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

 

 

2018 Donors and Sponsors

Presidents Circle (Contributions of $1000 and above)

  • Katharine & Henry McLane Charitable Trust
  • Greater Hartford Automobile Dealers Association
  • Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
  • Total Communications
  • Association of the United States Army
  • Felix M Delgreco Scholarship Fund
  • The Knights of Columbus
  • Local Independent Charities of America
  • American Legion Sidlecki Post 187
  • Connecticut Military Corvette Club
  • Ledyard Lions Club Inc
  • CT Health & Education Facilities Authority
  • Nathan Hale Chapter MOAA
  • Okay Industries Inc
  • Hartford Lodge #19 BPOE
  • The Alexander M & Catherine Maus Wright Trust
  • Trischman Family Foundation
  • Zeisler & Zeisler PC

Directors Circle (Contributions of $500 to $999)

  • A N Designs Inc
  • American Legion Auxiliary Unit 176
  • American Legion Post 100
  • Carl A Zanoni
  • Craig D Durgy
  • ESS Villa Apartment Properties, LLC
  • James F Mullen
  • Joseph A Poland
  • Michael T Dorsey
  • Saxe Doernberger & Vita PC
  • Thomas P Thomas
  • Charities Aid Foundation of America
  • Jim Seichter
  • James A French
  • Jeffrey A Zinn
  • Pat Welch
  • Robert E Knowlden
  • Toby Goldschneider
  • William J McGurk
  • Accufile Inc
  • American Legion Auxiliary Unit 105
  • American Legion Post 24
  • Arline P Rich
  • Barbara S Demers
  • Beverly B Tate
  • Canel Lodge 700
  • Carl A Rapacz
  • Catherine H Connor
  • Cecelia A Roberge
  • Cheryl-Ann Tubby
  • Cranmore Fitzgerald & Meaney
  • Daniel A Diguilio
  • David A Kohlun
  • David A Lees
  • David C Peterson
  • David G Parent
  • Disabled American Veterans Chapter 8
  • Dorian M Taylor
  • Edward A Englehardt Jr
  • Elaine Ann Hammers
  • Ethan Goldman
  • Gary T Wolff
  • Honan Funeral Home
  • Jane A Taylor
  • Jeanne M Raccio
  • John F Treichel
  • John W Leone
  • K J Purdie
  • Keri M Blanda
  • Lois C Clede
  • Lora L Field
  • Margaret E Wolk
  • Mary Beth Derynioski
  • Michael J Federico
  • Michael J Neri
  • Nancy L Strawderman
  • Neubert Pepe & Monteith PC
  • Norma O Paggioli
  • Norman N Fierravanti
  • Patricia J Wilk
  • Richard A Reed
  • Richard L Boritz
  • Richard P Hayes
  • Robert A Egan
  • Robert C Moeller
  • Robert J Pape
  • Robert K Yass
  • Ronald J Calkins
  • Ryefield Condominium Association
  • Timothy E Reilly
  • Timothy F Pagnam
  • Veterans Foreign Wars Post 3336
  • Victor P Dufault
  • Virginia W Scheller
  • William A O'Rourke

Leaders Circle (Contributions of $250 to $499)

  • Lions Club of Tolland
  • Waterbury Lodge No 265 BPO Elks
  • Charles P Varca CT Chapter 17 Disabled American Veterans
  • CIGNA Foundation
  • Marilyn C Whitney
  • American Legion Post 17
  • Davis Auctions Inc
  • Disabled American Veterans Chapter 52
  • FF Brewster Elementary School
  • Heide A Lock
  • JHD Corporation
  • Joan Tarrant
  • John J Zoni
  • MG Thaddeus J Martin
  • Rose Hill Depository Account

Sustainers (Contributions of $50 to $99)

  • Albert S Mead Jr
  • American Legion Auxiliary Post 111
  • American Legion Post 1
  • American Legion Post 73
  • Amy  H Raccagni
  • Anna D Sarraga-Cieri
  • Anne V Arpin
  • Arthur G Paul III
  • Bonnie B Rice
  • Brian L Marburger
  • C Scott Schwefel
  • Carmon Community Funeral Homes
  • Charles B Stone
  • Colleen A Gavner
  • D L Moody
  • David Connole
  • Eileen M Russo
  • Elizabeth A Lofquist
  • Frank Martorelli
  • Frederick R Press
  • George W Ripley III
  • Geraldine C Leone
  • Herbert C Zickwolf
  • James Baldoni
  • James E Elsner
  • Janyce S Winninger
  • Jean F Letendre
  • Jennifer OToole
  • Jo Anne F Palmer
  • John M Pensiero
  • John W Horan
  • Joseph Acanfora
  • Joseph P Capossela
  • Joseph V Girardini
  • Linnea H Golubchik
  • Marion E Mullen
  • Mark L Ceccorulli
  • Michael H Pozetta
  • Michael J Hargrove
  • Michele J Paquette
  • Moira & Douglas Jones
  • Nancy M Vendetti
  • Peter H O'Meara
  • Philip A Scarpellino
  • Richard F Ferrari
  • Robert A Smith
  • Robert H Avino
  • Robert J Hilliard
  • Robert J Lagasse
  • Robert J Stavinsky
  • Robert Rodner
  • Sharon T Sekellick
  • Steven D Staugaitis
  • Susan J Gay
  • Theodore A Samolik
  • Thomas F Shea
  • Veterans Foreign Wars Post 6123
  • Virginia J Wehrli
  • William E Lewis Jr
  • William J Robbins

