2023 Annual Appeal

 

Dear Friends of the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc,

Last year the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc (CTNGFI), provided direct financial assistance to sixty-seven service members, families and Family Readiness Groups, totaling $77,551.00. Additionally, $20,500.00 in scholarships was awarded to Connecticut National Guard service members and family members. 

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc. I wonder if the founding members of the CTNGFI thought that so many service members and families would still need financial help, twenty years after its founding. But the need does still exist!

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that these times of crippling inflation and economic turmoil have been an incredibly difficult time for all of us. 

But for those who are unemployed, or barely earning minimum wage, they are suffering more than others. Unfortunately, service members and families of the Connecticut National Guard, are among those suffering. 

Today, I am writing to you with a simple yet heartfelt plea. Will you step forward to help our service members and families during this especially dangerous and trying time by sending a charitable donation to the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc?

Your gift will make a real and practical difference in lifting up service members and their families, who are suffering. Your gift to our general fund will be used to help support our members suffering with such needs as weekly care and emergency relief, food assistance, rent or mortgage payments, utilities, home health care, medical expenses and funeral expenses.

Any one of us could find ourselves needing the support of friends and neighbors if life takes a sudden turn. Together, we can lift up our struggling service members and their families, and give them the hope and help they need. 

Yes, it is truly amazing the difference you can make today. By reaching out with your charitable donation, you will be supporting our mission of providing financial hands-on solutions to our struggling service members and their families. 

But direct financial assistance is not all that your donation will support. Operation ELF, Adopt-a-Military Family, Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, and Post Secondary Scholarships are also funded by your generous donations. These vital programs provide relief and happiness to military families who may be struggling with the pain of deployment separation, loss of employment and income, or how to pay for the escalating costs of higher education. 

Your donation, no matter how large or small, could be the lifeline to our military families and service members who have no where else to turn. Please make this special difference – a life-sustaining difference for many – by sending your contribution today to the Connecticut National Guard Foundation, Inc. 

In order for us to assist these families, we need your help. Our hope is to continue to support our Guard family as long as the need exists, but we cannot do it alone. We need your help. Contributions can be made by check, credit card, PayPal, and now Venmo. You can donate by check or credit card, by using the enclosed reply card and envelope, or for PayPal by going to our website at www.ctngfi.org and clicking on the “how to help tab” and then the donate button. To donate by Venmo use our account name: @ctngfi. If you are using Venmo, please be sure to provide your name, address and/or email and cell number for proper acknowledgement of your donation. 

This is the season for giving thanks ... and in that spirit, thank you for all you do for our Foundation. Please send your most generous gift today.

 

Sincerely,

 

Christopher Mackenzie

Chief Warrant Officer Four (Retired)

President

 

 

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2023 Donors and Sponsors

Presidents Circle (Contributions of $1000 and above)

 

Ilia OHearn

Raytheon Technologies Corp

Katharine & Henry McLane Charitable Trust

Millennium Trust

Local Independent Charities of America

Roger Beaudoin

DND Construction Services

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Lockheed Martin Sikorsky

Connecticut General Assembly

Bogies for the Brave

Lee Lukas

Adam P Cohen CPA

Ashbritt Foundation INC

Connecticut Military Corvette Club

Trischman Family Foundation

Mark Hayden

Ledyard Lions Club Inc

The Knights of Columbus

Cecelia A Roberge

Connecticut State Employees Credit Union

Army Aviation Association America Connecticut Chapter 

Bruce Kosa

Normand P Lusignan

The Alexander M & Catherine Maus Wright Trust

Directors Circle (Contributions of $500 to $999)

Mark M Crowley

Elizabeth Szuba

John Pendleton

Brian Sabia

David Massaro

David Valli

Steven D Landry

Tyler Fulton

A Thomas Modeen

Hartford Health Care

Hartford Lodge #19 BPOE

James H Davis

Transfer Enterprises, Inc

John E Godburn

Association of the US Army Connecticut Chapter

Bichop J Nawrot

Connecticut Society of Santas

David A Lees

Joseph A Poland

Lions Club of Tolland

Mattatuck Industrial Scrap Metal Inc

Paul E McCollam

Peter E Tatalias

R F Schmidt

Shepard B Stone

Suburban Sanitation Service, Inc

Veterans Foreign Wars Post 3272

Wethersfield Chapter of UNICO National

Leaders Circle (Contributions of $250 to $499)

Michael Falk

Gary Ottenbreit

Geico Insurance

Tim Wilk

Douglas Paley

John Horn

Mary Conklin

Thomas Marchetto

Michael T Dorsey

American Legion Post 17

American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Davis Auctions Inc

Godburn Plumbing & Heating LLC

JHD Corporation

Michael Gruner

The Beloin Investment Group

The Hometown Foundation Inc

Veterans Foreign Wars Post 3336

 

Patrons Circle (Contributions of $100 to $249)

