FAIRFIELD COUNTY’S GIVING DAY – 2018 NONPROFIT PARTICIPANTS

Organizations based in Fairfield County BETHEL Ability Beyond Danbury Animal Welfare Friends of the Bethel Public Ben’s Bells Project Society Library Bethel Historical Society Federated Garden Clubs of Off the Streets

BRIDGEPORT ACCESS Educational Service Council of Churches of Greater LifeBridge Community Services Adam J. Lewis Preschool Bridgeport March for Education Applied Behavioral Creative Youth Productions Foundation Rehabilitation Institute Dandelion Productions McGivney Community Center Big Brothers Big Sisters of Discovery Museum Mercy Learning Center of Southwestern CT Downtown Cabaret Theatre Bridgeport Breakthrough Academy Family ReEntry Mutual Housing Association of Bridge House Friends of the Bridgeport Southwestern CT Bridgeport Arts & Cultural Library Neighborhood Studios of Council Greater Bridgeport Community Fairfield County Bridgeport Caribe Youth League Enterprises New England Ballet Company Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust Greater Bridgeport Symphony Norma Pfriem Urban Outreach Bridgeport Organization for Society Initiatives Youth Sports Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Optimus Health Care Bridgeport Public Education Fairfield County RYASAP Fund Hall Neighborhood House Shepherds Bridgeport Rescue Mission Hang Time St. Mark’s Day Care Center C.H.A.M.P Community Hands In Helping Hands Outreach Supportive Housing Works Action Mentoring Program Housatonic Community College United Way of Coastal Fairfield Cardinal Shehan Center Foundation County Career Resources International Institute of The Village Initiative Caroline House Connecticut Visiting Nurse Services of Catholic Charities of Fairfield Jewish Home for the Elderly of Connecticut County Fairfield The WorkPlace Center for Children's Advocacy Junior Achievement of Western WPKN The Center for Family Justice CT Yuke Nation The Child & Family Guidance Klein Memorial Auditorium Center Foundation

BROOKFIELD Brookfield Theatre for the Arts Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut

DANBURY Amos House Danbury Police Activities League Regional Hospice & Palliative Care Ann's Place, The Home Of I Can Danbury Schools and Business Tails of Courage Connecticut Institute For Communities Collaborative United Way of Western CT Cultural Alliance of Western CT Danbury Youth Services Western Connecticut Association for Danbury Family Learning Center Families Network of Western CT Human Rights Danbury Farmers’ Market Community Family & Children's Aid Women's Center of Greater Danbury Collaborative Housatonic Habitat for Humanity Danbury Music Centre Musicals at Richter

DARIEN Darien Arts Center Let Me Run The Junior League of Stamford- Darien Community YMCA Person-to-Person Norwalk Friends of Animals

EASTON Citizens for Easton

FAIRFIELD Broadway Method Academy Fairfield Women's Exchange Operation Hope of Fairfield Connecticut Audubon Society Friends of the Bigelow Center for Pequot Library Association Connecticut Dance School Senior Activities Pet Protectors CT Against Gun Violence Friends of the Fairfield Public The Pilot House Special Needs Fairfield County Symphony Society Library Saint Catherine Center Fairfield Museum and History FUTURES Save the Children Center Greater Bridgeport Youth Southport Conservancy Fairfield Police Union Scholarship Orchestras Resource Foundation Fund Little Black Dog Rescue Wakeman Boys & Girls Club Fairfield Theatre Company The Mendelssohn Choir of CT Fairfield University Art Museum Mill River Wetland Committee

GEORGETOWN Norwalk River Watershed Association

GREENWICH Abilis The Garden Education Center of Greenwich Historical Society Adopt-A-Dog Greenwich Greenwich Land Trust Avon Theatre Film Center The Garrett B. Smith Foundation Junior League of Greenwich, CT BackCountry Jazz Greenwich Adult Day Care Kids in Crisis Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich Greenwich Alliance for Education Meals on Wheels of Greenwich Bruce Museum Greenwich Ballet Academy Neighbor to Neighbor Community Centers Greenwich Choral Society Outreach to Pets In Need Family Centers Greenwich Emergency Medical YMCA of Greenwich Friends of Nathaniel Witherell Service YWCA Greenwich

