Gentle Love Connections

09/18/2026

Gentle Love is thrilled to announce that the organization has received a $10,000 grant through the Basic Human Needs Emergency Assistance Program at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation. We are incredibly grateful to be selected from a competitive pool of applicants.

According to the organization, there is a rising need for this type of assistance due to significant cuts in federal support.

09/02/2026

A huge thank you to all of the corporations that have supported us so far with sponsorships! It’s because of their generosity that we can continue to meet the increased need for essential items in our community. From July 2025 to June 30th alone we distributed a record breaking 208K diapers, a 13% year-over-year increase.

Highland Park Market PeoplesBank Westfield Bank Windsor Federal Bank John F. Tierney Funeral Home Second Congregational Church, Manchester, CT 360 Federal Credit Union Keith Gauvin Roofing LLC The O'Neil Law Firm, P.C.

08/27/2026

Happy to support of friends at MACC Charities with a donation of diapers and baby wipes!

08/24/2026

Another 14.6K diapers distributed today, this time to our friends at the Town of East Hartford, CT – Government! Grateful for this partnership, and appreciate Baby2Baby for their generous inkind donations. Team work makes it possible 💪

08/21/2026

This past week our founder joined Austin LaVoie, Branch Manager and Assistant Vice President of Dime Bank to celebrate a $5,000 grant award from The Dime Bank Foundation. We are incredibly grateful for Dime’s continued support of our efforts since they first opened their Manchester Branch in 2020 💙

08/19/2026

Another successful round of pickups, with a record breaking 52,000 diapers distributed to our community partners over the past two weeks! Thank you to Baby2Baby, Greater Hartford Gives and the SBM Charitable Foundation for making this distribution possible.

07/24/2026

We are grateful to all the volunteers who came out from 360 Federal Credit Union yesterday to help us prepare for August distributions. It’s because of generous supporters like 360 FCU that we can make an even greater difference in our community 💚

06/27/2026

Yesterday we partnered with the Manchester Police Department for another car seat installation event at Manchester Head Start. Great to see smiles all around and to know that dozens of children now have car seats for safe transport!

06/06/2026

Yesterday we distributed over 16,000 diapers to several of our partners, including the Manchester Public Schools Office of Partnership & Engagement, Rosal Cares, the Manchester Early Childhood Collaborative and First United Food Pantry. This distribution would have not been possible without the generous support of Greater Hartford Gives and the SBM Charitable Foundation. We appreciate their steadfast commitment to our mission.

05/20/2026

So grateful to Manchester Police Department for their continued partnership, which made yesterday’s event possible.