Hartford, CT It’s always a great day when big checks, cake, and lemonade are involved. CIL and Leadership Greater Hartford (LGH) celebrated the outcome of the CIL Walking Challenge with all three on July 19. 

A donation of $1,806.61 to LGH was made in honor of Doe Hentschel, LGH’s vice president, who has provided customized leadership training to CIL. The CIL Walking Challenge is an initiative of CIL’s wellness program, and aims to help employees be more aware of their activity level, while also helping local nonprofits.

For the challenge, staff is split into two groups, who compete to be able to choose the charity that the proceeds are donated to. The donation is based on the cumulative number of both team’s steps, with CIL donating 50 cents per mile walked.  

Leadership Greater Hartford (LGH) is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization that supports and strengthens the local community by training and connecting aspiring and established leaders. 

CIL: Where Visions are Built. CIL is a diverse, nonprofit development organization founded in 1979 to service their communities. They develop and sustain housing and other community resources that provide affordability, accessibility, and independence to those in need. With a variety of public and private financing tools available to them, they offer expertise in the development, financing, design, construction and zoning of complex projects.