GIFT PLANNING
Dennis and Anna May Manning raised their seven children in Bristol. They were involved in all of the sports each child played, especially the sport of swimming. They often participated as timekeepers at swim meets, coordinated award banquets and lent a hand wherever help was needed. Additionally, Anna May served as a middle school swim team coach in Bristol. Mary was the oldest of the seven Manning siblings and an accomplished swimmer. She worked as a lifeguard at the Marriott in Farmington and the Dennis Malone Aquatic Center in Mary Sisson 2017 Bristol, and she served as a swim team coach for the recreational team in Plainville. She was often seen performing her expert duties as a Connecticut Swim Team Official at high school swim meets. Through this fund, the family hopes to promote compassion, kindness and build the character of young individuals through the sport of swimming in the same manner it fulfilled their lives.
Sarah Norton Pardee Fund
Transferred to Main Street Community Foundation, this designated fund promotes the appreciation of community history for the educational benefit of the general public. Annual distributions will be made to the City of Bristol Cemetery Commission for the maintenance, repair and restoration of monuments, headstones, and grave markers of historical or architectural significance to the community of Bristol, Connecticut, specifically monuments located in the North Burial Ground in Bristol and the East Burial Ground in Plymouth, CT.
C. Henry Ozga Memorial Scholarship Fund
Chester “Chet” Henry Ozga, a longtime resident of Wolcott who was born C. Henry Ozga and raised in Terryville and attended Terryville High School, lived his life quietly. He was married to his wife Darlene for over 20 years before she passed away in 1999, and prior to his retirement he was employed by White Oak Corp. as a truck driver. Chet had a giving heart, and one way he chose to give back to his community is one of the simplest yet one of the most important – he left a bequest in his will to Main Street Community Foundation. Upon his death in 2020 at the age of 76, he left the remainder of his estate to establish the C. Henry Ozga Memorial Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is available to a graduating senior of Terryville High School with financial need and it is renewable for up to four years.
Southington Pride Fund
Southington PRIDE is a group of Southington community members that are committed to advocating for awareness / education on behalf of the LGBTQIA+ Community and their allies. They launched the first ever town-wide Pride Celebration in 2021. The Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for the organization as it grows, strengthens and expands its operations.
Suchopar Family Charitable Fund
Michael Suchopar joined the Boys & Girls Club of Bristol (BBGC) as its Chief Professional Officer in 2007. During his fourteen-year tenure, he elevated the organization through the creation of many new programs and a new club facility, which ultimately earned BBGC national recognition. This donor advised fund was established by friends and family to honor Michael and his wife Mary in celebration of his retirement in 2021. Grants will be awarded from this fund, at the recommendation of the donors, to benefit BBGC.
Reverend Dr. Eddie C. Whitehead of Bristol, CT — Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund
Rev. Dr. Eddie C. Whitehead
As part of the Greater Bristol Branch of the NAACP’s goal of achieving equality through educational opportunities, the chapter established this scholarship fund in memory of two trailblazers: Reverend Dr. Eddie C. Whitehead and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. Whitehead was a Bristol resident who was a community leader and one of the many community members and pastors who spearheaded the establishment of the Bristol NAACP back in 1985. Annual scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors from Bristol, Burlington, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth and Southington who are pursuing higher education at an accredited college, university or vocational/technical institution.
If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased. Maya Angelou
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