Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO WORKING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING A TEMPORARY FINANCIAL CRISIS SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE OR MAINTAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY PROVIDING BASIC-NEEDS-FOOD, CLOTHING, FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLDITEMS, HEATING ASSISTANCE AND OFFERING LIFE-SKILL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FARM OF SIMSBURY'S FARM-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WE EDUCATE THE COMMINITY ABOUT FOOD SYSTEMS, HUNGER, SUSTAINABLE FARMING, SOUND NUTRITIONAL CHOICES AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES.
To reduce financial crises for working individuals & families in the Greater Hartford area with offering sho- rt-term programs and education that support & improve sustainability.
EDUCATION PROGRAM: WE PROVIDE SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR GRADES 1, 3 AND 4TH GRADES. OUR LARGEST PROGRAM IS OUR 4TH GRADE INTERDISTRICT PROGRAM CALLED GROWING TOGETHER. THE GROWING TOGETHER PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER CLASSES FROM HARTFORD AND SIMSBURY TO REDUCE RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISOLATION AND PROMOTE HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. EACH FIELD TRIP PAIRS A CLASS FROM HARTFORD WITH ONE FROM SIMSBURY ALL TRIPS TAKE PLACE AT THE COMMUNITY FARM OF SIMSBURY EACH OF THE 28 PARTICIPATING CLASSES (14 CLASSES FROM EACH DISTRICT) WILL VISIT THE FARM FOUR TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, TWICE IN THE FALL AND TWICE IN THE SPRING ALL LESSONS ARE TIED TO THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE COMMON CORE SCIENCE STANDARDS AND THE CURRENT CT SCIENCE CURRICULUM STANDARDS FOR 4TH GRADE. THE OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL AS OUR SUMMER CAMPS FOCUS ON WHERE FOOD COMES FROM AND WHAT HELPS PLANT GROUPS. THE STUDENTS ACTUAL BEGIN WITH SEEDLINGS AND END WITH A FIELD TRIP WHERE THE STUDENTS TRANSPLANT THEIR PLANT INTO GARDENS WHERE THE FOOD IN GROWN FOR OUR FOOD PANTRIES.
Food & Nutrition: The families Gift of Love, Inc. serves are that of the working poor and inividuals or families in crisis that need temporary assistance. The organization maintains a complete food pantry that includes organic fresh produce grown at our farm. The farm also provides produce to the town of Simsbury social services to the poor of the town where the farm is located.
Special Programs: Special programs includes our household goods, clothing, furniture, back to school supplies, holiday gift program and our weekend backpack program. The weekend backpack program consist of providing backpacks on Fridays for families with easy to prepare foods, juice and snacks to be used by the family over the weekend and the snacks for the children throughout the week.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Susan Pribyson | executive director | 35 | $98,003 |
| Stephanie Risi | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Melissa Sevilla | Director (resigned 2019) | 0 | $0 |
| Seshu Badrinath | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Curtis Williams | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Freda Turner | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
| Lydia Tedone | director | 1 | $0 |
| Eric Schwerzmann | director | 1 | $0 |
| Kathleen Bessette | director | 1 | $0 |
| George Palms | director | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Van Valkenburg | secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Ashley Born | director | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Doyle | director | 0 | $0 |
| Mark Coslett | Director, resigned in 2019 | 1 | $0 |
| Maura Fitzgerald | President | 1 | $0 |
| Rob Walz | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Richard Fortier | director | 1 | $0 |
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