Horizons At New Canaan Country School Receives $25,000 Grant

Press release from Horizons at New Canaan Country School:

July 2, 2020

Horizons at New Canaan Country School recently received two grants totaling $25,000 from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to support the organization’s Family Emergency Financial Assistance Fund and it’s full-year High School Program.

A $20,000 grant from the Foundation will support the High School Program, which seeks to mitigate the opportunity gap experienced for up to 150 underserved students from Stamford and Norwalk a year. The tuition-free High School Program provides year-long academic and enrichment programming including Academic Coaching, SAT preparation classes, college tours, and more to help students identify their educational and career goals and graduate from high school college-ready.

Executive Director, Nancy von Euler said: “The Horizons High School program model has been shown to work as 100% of the Class of 2020 graduated from high school and have been accepted into college. We are grateful to Fairfield County’s Community Foundation for their partnership, to close the opportunity gap faced by the students we serve.”

Horizons at New Canaan Country School also received a $5,000 grant from the Foundation’s COVID-19 Resiliency Fund that will support the Family Emergency Financial Assistance Fund, providing one-time financial assistance to families who are experiencing hardship. Requests for assistance have risen in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. “The support from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation helps Horizons at NCCS to continue to respond to the urgent needs of the families as they weather this health and economic crisis,” said Nancy von Euler.

"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.