South Windsor Greater Together Community Fund  

May 5th, 2022: The South Windsor Greater Together Community Fund (SWGTCF) is pleased to announce its second round of grant awards. All grantees are South Windsor based, and submitted projects that are expected to appeal to broad and diverse segments of the South Windsor community. The grantees, projects and grant amounts are: 

• South Windsor Rotary - Support for the Town of South Windsor Parks and Recreation to help raise funding for a splash pad. This will be used by many and add to Nevers Park: $2,500
• South Windsor High School Robotics - Support for the High School Robotics Club to be able to better afford the materials; field elements, robot parts like falcon motors, intake parts, shooter parts, tools, belts and pulleys. This also help pay for transportation fees and competition entrance fees: $6,000
• Wood Memorial Library Association - Support for insulating the building’s attic after the HVAC install to help preserve array of resources; town records, oral histories, historic house and building files, and books: $4,000
• Friends of South Windsor Library - Support for portable stage for events which will help ongoing concerts the need was for platform stage, risers, stairs, and stage skirting: $3,200
• Power of Peace - Support for Middle & High Schoolers growing, harvesting and then donating produce to local community centers: $500
• South Windsor Operation Graduation - Support for the 2022 Operation Graduation event offered to all graduating South Windsor High School seniors $2,500
• South Windsor Senior and Adult Services - Support for purchasing musical instruments and supplies to offer music therapy classes for older adults (55+): $3,600
• Friends of the Wood Memorial Library & Museum’s Nawashe Village - Support for continuing the Native American cultural center: $4,000
• Recycled Rides - Support for providing bikes to underprivileged/disabled kids by distributing free, refurbished and used bikes to the community. This funding allows for the materials needed to refurbish donated bikes: $7,500
• Special Olympics - Support for relieving aspects of the Special Olympics South Windsor local program:$2,500
• UR Community Cares - Support to provide our proven technology platform to connect South Windsor’s older and physically disabled residents with local volunteers who provide home-based assistance securely and at no charge: $2,000
• YMCA: Support for scholarship program for summer camp exclusively for South Windsor residents: $2,500

May 10, 2021: The South Windsor Greater Together Community Fund made inaugural grants to six community organizations to address pressing issues in their community.

• South Windsor High School Friends of the Performing Arts received a $3,100 grant to purchase costumes and rehearsal mirrors for the South Windsor High school show choir, Choral Spectrum.
• South Windsor Historical Society received a $6,300 grant to help cover the cost of repairing the roof damage to the Union School historic building renovation caused by Hurricane Isaias.
• South Windsor Girl Scouts received a $1,600 grant to support summer camp and Girl Scout membership fees for disadvantaged South Windsor girls.
• Friends of the South Windsor Public Library (FSWPL) received a $4,600 grant to provide substitute funding for longstanding programs, including provision of dictionaries to all South Windsor third graders, making museum passes available to South Windsor residents, three $1,000 college scholarships.
• South Windsor Walk and Wheels Ways received a $6,700 grant to complete funding for the walking and biking pathway running across town.
• South Windsor Operation Graduation received a $2,700 grant to purchase supplies and small gifts for an all-night, substance free event for all South Windsor graduating HS seniors.