CT Higher Education Trust donates 1,500 backpacks to children

The Connecticut Higher Education Trust, along with the state Department of Children and Families and Hartford’s Camp Courant, recently distributed 1,529 backpacks filled with school supplies to students in need as part of its Fourth Annual Backpack Donation Program. Campers from Camp Courant are pictured, in addition to, in back from left: Lindy Lee Gold (DECD); Janice Gruendel (DCF); Kevin Lembo (state comptroller); Josh Reese (Camp Courant); and Denise L. Nappier (state treasurer).