toward the future of Greenwich for the residents of Greenwich communities.
The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, which honors the memory of six-year-old Catherine, a kind and compassionate animal lover who lost her life at Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14, 2012, was recognized for its Senior Paw Project, which donated pet food to older Greenwich adults in Greenwich Communities, who couldn’t leave their homes to shop during the pandemic.
The town of Greenwich Board of Education was recognized for feeding students in Greenwich Communities who could not attend classes in person during the pandemic.
