Farmington, CT – The KBE Foundation announced that its mission of community support this summer included everything from serving BBQ lunches to veterans and their families to helping land fish at the Special Olympics fishing derby to hosting its annual charity golf tournament to provide scholarships to technical high school students.
The KBE Foundation is a registered nonprofit charitable organization established in affiliation with the KBE Building Corporation to continue KBE’s long history of philanthropic giving. The foundation provides financial support and volunteer staff for charitable events, with more than $4.2 million in community support since 2009.
Special Olympics Unified Fishing Tournament
In August, a group of KBE staff and their families headed to the Farmington Polo Grounds in Farmington to support the Special Olympics Unified Fishing Tournament. KBE was the founding sponsor for the event, now in its seventh year. The fishing tournament draws Special Olympians from around the country. The volunteers worked with the athletes on all aspects of fishing in the freshly stocked pond, from baiting hooks to shouting encouragement when someone hooked a fish.
In September, the foundation continued its tradition of serving lunch to veterans and their families, along with staff, at the state-run Veterans Center in Newington. At its fifth annual event on Sept. 11, KBE volunteers served over 200 veterans and their family members and facilities staff with a lunch catered by Mission BBQ.
KBE Foundation’s 8th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
First held in 2015, the KBE Foundation’s Annual Charity Golf Tournament has drawn hundreds of golfers and raised thousands of dollars for the organization’s technical high school scholarship program. This year’s day-long event, held again at the Country Club of Waterbury on Sept. 16, hosted more than 100 golfers. To date, the foundation has provided $150,000 in scholarships to 137 Connecticut technical high school seniors pursuing construction careers. The scholarships are designed to encourage young women and men to enter the construction trades as well as construction management programs. The dollars can be used to purchase tools, trade licensing and certifications, and tuition for safety/trade skill training, as well as tuition for college-based construction management programs.
