Connecticut Water Donates $120,000 in 2023 Through Charitable Giving Program

CLINTON, Conn., Jan. 11, 2024 — Connecticut Water, through its employee led charitable giving team, awarded approximately $120,000 to charitable organizations, most locally-based in the company’s Connecticut service area. Food banks and pantries received $18,500 in 2023.  Other causes supported by the committee include local schools and fire departments, social service agencies and youth programs. All donations are funded by the company and do not come from the water rates paid by customers.

“Connecticut Water and its employees are committed to serving their customers and neighbors in the communities where we live and work,” stated Connecticut Water President Craig J. Patla. He added, ‘The charitable organizations we support make our communities a better place and, like water service, are integral to healthy and thriving communities. We are pleased to be a force for good.”

Mike from our Field Service team dropped off a donation to Enfield Loaves and Fishes, Inc. to support the community he lives in.

Among the food pantries receiving donations:

• Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantry
• Enfield Food Shelf
• East Haddam Food Bank
• Community Fund of Middlesex County
• South Windsor Food & Fuel Assistance
• Town of Lebanon Social Services
• Seymour-Oxford Food Bank
• Hockanum Valley Community Council
• Community Kitchens of Northeast CT
• Southbury Food Bank
• Cornerstone Foundation Food Cupboard
• Friends of Assisi Food Pantry, Danielson
• Plymouth Community Food Pantry
• Hebron Interfaith Human Services
• Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group
• Thomaston Community Pantry
• Living Proof Church, Ashford
• St. Mary’s Food Pantry
• Ellington Food Bank
• Colchester Food Pantry
• Enfield Loaves and Fishes
• Connecticut Foodshare
• Naugatuck Valley Soup Kitchen 

Connecticut Water also funded more than $15,000 in grants to local fire departments and more than $15,000 in touchless water bottle filling stations for local schools in 2023. Applications are currently being accepted for both of these programs for 2024 donations.

For more information on the company’s charitable giving program, or to submit a funding request, please visit www.ctwater.com/giving.

About Connecticut Water Company 
Connecticut Water is a public water utility that is regulated by the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. The company provides water service to more than 107,000 customers in 60 Connecticut towns and wastewater services to 3,000 customers in the town of Southbury, Connecticut. 

The towns served are Ashford, Avon, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Bolton, Brooklyn, Burlington, Canton, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Deep River, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Farmington, Griswold, Guilford, Haddam, Hebron, Killingly, Killingworth, Lebanon, Madison, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Oxford, Plainfield, Plymouth, Portland, Prospect, Simsbury, Somers, Southbury, South Windsor, Stafford, Stonington, Suffield, Thomaston, Thompson, Tolland, Vernon, Voluntown, Waterbury, Westbrook, Willington, Windsor Locks and Woodstock.