• Price Chopper Supermarkets is raising funds to support Red Cross hurricane relief efforts in the West Indies. The Windsor location is offering customers Red Cross squares for a dollar donation and will match customer donations up to $2,500.
• Emeka Okafor, 2003–2004 National Player of the Year and former NCAA champion with the UConn basketball team, contributed $250,000 to the UConn’s Neag School of Education. The donation will support the Husky Sport program in Hartford that provides student mentors in nutrition and physical education.
• The Connecticut Department of Labor Office for Veterans’ Workforce Development participated in Stand Down 2007. Employees attended the outreach and support program for homeless and needy veterans to answer questions and offer employment assistance.
