CVC Clothes 200 Students in Derby



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Derby elementary school students are all smiles after receiving new school clothes, back packs and school supplies as this year's  Corporate Volunteer Council (CVC) recipients of the Back-to-School Clothes project.

The goal of this CVC project is to provide new clothing to children in need at the start of the school year in an effort to improve attendance on the first days of school and boost their confidence. National statistics show that many underprivileged children miss the first few days of school simply because they do not have new clothes to wear. The CVC hopes that by providing the children with clothes and school supplies, they will be encouraged to do their best while receiving a boost to their self-esteem. CVC Companies strongly feel that the attendance of the children on the first day of school attributes to this program’s success. The students are presented with two new outfits, a coat or jacket, shoes and a backpack overflowing with school supplies.

Last year 150 students from Longhill and Sunnyside Schools in Shelton a received individualized boxes of new clothing and supplies to begin the school year. To date the CVC has outfitted 2,407 Valley children and spent $495,000.  You can see the earlier projects here.


BIC is just one of many on the Back to School Bandwagon this year!

Johanne Henderson, BIC’s Senior Training and Organizational Development Manager, Patricia Tarasovic, Director of the Volunteer Center at Valley United Way, and Chris Mills, President of BIC USA, pose as a generous check is passed from BIC to Valley United Way for the Back to School project.

BIC is one of the many extremely generous Corporate Volunteer Council members that are donating time, money, school supplies, and new clothing for the Back to School project.

Some of the other CVC members participating in the Back to School Clothes for Kids program this year include:

  • Altair Global Relocation

  • Ansonia Rotary Club

  • Arson Productions

  • Barnum Financial Group

  • BIC Corporation

  • BPA Worldwide

  • CDWG

  • Chamber of Commerce Valley Business Networking Group

  • Chamber of Commerce Seeds to Leads Group

  • Chamber of Commerce Women in Networking Group

  • Chamber of Commerce Young Professional Group

  • Connecticut Basement Systems

  • DeDonato Building Contractors

  • DRS Seismic Consultants LLC

  • First Niagara

  • GE Corporate

  • Homewood Suites by Hilton

  • Iroquois Gas Transmission

  • Market Data Retrieval

  • Marmon Utility LLC

  • Minuteman Press

  • Ned Miller Associates, Inc.

  • Newtown Savings Bank

  • Spectrum Plastics Group

  • Panache Hair Design

  • People’s United Bank

  • PerkinElmer

  • Pitney Bowes

  • Professional Travel Planners

  • Prudential

  • R.D. Scinto

  • Real Estate Two

  • Rexel

  • Serra & DelVecchio Insurance

  • Sikorsky Finance

  • TD Bank

  • Telecom Solutions Plus

  • The McIntyre Group

  • The Nielson Company

  • Town Line Storage

The “AWARD WINNING” CORPORATE VOLUNTEER COUNCIL (CVC) is a coalition of local businesses and corporations that have an active employee volunteer involvement program.  Since 1995, the CVC has been proud to play a vital role in boosting self-esteem and confidence by helping children to look and feel their best when they attend school, which has a proven positive effect on educational performance.


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