Wright Family's $5.4M Gift Boosts Middlesex Health

0:00It's April 7th. Welcome in. This is Hartford News Today, where local news meets AI, I'm Corey, with the story. Middlesex Health just landed its biggest donation ever, $5.4 million from the Wright family through the Alfred R. Wright Trust. This gift tops anything they've seen before and goes straight to boosting patient care with new buildings, cutting-edge tech, and top-notch clinical. Work at their Middletown Hospital. The Wrights go way back in Middlesex County, kicking off Connecticut Valley manufacturing in Essex back in the late 1800s. That spot made woodborne tools and stayed in the family for four generations until it shut down in 1969. Alfred R. Wright, the third-gen boss, got care at the hospital instead of a trust for his family, including granddaughters, Martha Wright Potter, and Betsy and Wright Tippett. He wanted leftovers to help local spots like Middlesex Health push forward on health innovations. After Tippett passed in 2024, her estate made good on that plan, sending the funds this

1:01week. Over the next three years, the health system plans to pour $90 million into fresh facilities and advance tech, keeping that family legacy. Alive for better community care.