Canton Community Health Fund, Inc. Opens 2025 Application Season for Canton Community Partner Grants & Canton Scholars Pursuing Careers in Healthcare or Public Safety
Canton, CT March 1, 2025…. Canton Community Health Fund, Inc. (CCHF), opens its Grant and Scholarship application season today. CCHF encourages State of CT certified non-profits serving the Canton community to apply for Community Partner grants. In addition, Canton residents seeking higher education in healthcare or public safety are invited to apply for either Dr. Diters or Pay It Forward Scholarships. Applications are available online at www.cantoncommunityhealthfund.org. Community Partner Grant and Scholarship awards will be announced in June/2025.
In 2024, CCHF awarded nearly $63,000.00 in Community Partner Grants and Scholarships. CCHF Chair Sylvia Cancela: “CCHF’s Board considers these awards as investments that will continue to positively impact our Canton neighbors now and into the future.”
COMMUNITY PARTNER GRANTS: Focusing on the entrepreneurial development of programming and services, CCHF’s Community Partners will enhance our community’s diverse needs from basic services, to physical and mental well-being, in addition to providing lifesaving equipment for first responders. Non-profits wishing to be considered as 2025 CCHF Community Partners can apply at www.cantoncommunityhealthfund.org. Applications are due by April 30, 2025.
- DITER’S LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS: Dr. Edward Diters, a veteran Air Force Flight Surgeon, was Canton’s small-town physician, serving our community from his offices on Dowd Avenue. Upon his retirement, after 40 years, a scholarship fund was created to both recognize his commitment to public health, and to also inspire future generations to follow his path into the healthcare field.
Graduating High School Seniors wishing to be considered for a Dr Diter’s Legacy Scholarship can apply at www.cantoncommunityhealthfund.org. Applications are due by April 1, 2025.
PAY IT FORWARD SCHOLARSHIPS: CCHF’s Legacy organization, Canton Visiting Nurse Association (CVNA), established a ‘Canton Public Health Service Scholarship’ for residents pursuing higher education in public health then paying their talents forward into the community.
CCHF continues to celebrate the spirit of CVNA’s commitment by providing the Pay It Forward Scholarship to Canton residents (post-high school), pursuing further education, training or certification in healthcare or public safety so they too can ‘Pay It Forward.’
Canton residents wishing to be considered for a Pay It Forward Scholarship can apply at www.cantoncommunityhealthfund.org. Applications are due by April 30, 2025.
Canton Community Health Fund, Inc. is a private foundation whose Mission dates back to 1918, when the Canton Visiting Nurses Association began championing the health and public safety of our community.
Today, over 100 years later, our all-volunteer Board manages the investment of the Fund, programming and distribution of Community Partner Grants and Pay It Forward Scholarships. CCHF distributes the Dr. Diters Legacy Scholarship in collaboration with our trusted partner Canton Dollars for Scholars.
We invite you to support CCHF’s Mission through gifts of your donations to benefit our community. Please visit www.cantoncommunityhealthfund.org to donate through CCHF’s secure PayPal Account, under the About Us/Make A Difference tab. You can also mail your donation to CCHF P. O. Box 75, Collinsville, CT 06022. We thank you!
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