Lauren E. Avezzie Charitable Foundation

The mission of the Lauren E. Avezzie Charitable Foundation is to support programs that will help others who are in need. The Lauren E. Avezzie Charitable Foundation was established to bring honor and glory to God's Kingdom, to keep Lauren's memory alive and to support places and causes that were important to her.

The complete 2011-2012 contribution listing is as follows:

• Lauren Avezzie Award – Scholarship at Farmington High School, Farmington, CT

• Lauren Avezzie Award – Scholarship at The Master's School, West Simsbury, CT

• Lauren Avezzie Outstanding Community Service Award – Scholarship at Classical Magnet

School, Hartford, CT

• Connecticut Food Bank

• Foodshare Incorporated

• Feed My Starving Children

• Valley Community Baptist Church Deacon Fund, Avon, CT Thanksgiving Food Drive

• Donation of toys to needy children over the Christmas holidays through the Farmington Public

School Social Services department

• Lauren Avezzie Corner, books donated to Union School library, Unionville, CT

• Farmington Youth Baseball League

• Support local and international mission initiatives including:

• Life Bridge (for troubled youth)

• Kiva International Ahava Ministries

• African Inland Mission

• Youth Challenge of Connecticut

• Hartford City Mission

• Redeemer Hill Church, Hartford, CT

• Lauren E. Avezzie Memorial Kiva Program

• Good Samaritan Community Center, Dominican Republic

• Hearts that HEAL-Bereavement group for mothers who have lost a child

• Ameriah, Inc.

• Amazon Conservation Team – Arlington, Virginia

• Elks National Foundation

• Roaring Brook Nature Center, Canton, CT

• Mayor Mike Foundation, Hartford, CT

• Hole-in-the-Wall Gang Camp

• Salvation Army