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Vanderheyden Receives Grant From IICF

Vanderheyden's President and CEO Karen Carpenter Palumbo accepted a $52,000 grant from the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Northeast Division in New York City.

The grant will be used to enhance Vanderheyden's READ 180 reading program, and to institute the SYSTEM 44 program in our Richard A. Desrochers Educational Center.

The check was presented by Hank Watkins, Chair of the IICF Board, and Jeff Rubin, Chair of the IICF Grants Committee.

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