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During Avangrid’s International Volunteer Week (IVW), which took place from September 30 to October 8, employees from across the organization stepped up to give back to local non-profit organizations through various activities and projects. Below is a summary of some of those events and a few words from volunteers who participated in the events.   Connecticut In Connecticut, seven volunteering events took place. Opportunities ranged from facility clean-ups, organizing closets, sorting, and packaging items, and helping maintain gardens.Volunteers in New Haven got their hands dirty helping

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Avangrid Foundation, in partnership with CMP, is helping put Maine residents on a path to success. The Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to MaineSpark, an initiative powered by a diverse coalition of organizations including the Maine Development Fund, to further its work connecting adult learners (24+ years old) with the education, information, coaching and resources they need to secure meaningful, long term employment, and boost their careers. The funds will be used to train and raise awareness of MaineSpark’s Navigator Network, a group of

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Photo: From left, Berkshire Gas' Chris Farrell, Adams Town Administrator Jay Green, Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and sculptor Brian Hanlon) By Chris Farrell, Berkshire Gas Manager of Communications and Government Relations The town of Adams, MA in the Berkshire Gas service territory marked a moment in history last week with the unveiling of a statue honoring suffragette Susan B. Anthony, commissioned in recognition of the 100th +1 Anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Avangrid Foundation has awarded a grant to The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art to fund the restoration of Enoch Smith Woods’s Nathan Hale (1889), the bronze figure displayed on the Main Street lawn of the museum, located in Hartford, CT. The Foundation’s award of $50,000 will fund the conservation of the slightly-larger-than-life sculpture of the Revolutionary War martyr, perhaps the first such restoration work since its installation in front of the museum in 1894. The grant will also realize a plan to illuminate the