Town Pride, Town Wide set to beautify Willimantic this Earth Day
Eastern students to volunteer across town April 22
Due to rain in the forecast, the event is changing from Sunday, April 23, to Saturday, April 22. Same time, same sites. My apologies for any inconvenience.-- Mike Rouleau
Willimantic, CT (04/20/2023) — More than 100 Eastern Connecticut State University students will fan out across Willimantic on April 22, volunteering for the Town Pride, Town Wide community beautification event. Students will gather at the Eastern Clock Tower at 8:30 a.m. to pick up volunteer T-shirts and choose a site at which to work. The student volunteers will return to campus by noon for a pizza celebration at the Clock Tower.
Sites across Willimantic include:
- Phillip Lauter Park at 557 Jackson St.
- CLICK Willimantic at 41 Club Rd.
- Railroad Museum at 55 Bridge St.
- Willimantic Whitewater Park at 28 Bridge St.
- Jillson Square, Schilberg Butterfly Garden at 627 Main St.
- Windham Textile and History Museum at 411 Main St.
- Windham Middle School at 123 Quarry St.
Town Pride, Town Wide is an annual collaboration between Eastern's Center for Community Engagement and the Town of Windham.
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Eastern Connecticut State University is the state of Connecticut's public liberal arts university, serving upwards of 4,100 students annually on its Willimantic campus. In addition to attracting students from 160 of Connecticut's 169 towns, Eastern also draws students from 32 states and eight countries. A residential campus offering 41 majors and 68 minors, Eastern offers students a strong liberal arts foundation grounded in a variety of applied learning opportunities. Ranked among the top 20 public institutions in the North by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022-23 Best Colleges ratings, Eastern has also been awarded 'Green Campus' status by the Princeton Review 13 years in a row. For more information, visit www.easternct.edu.