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Essex Community Fund Distributes Grants at Annual Evening of Giving

The Essex Community Fund (ECF) and its grant recipients gathered for the annual Evening of Giving recently. The purpose of this event is to distribute funds to local non-profit organizations that are supporting and enhancing the lives of the residents of the three villages of Essex. ECF thanks Penny Lane Pub for graciously hosting the event this year.

Local non-profits receiving grants this year included:

A Little Compassion

Bushy Hill Nature Center/Incarnation Camp

Camp Hazen

Community Music School

Connecticut River Museum

Essex Cub Scouts Pack 4

Essex Eagle Scout Program

Essex Elementary School Camperships

Essex Police DARE Program

Essex Veterans Memorial Hall

Estuary Council of Seniors

FISH

Gilead Community Services

Ivoryton Library Association

Ivoryton Playhouse Foundation

Region 4 Foundation

Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries

Teen Zone

Tri-Town Youth Services

Valley Shore YMCA

Valley TV

VNA of Lower Valley

ECF thanks all its donors for helping to make this event possible and helping these very important non-profits that serve our residents to continue to do the important work they do. A short video of the evening, filmed by Valley TV, can be seen at www.essexcommunityfund.org.

ECF, a 501 (c)(3) organization, has served the Essex community since 1949.