Freddy Torres

Evening Sky Brewing Co LLC

Peter Doria

Robert J Sampl

Network for Good

Eric Roy

John Sanchez

Betsy P Cruice

Carl A Zanoni

Christopher Evans

Christopher Strong

Cub Scout Pack 475

Joseph A Marino

Larissa Foster

Laura Solano Evon

Linda R Arbesman

Margaret E Wolk

Michael Dutko

Michael Sipples

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Patrick F Bowe

Richard Lagrega

Robert E Knowlden

Robert J Hilliard

Steven D Anderson

Timothy E Reilly

Toby Goldschneider

Michael Cardozo

Reinaldo Ayala

Rich Sklenka

Brian Thompson

Brian Zamudio

Scott McLaughlin

Steve London

Tammy M Foular

Disabled American Veterans Chapter 52

Amy Mish

Armando Cruz

Danielle Leach

Eddie Bonafe

Eric Gagnon

George Brown

Jason Cruz

Joel Smith

John J Lill

Kamief Jenkins

Kristopher Dziewaltski

Larry Fitzgerald

Michael Fedak

Paul Vicinus

Richard Troy

Robert A Husted

Stephanie Richard

Susan Tobenkin

Thomas Bordner

Tim Seery

Craig D Durgy

Duane I Haverstock

James A French

Lamar McKnight

Lois C Clede

Brian O Normandin

John J Anzidei

Karen B Green

American Legion Post 104

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 176

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 95

American Legion Post 24

Andreas Papadatos

Anthony Cefalogi

Arline P Rich

Bernadette M Waite

Beverly B Tate

Carlson Funeral Home

Catherine H Connor

Cheryl-Ann Tubby

Christine L Sledge

Cynthia M Lewis

Daniel A Diguilio

David C Peterson

David Connole

Elaine Dinto

Ellen Agresti

George W Ripley III

Irene A Kennedy

James E Brooks Sr

Jane Pagnam

Jeff Culp

Joan Tarrant

Joan Treadow

Joanne M Quarequio

John C Bailey

John J Zoni

K J Purdie

Laura R Soll Broxterman

Mary Beth Derynioski

Mary R Rell

Marylou T Savoy

Michael Ryan

Moira & Douglas Jones

Nina Kareliussen

Paul J Diorio

Peter H O'Meara

Raymond P Zastaury, Jr

Renee M Beaulieu

Richard A Reed

Richard L Boritz

Richard M Heffernon

Robert B Goodman

Robert Nilsson

Robert Stavinsky

Terry J Fagan

Wendy Zande

William J Skowronski

Sustainers (Contributions of $50 to $99)

Audra Hull

Heather Dziewaltowski

John V Rondano

Nancy Cheney

Richard W Miller

Shannon Mungavin

Zane Barber

Cheryl Lynn

Lesbia Nieves

Lauretta Schweitzer

Angela M Sinicrope

Anthony D Martino

Arthur G Paul III

Bernice L Wright

Bonnie B Rice

Brian M Noble

Carmon Community Funeral Homes

Catherine Daly

Dorian M Taylor

Dorothy M Willoughby

Frank Martorelli

Gary E Waterhouse

Gayle S Juliani

Gerald H Letendre

Janyce S Winninger

Joan E Lane

John W Horan

Joseph V Girardini

Lisa Futtner

Michael Nelson

Patricia G Sarasin

Patricia M Beloff

Philip T Newbury

Pue, Chick, Leibowitz & Blezard LLC

Richard F Ferrari

Richard J Billing

Robert H Avino

Robert J Lagasse

Robert J Samperi

Robert Rodner

Scott M Digris

Steven D Staugaitis

Stuart K Wallack

Teal King

Theodore A Samolik

Vernadene Cicchetti

William E Sheedy Jr

William J Robbins

 

Supporters (Contributions of $49 and under)

Sam Mileti

John D Micali

Arthur Liamin

Benjamin Hafford

Ellen Ann Mandelberg

Josh McElroy

Kimberly Debaise

Matthew Barringer

Michael Nanfito

Michelle DeVeau

Ronald DeMartino

Zack Tallis

Jamie Cabezas

Jeanne Brennan

Faith Scanlon

Teresa Morrison

Margaret N McDonald

Amanda Ragos

Lia Solis

Angelica Centeno

Dan Meskell

Elizabeth A Peatt

Patricia J Gilligan

Richard Lecuyer

Thomas Lukas

Alexa Rivera

Jackie Keefer

Jessica Montes

Nichole Giunto

Benjamin Boulanger

Ernesto Rios Soto

Maria Boulanger

Mike Nolan

Alan A Malizia

Alberta Desantis

Arnold F Joseph

Audrey McNally

Barbara A Biatowas

Barbara Giannettino

Catherine M Conlin

Charlene L Johnson

Dominic J Alegi Jr

Edward N Deni

J Hodges

John Larensen

Karen Messier

Kenneth Dixon

Kenneth O'Connor

Mary Ann Dolan

Paul A Vozzella

Paul Summers

Peter C Brandolini

Sharon N Eaton

Ted C Graziani

Veterans Foreign Wars Post 1979

William A O'Rourke

Andy Beaumier

Zhan Hou

Jennifer Busbee

Kenya Carnegie

Marco Lopes

Neal Byrne

Nicaurys Garcia

Alan Plasky

Amanda Pitcher

Ben Neumon

Bonnie Koester May

Brenna Dunn

Carissa Croff

Chris Gibb

Colette R Weber

David Gauthier

David H Larson

Devon Cafazzo

Elizabeth Turner

Henry Bankowski

Jeffrey Lapierre

Jonathan Weiss

Karen F Cyr

Laura Stamatien

Lee Morrison

Linda A Rolstone

Lori Harmon

Marianne Stieglitz

Matt Deardorff

Rosemarie Christofani

Stephan Nowakowski

Thomas F Sweeney

Thomas W Donnelly

Tim Koster

Tina Durnik

Ulrick Brice

Valerie L Serry

Breanna Pollock

Carlos Rosario

Cassandra Parker

Christina Glasper

Daniel Grenier

Gregory Gallagher

Heather Taylor

Mathew Tuthill

Nickolas Drake

Sara Landon

Taeler Cruz

Tanya Nesbeth

Lee De Marzo

Richard L Sawitzke

Jennifer Monahan

Rebecca Tudor

Joe Amato

Joshua Panis

Anthony V LaPenta Jr

Arthur Fuller

Bette C Kelly

Heidi M Rose

Ilona Dubay

Jose Lara

Lindsey Rohner

Philip W Mauriello

Rose Gaudio Lamy

Susan Maturo

Dawn M Diani

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