MONROE Edith Wheeler Memorial Library Monroe Women’s Club Resources in Search and Rescue

NEW CANAAN Arts for Healing New Canaan CARES Silvermine Guild of Artists Bully Breed Rescue New Canaan Land Conservation Staying Put in New Canaan CJ First Candle Trust Strays & Others Friends of Mead Park Playground New Canaan Library Summer Theatre of New Canaan Kids Empowered by Your Support New Canaan Mounted Troop Town Players of New Canaan Mickey Lione Jr Fund National Trust for Historic New Canaan YMCA Preservation New England Dance Theater

NEW FAIRFIELD Preserve New Fairfield

NEWTOWN Ben's Lighthouse Kitten Associates Perry Ministries The Catherine Violet Hubbard Mary Hawley Society Resiliency Center of Newtown Foundation Merryhill Child Care Center Sandy Hook Promise Foundation Cyrenius H. Booth Library Newtown Children’s Museum The Exceptional Partner Embrace Hope Equine Assisted Newtown Parent Connection Town Players of Newtown Therapy Program Newtown Scholarship Association Friends of Second Company Newtown Youth and Family Governors Horse Guard Services

NORWALK Brien McMahon High School Food Rescue US Norwalk Community College Alumni Association Human Services Council Foundation Builders Beyond Borders Junior Achievement of Southwest Norwalk Community Health Center Carriage House Arts Center Connecticut Norwalk Education Foundation Carver Foundation of Norwalk Keystone House Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Center for Contemporary Liberation Programs Education Printmaking Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Norwalk Housing Foundation Chapman Hyperlocal Media Museum Norwalk Land Trust Chocolate for Heroes Malta House Norwalk Metropolitan Youth Ballet Cultural Alliance of Fairfield Marching Bears Norwalk Public Library Foundation County The Maritime Aquarium Norwalk Seaport Association East Norwalk Improvement Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Norwalk Senior Center Association Center Norwalk Symphony Orchestra Eastern Norwalk Neighborhood Music Theatre of Connecticut The Open Door Shelter Association New Canaan Country School Pet Animal Welfare Society ElderHouse NGO Sustainability Rowayton Arts Center Family & Children's Agency NICE Festival Rowayton Library FC NEMBA

Seabury Academy of Music and the STAR Inc. Lighting The Way Troupers Light Opera Company Arts Stepping Stones Museum for Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Serving All Vessels Equally Children Fairfield County Shakespeare on the Sound Stew Leonard III Children's Volunteer Square SoNo Dance Company Charities Southern Connecticut Camerata Triangle Community Center

REDDING Danbury Area Refugee Assistance Valiant Voyages Mark Twain Library Westport Community Band

RIDGEFIELD A Better Chance in Ridgefield Keeler Tavern Preservation Society Ridgefield Veterans' Memorial The Aldrich Contemporary Art Meals on Wheels of Ridgefield Community Association Museum Molly Ann Tango Memorial Ridgefield Workshop for the Apaches Promise Foundation Performing Arts Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield Ms. President US Ridgefield Operations for Animal Discovery Center at Ridgefield The Ridgefield Chorale Rescue Friends of Ridgefield Community Ridgefield Guild of Artists SPHERE Programs (CHIRP) Ridgefield Historical Society Friends of the Norwalk River Ridgefield Library Association Valley Trail The Ridgefield Playhouse

