News from Wheeler

From Beyblades to Barbies, books, crayons, and everything in between, employees from Farmington-based Mott Corporation are helping to make a joyful holiday for 40 youth in foster care in the Central Connecticut region.

Four organizations and several individuals were recognized by Wheeler today for outstanding support of its mission at the organization’s 12th Annual Hands & Hearts event, held virtually.

The Management Advisory Council of the State of Connecticut is choosing Wheeler Health as their selected 2022 beneficiary of the group’s annual humanitarian campaign.

About 100 state and local leaders, board members, donors, employees, and friends gathered at a groundbreaking ceremony for Wheeler’s planned 46,000-square foot community health center and administrative headquarters at One Hope Street in downtown Bristol on Thursday, September 29th.

Golfers, sponsors, and volunteers took part in Wheeler’s 37th Annual Golf Classic, presented by Mutual of America Financial Group, on September 14 at The Country Club of Farmington, and the event grossed an unprecedented $100,000 to support individuals and families in care through Wheeler’s Basic Needs Fund.

Moving ahead to help anchor the downtown Bristol Centre Square development with professional jobs and accessible health care for the entire community, Wheeler Health has chosen a construction management firm for its planned 46,000-square foot community health center and administrative headquarters on Hope Street. It also has reached 80 percent of its $500,000 fundraising goal for the project, six months after its public launch, thanks to the support of dozens of community- and Wheeler-connected donors. Philanthropic investments in the project now provide for a comprehensive teaching kitchen, allowing Wheeler to expand its nutrition program into Bristol.

More than 60 community leaders, donors, neighbors, and Wheeler staff and trustees celebrated Wheeler’s newly renovated and expanded Family Health & Wellness Center in Plainville.

The Spring 2022 issue of Giving From The Heart is published and features an update on the campaign for a new community health center in Bristol and related stories.

Wheeler has received a $100,000 gift supporting its campaign for a new health center in Bristol, as well as numerous programs benefiting students at Northwest Village School in Plainville.

Wheeler is expanding services and renovating an unfinished space at its New Britain community health center, allowing it to serve more individuals and families, thanks to $2.1 million in funding from the State of Connecticut.

When Wheeler and Farmington-based Mott Corporation embarked on an innovative corporate philanthropic partnership in 2016, it was hard to predict its impact on the local community or Mott employees who are integrally involved. Read more about this unique alliance is making change in local communities.

Wheeler’s 37th Annual Wheeler Golf Classic, presented by Mutual of America Financial Group for the fourth consecutive year, will take place at The Country Club of Farmington on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

Helping to anchor the downtown Bristol Centre Square development with professional jobs and accessible health care for the entire community, Wheeler Health will move forward with a plan to purchase an approximate 1.3-acre lot between North Main and Hope streets, with the intent to build an approximately 35,000-square foot community health center and administrative headquarters, opening in 2023.

Wheeler’s latest Giving from the Heart newsletter is available for download and features stories about our vision for health care in Bristol, holiday giving, our unique partnership with Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation and Harc., Inc, generous, innovative corporate giving through Voya Financial, and more.

Every September, the Corporate Responsibility team of Voya Financial, Inc. hosts an employee giving campaign for the company’s more than 6,000 employees across the country. For 2021, Wheeler and other nonprofits were among the recipients of campaign proceeds.