Community members took a lunch break Friday to support one of the state’s largest mental health service providers.
Village for Families and Children serves more than 10,000 children and adults each year in the Hartford metropolitan area.
More than half of the people they serve are girls and young women, which is why Friday’s fundraiser at the Hartford Convention Center “Girl in the event”
The nonprofit served clients in eight towns before the pandemic and now helps people in nearly 60 towns, so every donation makes a difference.
“We do that through interventions in programs such as residential, outpatient, services, and school life. We do anything that makes people’s lives better,” said CEO and CEO of Families and Children’s Villages. said President Gallo Rodriguez.
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One of the pivotal points in the program occurred when the nonprofit named Jessica Zacks as its 2023 “Woman of the Year.”
she started a nonprofit organization develops dignity The Hartford fights “period poverty” and becomes the nation’s largest provider of basic hygiene products.
“35.8% of American women and girls cannot afford or access menstrual products each month, significantly impacting their daily lives,” Zacks said, a rate much higher than before the pandemic. he added.
Dignity Grows is working with The Village to provide hygiene packages to local women.
The winner of the Young Woman of the Year award was Grace DiTunno, a senior at Rocky Hill High School. Similar to Zack’s efforts, she collects products from her time for those in need in town.
If you were unable to attend Friday’s event but would like to support The Village and its programs by donating your time or volunteering, please visit: thevillage.org.