The Hundred Club of Connecticut
119 Oakwood Drive | P.O. Box 419 | Glastonbury, CT 06033 CT100@hundredclubofCT.org
Club Increases Aid to Widows, Children
Continuing to increase
its financial assistance to families, The
Hundred Club has raised the annual Christmas
contribution to widows to $750 and for each
child under age 19 the gift will be $200,
President James J. Dolan announced. Previously
the donations were $550 and $150. The initial
death benefit, effective Jan. 1, 2001, is
$10,000. This figure reflects an increase of
$2,500 approved by the Board of Directors last
year.
Last Christmas, according to Mr. Dolan, the club
distributed $76,550 to families of law
enforcers, firefighters and correction officers
who lost their lives in the line of duty. The
recipients were 134 widows and 19 children.
For Thanksgiving, the club spent $11,715 as it
provided 134 families with turkeys for their
holiday meal.
During the past year the club, through its
newest program, provided 29 students with
computer systems with access to the Internet.
Students age seven and older are eligible to
receive a computer.
The club’s scholarship program makes available
up to $25,000 for students who choose to further
their education in colleges, vocational or
technical schools. Since the inauguration of
this program in 1974 the club has expended
$3,405,315. At the outset, recipients received
between $1,000 and $1,500 annually.
The club offers four weeks of summer camp for
every child between the ages five and 16 under
its wing. Children up to and including age 18
receive a $200 U. S. Savings Bond on their
birthday. Widows are remembered on Valentine’s
Day and Mother’s Day with a box of fudge.
Since its founding in 1967, The Hundred Club has
eased the burden on families who lost their main
providers by contributing more than $6 million
to them.
