Thanks UConn Fans!!! Drive Nets Over 600 Books

STORRS, Conn. (February 29, 2008) --- The University of Connecticut Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) sponsored a Book Drive at the Saturday, Feb. 9, men’s basketball game vs. Georgia Tech and the Tuesday, Feb. 12, women’s basketball game vs. Georgetown. Over 600 books were collected by UConn student-athletes and were delivered on Monday, Feb. 25.

The books were donated to the Burgdorf Health Center in Hartford as well as the 'Friends of the Family' program at The Village South-Center for Community Life in Hartford.

Students from UConn donate their time to read with the children as they wait for appointments at the Burgdorf Health Center -- which is operated by Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and the University of Connecticut Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. After their appointment, children are then given the book to take home with them.  The Village’s 'Friends of the Family' program is a resource and referral service for pregnant and parenting youth who are 21 years of age and younger.

Top Photo: Erin Sales, a former UConn student-athlete, and now an assistant in the athletic department and Ashley Mitchelides of the women's lacrosse team deliver books to the Burgdorf Health Center. Also pictured is seven-year old Aisha Jennings of Hartford.

Bottom Photo: Mitcheldies reads a book to seven-year old Aisha Jennings of Hartford at the Burgdorf Health Center.