Canton Community Health Fund Awards Grants

Canton Community Health Fund has awarded $23,095 to local organizations this year, including $5,000 grants to the recreation department, the Canton Volunteer Fire and EMS Department and Focus on Canton for projects that will benefit residents.

The Canton Recreation Department will use the money to pay for a shade shelter at Mills Pond Pool, according to the Hartford Courant. Major renovations, including replacing the concrete deck, repairs to the pool shell and new pool filtrations systems, are planned for later this year, according to an earlier Patch article. The shade shelter will likely be built during the same period between the wading pool and the 50-meter pool.

The Canton Fire Department will put the funds toward a chest compression system, which helps emergency responders to perform CPR and costs $13,124. The remaining cost will be allocated from the fire department budget, the Courant reported.

The grant to Focus on Canton will fund the organization’s work to meet the needs of local residents. More information about Focus on Canton can be found here.

Smaller grants of $2,600 to SpiritHorse Therapeutic Riding Center, which serves disabled children, $2,500 to Canton Connections for afterschool programs, and $500 to the Canton High School Substance Free Graduation Party were also awarded.

According to its website, the Canton Community Health Fund’s goal “is promoting the health and well being to all Canton residents by distributing grants to a wide array of nonprofit organizations contributing to our goals.”

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