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West Haven City Council members donate UConn Nation hand sanitizer

New Haven Register - 6/23/2020

Jun. 23--WEST HAVEN -- City Council members recently donated "UConn Nation" hand sanitizers to the West Haven Community House for the non-profit's Community Connections program for the intellectually disabled, according to the organization.

The donation to Executive Director Patricia Stevens and Board of Directors President William Heffernan III was made possible by University of Connecticut doctoral students and Councilman Barry Lee Cohen, R-10, on behalf of the Connecticut Center for Applied Separations Technologies.

Cohen was joined for the recent presentation by fellow WHCH Board of Directors member, Councilwoman Elizabeth Johnston, D-3, according to a release.

Under the direction of doctoral student Noah Ferguson, the center was able to offer hand sanitizer that will ensure all West Haven Community Connections resident and day clients receive a 6 oz. bottle, the release says.

Later this month, an additional supply will be distributed to Morrissey Manor residents.

"It was a couple of weeks into the pandemic, and we were having our weekly research group meeting," Ferguson said in the release. "We were bouncing ideas around of what we could do and producing our own hand sanitizer came up. We all wanted to use our engineering skills to help the community."

Stevens thanked the team.

"We are very grateful to the UConn doctoral students and faculty who used their knowledge and experience to produce a very needed supply, and to Barry Cohen, WHCH board member, who arranged for this generous gift," Stevens said in the release.

Community Connections, a division of The West Haven Community House, provides "individualized and meaningful enrichment opportunities that increase independence, enhance community integration, and improve the quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities," the release says.

Donations to allow the students to continue their hand sanitizer production and distribution to charities and communities in need, can be made by visiting https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/uconnENG

For more information, contact Cohen at 203.645.2913, or bcohen@westhaven-ct.gov.

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