The Hundred Club of Connecticut
119 Oakwood Drive | P.O. Box 419 | Glastonbury, CT 06033 CT100@hundredclubofCT.org
Club Dispenses $7.3 Million “Heroes” Families Receive
Benefits
The Hundred Club has provided $7,340,099 in
benefits to families of law enforcers,
firefighters and correction officers who lost
their lives in the line of duty. Since the
founding of the club in 1967, it has assisted
the widows and children of its 218 “Fallen
Heroes.” The payments are grants with no
conditions attached.
Of the $7.3 million, $330,480 was paid out
during 2004. The cost of the scholarship program
was $116,684. There were 15 students taking
part. Participants can further their education
in technical schools as well as colleges.
In another education program, the club installed
three computers and provided access to the
Internet for 22 students at a cost of $8,455.
Students seven years old and older are eligible
to participate. Since the club first made
computers available in 2000, $90,655 has been
spent on the program.
During the past year the club continued its
holiday and birthday remembrance programs; 131
widows and 21 children received checks at
Christmas at a cost of $102,450; at Thanksgiving
the food baskets cost $11,823 and the gifts for
Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day cost $6,228.
Twenty children received a U.S. Savings Bond on
their birthday. At maturity each bond will be
worth $200. The expenditure was $2,000. The club
also underwrote the expenses for four youths who
attended camp. The cost was $4,454.
Through the years the club’s officers and
directors have increased the benefits. The
original payment following a line-of duty death
was $1,000. Currently it is $10,000. The
scholarship program, started in 1970, provided a
recipient with between $1,000 and $1,500 per
school year. At present, students can receive up
to $25,000 per school year in education-related
expenses.
The club was founded in 1967 by the late Anthony
Ustjanauskas, a Hartford business man, following
the tragic death of Officer Harvey R. Young of
the Hartford Police Dept.
Membership dues were set at $250 per year in
1967 and have not changed. There are openings
for a limited number of new members. Interested
parties should contact Managing Director William
E. Sydenham, Jr. at headquarters in Glastonbury.
