Horizons At NCCS Receives $25,000 From FC Community Foundation

Press release from Horizons at New Canaan Country School:

April 6, 2021

Horizons at New Canaan Country School recently received two grants totaling $25,000 from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to support the organization’s summer program, including incremental transportation costs.

A $20,000 grant from the Foundation will support the Horizons at NCCS in-person summer program, which seeks to mitigate the opportunity gap experienced for up to 300 underserved students in kindergarten through grade nine from Stamford and Norwalk each year. The tuition-free summer program provides academic and enrichment programming, including arts, swimming, community and cultural events. This year the program will focus on helping students make up for academic loss as a result of COVID-19, as well as provide social-emotional support. In addition, a $5,000 COVID-19 Resiliency grant from the Foundation will help provide additional transportation, which is required due to health and safety guidelines.

Executive Director, Nancy von Euler said: “We are grateful to Fairfield County’s Community Foundation for their continued partnership, which is allowing Horizons at NCCS to bring our students (many who have been learning virtually all year) back to campus for a summer of healing and growth in the wake of COVID-19.”

"Fairfield County’s Community Foundation promotes philanthropy as a means to create change in Fairfield County, focusing on innovative and collaborative solutions to critical issues impacting the community. Individuals, families, corporations and organizations can establish charitable funds or contribute to existing funds. The Community Foundation is in compliance with the Council on Foundations’ national standards and has awarded over $230 million in grants to nonprofits in Fairfield County and beyond. As a trusted nonprofit partner and thought leader, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation brings together community organizers, business experts and philanthropists to solve our region’s challenges. Our goal is to create a vital and inclusive community, where every individual has the opportunity to thrive. fccfoundation.org"

Founded in 1964, Horizons at NCCS is the first in a nationwide network of programs that are successfully closing the opportunity gap experienced by under-resourced students. Horizons at NCCS builds deep and lasting relationships with the 400 K-12 Norwalk and Stamford students it serves. The six-week Summer Program and year-round academic and enrichment programming help students imagine and achieve a brighter future for themselves. For more information, please visit www.horizonskids.org.

This press release was produced by Horizons at New Canaan Country School. The views expressed here are the author's own.