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St. Luke’s Students Receive Hershey Heartwarming Young Heroes Global Youth Service Day Grant
Congratulations to Laurel Aronian ’25 and Tylie Kubick ’26 for being selected as two of the 134 youth changemakers receiving a Hershey Heartwarming Young Heroes Global Youth Service Day grant. During Youth Service Month (April 12-May 12), grantees will organize, lead, and engage their peers in awareness, direct service, advocacy, and philanthropic projects!
Tylie chose to work with the Center for Empowerment and supported their Kind Hearts Initiative: Kids Helping Kids Against Violence program by hosting a necessities drive. Throughout April, she collected non-perishable food and personal hygiene products — such as shampoo and conditioner, soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste, deodorant, and baby diapers — to help stock the center's shelves.
Laurel used her grant to host a “Let’s Play Chess Party.” This event, run by Chessin1day, an organization Laurel founded with her brother Jack ’28, brought together underserved kids from Fairfield County community-based organizations to teach them how to play chess. The party, held at the New Canaan Library on April 20, included Hershey, US Chess, and chess.com giveaways, a chess cake, and a visit from First Selectman of New Canaan Dionna Carlson — who even made the first move on the board.
St. Luke’s School is a secular (non-religious), private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving over 35 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Center for Leadership builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.
