Petit Family Foundation Awards Grant to The Network

A grant of $6,000.00 has been awarded by the Petit Family Foundation to the Network Against Domestic Abuse in Enfield to support their Community & Youth Outreach Programs.

“With this grant from the Petit Family Foundation we will be able to continue to provide community outreach and prevention education programming,” said Karen Foley O’Connor, Executive Director & CEO of The Network. “The board of directors and our staff thank the Petit Family Foundation for its support to help us educate our youth and create safer communities.”

The Network sees an increasing need to educate people about how to stay safe and sustainable in their communities. Our community & youth educators provide prevention education, particularly in the schools where children and youth need to be learning early and repeatedly about healthy relationships, dealing with emotions and dating/intimate violence prevention.

The Network is north central Connecticut’s leader in preventing family violence by providing services to victims of domestic abuse and promoting healthy relationships through education with an expressed commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It provides court advocacy services in the Hartford and Rockville courts and community one-on-one counseling and support groups. The Network operates a 24/7 hotline and 15-bed safe home for survivors and their children. All services provided by The Network are free. For more information visit thenetworkct.org. If you need to talk to someone, call our hotline at 860-763-4542.

The Petit Family Foundation honors the memories of Jennifer-Hawke Petit, Hayley Elizabeth Petit and Michaela Rose Petit by continuing the kindness, idealism and activism that defined their lives. The foundation’s funds are given to foster the education of young people, especially women in the sciences; to improve the lives of those affected by chronic illness; and to support the efforts to help and protect those affected by violence. For more information, visit www.petitfamilyfoundation.org or call 860-479-1436.