President’s Letter

September 2024

Dear Yale Alumni, Family and Friends of Greater Hartford and Northern Connecticut,

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Yale Club and Scholarship Foundation of Hartford, welcome to our club.

We hope you can support our club’s activities and events by becoming a paid member for only $17.01 (free for recent Yale grads from classes of 2020 or later), and by adding a voluntary contribution in support of our summer internships and other programs. Mail your check with the enclosed membership slip or pay through our website at www.yaleclubhartford.org

We are planning a wide range of interesting indoor and outdoor events for the fall. Watch for updates on upcoming events through our emails and website, www.yaleclubhartford.org. Please add hartford.yale.club@gmail.com to your address list or safe email addresses.

Some events we are planning this year include:

On September 19, an All-Ivy outing at a Crystal Ridge Winery in South Glastonbury

• On September 19, an All-Ivy outing at a Crystal Ridge Winery in South Glastonbury

• On October 16, an Autumn get-together at Tavern in the Square in West Hartford

• On November 23, a viewing party on the day of the Yale-Harvard football game

• During Thanksgiving week, distributing meals to those in need

• Our Feb Club Emeritus gathering in the month of February

• In March and April, a series of speakers

• In early May, our annual Day of Service events

• On May 14, our annual meeting and dinner

For these and other events, please watch for our emails and visit our website. As one of the oldest Yale clubs in the country, we pursue four main goals:

• To provide opportunities to gather for stimulating academic and social events. Our previous events have included our popular post-election panel discussion, sponsoring singing groups, group tours of local sites, and outings to Yale sports events.

• To facilitate the admission of deserving young women and men to Yale College through our Alumni Schools Committee.

• To acknowledge and reward the achievements of young members of our community.

• We plan to continue to award summer internships to Yale College students, and to provide Yale Book Awards for exceptional high school juniors.

• To support our local community by sponsoring volunteer and service events, including Yale Day of Service events

To help support our programs such as summer internships and speakers, we appreciate additional contributions. Even better, we hope you can volunteer to help with alumni interviews of high school applicants, and with planning and attending our events.

Thank you for your support. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Sincerely yours,