Thomaston Savings Bank Awards Nearly $200K in Grants

Thomaston Savings Bank is awarding nearly $200,000 in grants to nonprofit and government agencies in Litchfield County.

The awards are part of the latest round of funding from the Thomas Savings Bank Foundation’s latest grant cycle.

The program runs in phases, with each focused on a county where the bank has a physical presence.

Through Phase II of the grants, 93 organizations in Bethlehem, Harwinton, Plymouth, Terryville, Thomaston, Torrington, Watertown, and Oakville are receiving grants.

“These Phase II grant awards represent more than financial support; they are an investment in organizations that are improving quality of life, expanding opportunities, and meeting critical needs every day,” said Thomaston Savings Bank vice president and community outreach officer Cheryl Lindstrom.

Community Needs

Grants go to organizations that address pressing needs in their communities.

One of those organizations is the Plymouth Community Food Pantry.

“These grant awards are an investment in organizations that are improving quality of life, expanding opportunities, and meeting critical needs.

Thomaston Savings Bank’s Cheryl Lindstrom

“The Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation and all the people who put time and effort into its success have become part of the fabric of our success,” said Plymouth Community Food Pantry director Larry Chiucarello.

Since its inception in 1997, the Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation has awarded more than $11.5 million in grant funding.

Applications for Phase III of the grant program are open until Oct. 31 for nonprofits and government agencies in Middlebury, Waterbury, and Wolcott.

Grant Recipients

The Litchfield County recipients are:

• After School Arts Program, Inc.
• American Legion Post 195
• Beacon Baptist Fellowship Church
• Bethlehem Ambulance Association
• Bethlehem Housing Trust
• Bethlehem Memorial Hall Committee
• Boy Scout Troop 55 Harwinton
• Brian O’Connell Homeless Project, Inc.
• Camp Mattatuck, BSA
• Caring for Bethlehem, Inc.
• Christmas Town Festival – Town of Bethlehem
• Cub Scout Pack 75 Terryville
• EdAdvance
• Fine Arts Connection of Thomaston, Inc.
• First Congregational Church of Plymouth
• FISH/Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern CT, Inc.
• Flanders Nature Center
• Founders Congregational Church
• Friendly Hands Food Bank
• Friends of the Thomaston Opera House
• Gifts of Love, Inc.
• Greater Torrington Family Development Center
• Harbor House of Litchfield County, Inc.
• Harwinton Agricultural Society, Inc.
• Harwinton Ambulance Association
• Harwinton Fire Marshal’s Office
• Harwinton Historical Society
• Harwinton Land Trust
• Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
• Harwinton West Side Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
• Holy Disciples Catholic School
• Human Resources Agency of New Britain, Inc.
• Kind Works, Inc.
• Landmark Community Theatre
• Light Up Thomaston
• Lions Club of Bethlehem
• Lions Club of Harwinton
• Litchfield Hills Northwest Elderly Nutrition Program
• McCall Behavioral Health Network
• National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Trumbull-Porter Chapter
• Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra
• Plymouth Community Food Pantry
• Plymouth Historical Society Inc.
• Plymouth Housing Authority
• Plymouth Police Department
• Plymouth Public Schools / THS Music Department
• Plymouth Volunteer Ambulance Corps
• Prime Time House
• Rotary Club of Terryville
• Saint Peter’s – Trinity Church
• St. Maron Church
• St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church
• St. Paul Lutheran Church
• St. Peter’s Drum Corps
• Susan B. Anthony Project, Inc.
• Terryville Congregational Church
• Terryville Fire Department
• Terryville Fish and Game Club
• Terryville Public Library
• Terryville Woman’s Club
• Terryville Youth Soccer Club
• The Bethlehem Fair Society, Inc.
• The Community Kitchen of Torrington
• The Learning Center
• The Salvation Army
• Theodore A. Hungerford Memorial Museum
• Thomaston Christmas Committee
• Thomaston Community Pantry
• Thomaston Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary
• Thomaston High School
• Thomaston Historical Society, Inc.
• Thomaston Ladies Choral Club
• Thomaston Senior Center
• Thomaston Soccer Club, Inc.
• Thomaston Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc.
• Thomaston Volunteer Fire Department
• Torrington Area Parkinson’s Support Group, Inc.
• Town of Harwinton
• Town of Plymouth Human Services Commission
• Town of Watertown Parks and Recreation
• Troop 75 Boy Scouts Terryville
• United Methodist Church of Watertown
• Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7330 Auxiliary
• Veterans Strong Community Center
• Warner Theater
• Watertown Area Association for Special Citizens
• Watertown High School Gridiron Club
• Watertown History Museum
• Watertown Student Lunch
• Woodbury Bethlehem Community Music Foundation