SHELTON Adam's House Recovery Network of Programs William Raveis Charitable Fund

STAMFORD Americares Free Clinics The ELM Project Inspirica ARI of Connecticut English Learner Support Services Intake Organization Back to School Shop of Fairfield County Interfaith Council of Southwestern The Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens The Exchange Club Center for the CT Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Prevention of Child Abuse of Jackie Robinson Park of Fame Building One Community Southern CT Jewish Family Service of Stamford Chelsea Piers CT Youth Scholarship Fairfield County Sports Keep America Beautiful Fund Commission Kids Helping Kids Child Guidance Center of Southern Ferguson Library Laurel House CT The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield The Learning Center at Piper's Hill Children's Learning Centers of County Loft Artists Association Fairfield County Franklin Street Gallery Mill River Park Collaborative Clothes To Kids of Fairfield County Friends of Mianus River Park NAMI Southwest CT Communities 4 Action Future 5 New Neighborhoods Connecticut Ballet Glenbrook Neighborhood New Paradigm Theatre Connecticut Playmakers Association Northeast Community Cycles The Cultured Pearl Foundation The Greater Fairfield County Pacific House Curtain Call Foundation Project Music Davenport Ridge PTO Healing Hearts Pediatric and REACH Prep Domestic Violence Crisis Center Therapy Center Red Leash Rescue Domus Kids Highland Green Foundation

ROSCCO Stamford School Stamford Garden Club Thon Met African Peace Community Organization Stamford Helping Paws Foundation Sexual Assault Crisis and Education Stamford High Band Parents Assoc. Chamber Music Society Center Stamford Land Conservation Trust Westhill Northstar Parent SoundWaters Stamford Museum & Nature Center Production Group Springdale Neighborhood Assoc. Stamford Peace Youth Foundation William E. Edwards Academic Stamford Art Association Stamford Public Education College Tours Stamford Center for the Arts Foundation Women's Business Development The Stamford Chorale Stamford Senior Center Council Stamford Dollars for Scholars Stamford Symphony Orchestra Women's Mentoring Network Stamford EMS STARelief and Pet Assistance World Affairs Forum Stamford Family YMCA Young Artists Philharmonic

STRATFORD Coastal Arts Guild of CT Girls Lead Stratford Animal Rescue Society Connecticut Parrot Rescue Heart 4 Hearts Stratford Historical Society Connecticut Symphonic Winds Mighty Quinn Foundation Stratford Library Association FeralCare Sterling House Community Center Wilcoxson Father’s Club

TRUMBULL Connecticut Fallen Heroes Fairfield County Children's Choir Trumbull Animal Group Foundation The Kennedy Center

WESTON Friends of Lachat Weston Historical Society The Weston Dog Park Wildlife in Crisis

WESTPORT A Better Chance of Westport Fairfield County Chorale Suzuki Music School of Westport Adoption Hope Foundation First Night Westport Weston TAILS American Chamber Orchestra Friends of Sherwood Island State WASA (Westport Animal Shelter Beechwood Arts Park Advocates) Child Advocates of Connecticut Friends of Westport Parks and Westport Arts Center Children's Community Recreation Westport Astronomical Society Development Center Homes with Hope Westport Country Playhouse CLASP Homes JIB Productions Westport Historical Society Connecticut Alliance for Music MissingPet911 Westport Library Association Connecticut Association for the Positive Directions, The Center for Westport School of Music Gifted Prevention & Counseling Westport Writers' Workshop Staples Tuition Grants

WILTON A Better Chance of Wilton Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Wilton Land Conservation Trust Ambler Farm Music on the Hill Wilton Library Association Animals In Distress Riverbrook Regional YMCA The Wilton Playshop The Carl Schmitt Foundation Teen Center of Wilton Wilton Singers Connecticut Appleseed Wilton Historical Society Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Wilton Youth Council Woodcock Nature Center

Organizations based outside of Fairfield County

Adversity To Prosperity Connecticut Humane Society The Nature Conservancy in All Our Kin Connecticut Legal Services Connecticut Alzheimer's Association Connecticut Trust for Historic New Haven Diaper Bank Animal Nation Preservation New Haven Symphony Orchestra Boy Scouts of America Connecticut Voices for Children New Reach The Character Connection CT Cycling Advancement Program Planned Parenthood of Southern Initiative CT NOFA: The Northeast Organic New England Connecticut Association for Human Farming Association of Connecticut The Prosperity Foundation Services Epilepsy Foundation of The Salvation Army (Wilton Connecticut Coalition for Connecticut Service Unit) Achievement Now First Serve Bridgeport Teach For America - Connecticut Connecticut Critics Circle Girl Scouts of Connecticut Today's Students Tomorrow's Connecticut Food Bank Housatonic Valley Association Teachers

*All nonprofits are also listed on the Giving Day website at FCGives.org.