Eli Whitney Students Benefit from Stratford Businessman's Generosity

Students at Eli Whitney Vocational Technical School, as well as three other vo-tech schools, had a lot to cheer about this week after receiving an invitation to an expo on cutting-edge technology -- as well as a $40,000 donation to go along with it -- from a Stratford businessman.

Thomas “Tee” O’Shea of Grainger, an indusrial supply firm in Stratford, this week gave students at Platt, Bullard-Havens, Eli Whitney and Emmett O’Brien vocational technical high schools first-hand instructions on the latest environmentally safe technologies in the cutting-edge presentation Wednesday at Grainger's Stratford headquarters.

As if that wasn't not enough, each school left with a check of $10,000 from the Grainger Foundation to pay for students to attend the national SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City and fund the latest in technologies for the classroom.

Grainger is located at 120 Moffitt St. in Stratford.