The Orange Lions Club presented community mini grants to nonprofit and government organizations at High Plains Community Center on March 27 for the 20th year as part of the club’s commitment to return a portion of its annual fundraising to the local community. For 2023, some $7,000 in grants were provided. Front row, from left: Ginny Reinhard, Orange Historical Society; Dennis Marsh, Orange Senior Center; Kelly Cronin, Kelly’s Kids, Inc.; Susan vonRabenstein, Orange Food2Kids; Marlene Silverstein, Orange Historical Society; Stacey Johnson, Orange Youth Services; Nicholas Bencivengo, Orange Lions Club president; and Tony Vitti, Rape Crisis Center of Milford. Second row, from left: Edward Kasey, West Haven Veteran’s Museum, George Lesko, Orange Lions Grants Committee member; Kevin Hadlock, Orange Lions Grants Committee Chair; Fred Turner, Orange Lions Grants Committee member; and Robb McCorkle, Orange Lions Grants Committee member. Other recipients of grants not pictured were the Case Memorial Library, Orange Police Department’s S.O.A.R. Program, Orange Volunteer Fire Department, Orange Elementary Schools Olympic Festival, Lexi Crocco and the Orange Juniorettes. Photo by Lexi Crocco.