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  • Who We Are
    • About Us
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • What We Do
    • Grants Programs
    • Community Drives
    • Bikes for Kids
    • Annual Golf Tournament
    • Annual Bowl-A-Thon
  • Request A Donation
    • Grant Application
    • Foundation Recipients
  • Make A Donation

giving back in 2022!

Food Drives

Financial Education

Financial Education

In February of 2022 the Barnum Foundation for Life hosted a Souper Bowl food drive,

 raising funds and collecting goods to benefit:

  • Spooner House (CT)
  • Orange Food2Kids (CT)
  • Hands on Hartford (CT)
  • Feeding Westchester (NY)
  • City Harvest (NY)
  • Project Self-Sufficiency (NJ)
  • Rhode Island Community Foodbank (RI)

Financial Education

Financial Education

Financial Education

On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Barnum Financial employees visited Sunnyside Elementary School 

to teach as volunteers for JA!


Monies raised at the annual 

Barnum Foundation for Life Bowl-A-Thon support 

Junior Achievement (JA) of Western CT.

Backpacks For Kids

Financial Education

Backpacks For Kids

In June of 2022, the Barnum Foundation for Life hosted a Backpacks & School Supplies drive for the refugee and immigrant children currently being supported by IRIS in New Haven, CT. 


Over 200 backpacks and boxes of requested school supplies were collected for donation!

Diaper Drive

Playground Builds

Backpacks For Kids

 In October of 2022,

 the Barnum Foundation for Life hosted a diaper drive, supporting families at Hartford DCF and 

Milford United Way!




Playground Builds

Playground Builds

Playground Builds

  MetLife Foundation, Barnum Financial Group, Barnum Foundation for Life, and Elm City Communities teamed up with KABOOM! to build an incredible, kid-designed playground in New Haven, CT. Kids who don't have access to a safe place to play miss out on critical opportunities to grow physically, socially, and emotionally. The Foundation has also helped to create playgrounds in Stratford, Bridgeport, and Milford, CT.  


previous community drives

COVID-19 Relief Fund

COVID-19 Relief Fund

COVID-19 Relief Fund

  $40,000 raised!

 $10,000 contributions went to Yale New Haven Health System, serving both Connecticut and Rhode Island, Kent Hospital, part of the Care New England's Employee Relief Fund for Rhode Island, and Northwell and Montefiore Health Systems, to assist in the state of New York. Contributions directly benefited frontline workers.

Financial Education

COVID-19 Relief Fund

COVID-19 Relief Fund

 Part of the proceeds from our annual bowl-a-thon support Junior Achievement of Western CT.  The employees of Barnum Financial Group not only devise the bowling teams for this fundraiser but also donate their time to JA to teach financial literacy.

Food Drives

COVID-19 Relief Fund

Comfort Bags

 The Foundation has hosted several food drives over the years benefiting organizations, such as Spooner House, Feeding Westchester, City Harvest, Guilford Food Bank, and Hands on Hartford.

Comfort Bags

Pajama Book Drives

Comfort Bags

Comfort Bags are filled with essentials that a child might need if they are removed from their home suddenly (i.e. soap, shampoo, deodorant, coloring books, a journal). Recipients are those in foster care, hospitals, or shelters. In 2019, we donated 400 bags and in 2018, almost 300 bags. Bags were distributed via social service agencies in CT, RI, and NY.

Diaper Drive

Pajama Book Drives

Pajama Book Drives

 We are proud to report that we donated 9,000 diapers  to those in need in 2020! A portion of our collection supported the United Way of Milford. The second half of our collection, alongside additional donations of formula and diaper ointment, supported the City of Hartford Department of Families.


Pajama Book Drives

Pajama Book Drives

Pajama Book Drives

Every child has the right to a sense of stability and security. Nightly bedtime rituals, including fresh pajamas and a storybook, offer a consistent,  reassuring “comfort zone” at the end of each day. In both 2014 and 2017, we collected and distributed books and pajamas to more than 350 children via PajamaProgram.org.

Winter Clothing Drives

Winter Clothing Drives

Winter Clothing Drives

In both 2014 and 2019, we placed collection bins at each Barnum Financial Group location to collect new and gently used coats, hats, scarves, and gloves. Items were then donated to local social service agencies to go to children and families in need. 


College Scholarship

Winter Clothing Drives

Winter Clothing Drives

 Entrants ages 6 to 14 submitted an original 

essay that reflected their personal view of "what 

the American Dream means to me." Winners received a deposit into a 529 plan account of their choice or similar college savings vehicle.

Playground Builds

Winter Clothing Drives

Playground Builds

  MetLife Foundation, Barnum Financial Group, Barnum Foundation for Life, and Elm City Communities teamed up with KABOOM! to build an incredible, kid-designed playground in New Haven, CT. Kids who don't have access to a safe place to play miss out on critical opportunities to grow physically, socially, and emotionally. The Foundation has also helped to create playgrounds in Stratford, Bridgeport, and Milford, CT.  


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