New Canaan Community Foundation Awards Grant To The Center

From The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education: In late May, at an awards ceremony at the Norwalk Community College PepsiCo Theater, The Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education (The Center) received a $5,000 grant from the New Canaan Community Foundation. Recognizing that sexual violence is a problem in every community, the generous grant will fund The Center’s prevention education programming. An ongoing goal of the education department is to reach different audiences in the community to raise awareness of the problem as well as the resources available to those affected by sexual violence. Part of that initiative includes instructing police officers, social workers, health teachers and parents, in addition to our in-school programs. Prevention education delivered by trained professionals is especially important given that 70% of Connecticut residents report that their parents did not discuss sexual assault with them, and nationally one in four (1:4) women and one in six (1:6) men will experience sexual assault in their lifetime.

The New Canaan Community Foundation makes targeted, high impact grants to local nonprofits working to address the needs of our community, awarding approximately $1,000,000 in grants annually to nearly 100 nonprofits providing a wide range of services to the elderly, youth, those in need, the arts, and the environment.

Photo caption: 9th grade students from St. Luke’s School in New Canaan created crisis comfort kits for victims of sexual assault and delivered them to The Center after researching sexual violence with a prevention educator for a school project.

Photo courtesy of the Center for Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and Education