Senator Dodd Meets with Connecticut's Prudential Spirit of Community Awardees

May 9, 2006
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is the nation’s largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer community service. The awards were created in 1995 in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals to honor middle and high school students at the local, state and national level for outstanding service to others.

Elizabeth America of Guilford is founder and president of a school club that raises awareness and funds to assist needy people in her community and in third-world countries. Her club has sponsored fund-raisers for poor people in Haiti, tsunami victims, a local food bank, and UNICEF.


Jack Applebaum of Greenwich is a founding member of his school’s “Building with Books” affiliate. “Building with Books” is a national organization that raises money to build schools in developing countries. During its first year, the chapter raised $4,000 to help build a school in Mali.
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