Supporters (Contributions of $49 and under)

  • Amazon Smile
  • Truist
  • David Gauthier
  • Dorothy M Boysworth
  • Kimberly Debaise
  • Dorothy M Willoughby
  • E Mark Pinnock
  • Leonard Jacobs
  • Barbara Goetter Gelmetti
  • Bradford B Palmer
  • Carol Ann Christoffers
  • Dallas Rodriguez
  • Elizabeth A Peatt
  • Ellen M Walton
  • Mona Huggard
  • Patricia A Kelly
  • Robert H Arnesen
  • Albert J Laflamme
  • Angela M Sinicrope
  • Ann M Feeley
  • Anthony D Martino
  • Anthony J Napoleon
  • Arnold F Joseph
  • Barbara A Biatowas
  • Carolyn J Gimbrone
  • Colette R Weber
  • Colleen K Cultrera
  • Denise R Bajorek
  • Dennis Dix Jr
  • Diane B Szydlo
  • Dominic J Alegi Jr
  • Douglas A Gray
  • Elizabeth F Hoisl
  • Everett I Weaver
  • Gary O Espelin
  • Gayle S Juliani
  • Gertrude D Beckwith
  • Guenter E Herd
  • Guido DeStefano
  • Harold Quagliaroli
  • Irene A Kennedy
  • James Milkie
  • Janet & Joe Stewart
  • Janice O'Connor
  • John F Nomelli
  • Judith M Grabulis
  • Judy W Nelson Gunzinger
  • Kathleen M Berry
  • Kathleen O Downes
  • Kenneth B Freeman
  • Lauren M Yanosy
  • Linda B Dwy
  • Lynne H Kallman
  • Margaret N McDonald
  • Marie J Montas
  • Marilyn C Wilson
  • Mary Ann Whitney
  • Marylou T Savoy
  • Michelle Spader
  • Nathan G Agostinelli
  • Neil R Atkinson
  • Nicole A Caccamo
  • Patricia G Sarasin
  • Patricia M Beloff
  • Paul A Vozzella
  • Peter C Brandolini
  • Private Walker J Smith Post 511 Auxiliary
  • Raymond James
  • Richard J Billing
  • Robert Doyle Finan
  • Robert L Dotolo
  • Ruth G Meister
  • Sandra C Cunningham
  • Scott M Digris
  • Sharon M Colburn
  • Sharon N Eaton
  • Susan M Bordonaro
  • Tami W Zawistowski
  • Terry J Fagan
  • Thomas E Fraser
  • Veterans Foreign Wars Post 1979
  • Barbara Joyce Simpson
  • Carissa R Teta
  • David H Larson
  • Edward Bolles
  • Elaine P Civitillo
  • Francis J Brady
  • Jason C Fontaine
  • John A Schwemmer
  • John S. Andrulonis
  • Joseph R Taricani
  • Kathleen A Arky
  • Laura G Lynch
  • Laura T Curry
  • Leonard J Francis
  • Lynn M Marquis
  • May B Toscano
  • Pamela J Gonzalez
  • R Shabot
  • Robert G Stickels
  • Thomas W Donnelly
  • Alan Plasky
  • Ann Marie Unkel
  • Betsy G Bradley
  • BH Rogan
  • Debra L Mainville
  • Grace C Forsythe
  • Karen L Larkum
  • Lee De Marzo
  • Richard J Olson
  • Ronald DeMartino
  • Sandra Berkner
  • Ann Cherney
  • Barbara D Smith
  • Bernard T Rooney Jr
  • Beth Rodriguez
  • Beverly J Carr LCSW LLC
  • Bonita Finkelday
  • Dawn M Diani
  • Eugene C Schmidt
  • Henry Bankowski
  • Jeffrey A Blazejovsky
  • Jennifer L Marinko
  • John C Lepper
  • Leo F Luciani
  • M F Rogan
  • Mary-Anne M Harrigan
  • Migdalia Merriman
  • Noreen Baris
  • Paul J Hartung
  • Richard L Sawitzke
  • Susan Maturo
  • Anthony V LaPenta Jr
  • Diane Calvo-Poplawski
  • Joyce C Jones
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