Announcements:
- Thanks to Anwar and his team for once again sorting fresh fruit from not-so-fresh fruit at Foodshare’s warehouse in Bloomfield. We processed 2100 pounds of peaches and saved 800 pounds of them.
- There will be a gathering of volunteers interested in helping with the MLK mural project on the front lawn of Town Hall in East Hartford on Friday, August 27.
- There will be the ribbon cutting for the East Hartford Senior Center on Wednesday, September 15. Attendees are limited due to Covid. President-elect Alex will represent our club at this event.
We then got to the focus of our meeting, which is meeting the scholarship recipients. Special thanks to all the members of the scholarship committee, which includes Connor, Laura, Ruth, Anwar, and Peter.
Connor then introduced the students who received the scholarships. The students told us about themselves.
Barbara Agbotey is from East Hartford and went to East Hartford High School. She was born in Ghana. She will attend Penn. She wants to major in architecture and minor in electrical engineering.
Christine Buah is also from East Hartford and attended East Catholic. She too will study at Penn. She plans to study psychology and attend law school.
Michel Martin is from East Hartford. He moved to East Hartford from Jamaica in 2017. He graduated from Pathways Technology and Design. He will attend Central Connecticut State University. He is active in the community.
Augusta Nukator is an East Hartford resident and a graduate from East Hartford High School. Like Barbara, she is originally from Ghana. Augusta is attending Arizona State University. She studies flight and wants to be a pilot.
Avi Thompson is from Cromwell and attended Pathways Technology and Design. She will attend WPI. She has been involved in theater for 7 years, and she volunteers at local events.
Madisyn Vera is an East Hartford resident and graduated from East Hartford High School. She will attend Bay Path University, where she will study education. She plans to return to East Hartford after graduation and coach a softball team.
Unfortunately, we didn’t get to meet Michelle Zheng today. She is a 2020 scholarship recipient. She will attend Yale University.
Many members spoke to the students. Marc and Alex spoke to them and congratulated them. Sue told them to keep in touch with the club and that she hopes all of them will reach their dreams. Peter advised the students to keep in touch with the club because the club may give scholarships to sophomores next year. Anwar congratulated the students and commented on the diversity of the students and how this is the story of America. Neal congratulated all of them as well. Sue told the students how we went to university on a scholarship and that the students shouldn’t be embarrassed about receiving the scholarship. George then mentioned how he went to university on a 4-year scholarship from Rotary.
Sue then proceeded to ring the bell and close the meeting at approximately 12:28.