Past Contributions

Scholarships:
-38 awards at Farmington High School
-28 academic scholarships in Georgia
-2 academic awards at the Hope Day School in Sierra Leone
-16 music scholarships at Farmington High School
-2 academic awards to Miss Porter’s School

Purchases:
-Acoustical equipment for Farmington High School’s Music Department
-Portable sound system for Irving A. Robbins Middle School
-Irving A. Robbins Middle School New Piano Fund
-Irving A. Robbins Middle School New Stage Curtain Fund
-Uniforms, camping, and leadership training for inner-city Hartford Boy Scout Troops

Sponsorships:
-Author Marion Blumenthal Lazan visit Irving A. Robbins Middle School (author of Four Perfect Pebbles) – Holocaust Survivor
-Author Christopher Crutcher’s visit to Farmington High School
-Author Jackie French Koller’s visit to Irving A. Robbins Middle School (she wrote Alex’s favorite book Nothing to Fear)
-Author Janet Lawler’s visit to Union School
“Sound of Music” Production – Farmington Public Schools

Grants:
-Annual contributions to Unionville Boy Scout Troop 170 for leadership training and camping
-Girl Scouts of Connecticut for general operating use
-Alexander P. Franklin Teen Space at the Farmington Public Library
-Alexander P. Franklin Teen Space at the Barney Library in Farmington
-Hartford Public Library – computers
-Farmington Youth Libraries
-Contribution to Farmington High School Robotics Team (national champions)
-Badges for the Irving A. Robbins Middle School Marching Band
-Irving A. Robbins Middle School Science Olympiad Team
-Holmes Schools Singers – New Britain Chorus Group
-Hartford Stage
-Stanley Whitman House Museum
-Hope Day School Sierra Leone
-University of Hartford Art School

Donations:
-Patio bench to Irving A. Robbins Middle School
-Garden bench to Irving A. Robbins Middle School
-Walton Pond of Winding Trails
-Winding Trails Nature’s Porch
-Memorial Garden at Memorial Methodist Church in Avon, Connecticut
-West Harford Children’s Museum
-Books – Farmington Public Schools and Hartford Public Libraries
-New computer for the Alexander P. Franklin Publishing Center at Union Elementary School
-Relay for Life
-Farmington Youth Baseball
-Special Olympics
-Billings Forge Community Works, Hartford, Connecticut
-Farmington Public School Foundation
-Malta House for Care
-Candler Education Foundation
-Farmington & Avon Fire Department Live Fire Training Facility