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  • 9/11 Memorial Sports Center

    9/11 Memorial Sports Center

    Located in the Pitkin Community Center at 30 Greenfield Street. This Sports Center was built in memory of Richard M. Keane and two other Wethersfield residents who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. It includes a gym, fitness room, and meeting room with wireless internet access and a Smart…

  • Richard M Keane

    Richard M Keane

    Reprinted from the New York TimesPortraits of Grief, 2002 Richard M. Keane enjoyed tending his garden in exceptionally grubby clothes while a boom box blasted out Orbison or Puccini; coming home from a business trip and telling his wife, Judy Keane, about the man he met on the plane; riding the commuter bus from his…

  • YOU Make The Keane Foundation a Success!

    YOU Make The Keane Foundation a Success!

    THANK YOU! For your many donations. Your dollars help to build a better community for YOUR family in YOUR town of Wethersfield.  Our fundraising efforts support After School Enrichment Programs in all of our Elementary Schools and Programs, Intramurals and Tutoring at Silas Deane Middle School. Donations may be made by check to the address…

  • Get Involved

    Get Involved

    Volunteer To Help! There are a number of ways you can support the Keane Foundation. The people of Wethersfield, particularly the young people, need a place where they can go to relax, socialize, recreate, and learn. With your help, we can continue to offer these programs to our community. We can always use additional “helping…

  • The  Keane Foundation

    The Keane Foundation

    The Richard M. Keane Foundation was established in 2001 to create a 9/11 Memorial Sports Center in the Wethersfield Community. Richard Keane and two other Wethersfield men, Jeffrey Bittner and David Winton all died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001. A fourth family who lost their father, Fred Kuo, on…