BENEFITING CHARITITES

	Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut – Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. As the Foundation continues to mature, its mission will remain steadfast. Wish children of the past, present and future will have an opportunity to share the power of a wish. www.wish.org
	St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, St. Jude is one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. Working together, St. Jude’s physicians and scientists have pioneered treatments that have helped push the overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent in 1962 to more than 70 percent today. The survival rate for the most common form of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, has risen from just 4 percent in 1962 to 94 percent today. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance. No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay. There is no place like St. Jude. www.stjude.org
	Connecticut Children’s Medical Center – Connecticut Children’s is the region’s only academic medical center dedicated exclusively to the care of children. Here, children from infants to adolescents receive the highly specialized medical and surgical services that define Connecticut Children’s. www.ccmckids.org
	Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Connecticut- The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a nonprofit donor-supported organization, is to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease. www.cff.org
	The Greater Hartford YMCA – The YMCA of Greater Hartford is an association, open to all and committed to helping people develop their God-given potential in spirit, mind and body. Our commitment is based on the belief that the purpose of this three-fold development is to live out the values of our Judeo-Christian heritage, including caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. www.ghymca.org The Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA – The Southington Community YMCA’s Youth Programming provides a non competitive learning based environment that fosters positive values through the direction of our fun, knowledgeable and energetic staff. Our goal is to develop lifelong activities that help build self-esteem and encourage social interactions. www.southington-cheshireymca.org
	Girls Scouts of Connecticut- Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls—all girls—where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. www.gsofct.org
	Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters -Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters improves the lives of young people and enables them to become productive, responsible adults by creating one-to-one mentoring relationships between those at-risk young people and qualified adult volunteers. The organization has a tradition of fostering the highest quality mentoring relationships between children from single-parent homes and professionally-screened and supervised adult volunteers. Through this process, we give children and society greater hope. Hence our credo and call to action: Making a Big Difference, One Child at a Time. www.nutmegbigbrothersbigsisters.com