SCORE Fairfield County Named Connecticut District Chapter of the Year

Norwalk-headquartered SCORE Fairfield County is honored to be named the SCORE Northeast Region District Award Winner in Connecticut for outstanding performance in 2024. Overall, there are a total of six Chapters supporting entrepreneurs across the state. Other district region recipients included Chapters from Boston, Buffalo, Maine, New Hampshire/Vermont, New York City, and Westchester.

The award recognizes the SCORE Fairfield County Chapter for the exceptional growth in the services provided to local entrepreneurs, the success of its public outreach, and excellent client satisfaction.

The Chapter, by significantly increasing its business mentoring sessions and educational outreach across the county in 2024, now ranks among the Top 5 of all 230 SCORE chapters nationally supporting local small businesses based via the cumulative surge in these activities. SCORE Fairfield County provides one-on-one mentoring to pre-startups, start-ups, entrepreneurs and established business owners and conducts in-person workshops and webinars focusing on the formation, growth and overall success of small businesses.

SCORE Fairfield County has been a part of the local small business community for more than 40 years. In 2024, the chapter’s volunteers provided free face-to-face mentoring and workshops for more than 7,000 aspiring local area entrepreneurs and owners of established small businesses.

“We are honored to receive recognition from SCORE’s Northeast Region,” says SCORE Fairfield County Chapter Co-Chairs Ashwini “Ash” Bhaskar and Tom Shimko. “Our 120+ volunteers have a passion for business, and they are committed to the success of Fairfield County and the small businesses which serve this community.

About SCORE Fairfield County:

The SCORE Fairfield County Chapter is part of SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, with 10,000 volunteers serving all 50 U.S. states and territories. Since its founding in 1964 as a resource partner for the U.S. Small Business Administration, SCORE (www.score.org) has helped more than 17 million current and aspiring entrepreneurs start, grow or successfully exit a business through mentoring, resources and education. In 2023 alone, SCORE volunteers helped create 31,167 new small businesses and add 152,115 total jobs to the American economy.

SCORE Fairfield County is one of the largest and most active SCORE chapters in the country – ranked among the Top 5 of all 230 SCORE chapters nationally - providing free mentoring, workshops, and resources to help small businesses thrive. For more information about SCORE Fairfield County, to schedule a mentoring session, or to inquire about becoming a mentor visit: https://www.score.org/fairfieldcounty

SCORE Fairfield County serves small businesses and entrepreneurs in the cities and towns of: Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, New Fairfield, Newtown, Norwalk, Redding, Ridgefield, Stamford, Wilton, Weston and Westport.