First County’s grants in Norwalk

Back in May, First County Bank”™s Steve Ferguson and Karen Kelly presented an oversized check for $3,000 to Carole Schwartz, manager of corporate and foundation relations and Juanita James, president and CEO of the Fairfield County”™s Community Foundation, which is based in Norwalk. Also on hand was Dave Metzgar of the bank.

First County Bank Foundation in Stamford recently issued a summary of the grants it has awarded to nonprofits in Norwalk so far in 2017. There were 17 organizations that received a total of $96,500 in grants.

The grant recipients were: Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County; The Courage to Speak Foundation; ElderHouse Inc.; Fairfield County”™s Community Foundation; Family & Children”™s Agency Inc.; George Washington Carver Foundation of Norwalk; Human Services Council; Keystone House Inc.; Liberation Programs Inc.; Norwalk Community College Foundation; Norwalk Hospital Foundation; Norwalk Mayor”™s Student Engineering and Sciences Program; Norwalk Mayor”™s Summer Youth Employment Program; Norwalk Senior Center; The Open Door Shelter; STAR Inc. Lighting the Way; and United Way of Coastal Connecticut.

The foundation was established in 2001 to honor the bank”™s 150th anniversary. It has awarded more than 1,000 individual grants, worth more than $8.2 million.