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Junior Achievement: Austin Dadio, a financial leadership program associate, celebrates the end of the day with students at naylor School in hartford, Conn. Dadio is one of several hundred UTC employees who volunteer in schools across the United States with Junior Achievement, a financial and business literacy program. 

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## make Things Better 

## Building Sustainable Cities By Building a Better Tomorrow 

To promote environmental responsibility through sustainable building practices, UTC is a founding sponsor of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Center for Green Schools. The center is working to transform schools to make them more energy efficient, less expensive to operate and healthier places to learn and work. 

## 2 + MiLLiON 

STUDENTS REACHED iN 49 COUNTRiES THROUGH 2012’S GREEN APPLE  DAy OF SERViCE 

## Advancing STEm Education By nurturing the next Generation 

To support the development of the next generation of engineers and scientists, UTC supports programs that advance science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. One of our signature partnerships is with FIRST  Robotics, a high school robotics competition. UTC employees are mentoring teams across North America, including the 2012 world champions— Team 180 from Stuart, Fla.—sponsored by Pratt & Whitney. 

## 16 TEAMS 

SPONSORED By UTC COMPETED AT THE 2012 FIRST  ROBOTiCS WORLD CHAMPiONSHiPS 

China Children & Teenagers Fund: Tony Black, president and managing director of Otis China Limited, celebrates a partnership with the China Children & Teenagers Fund, which promotes safety education. UTC supported the publication of a children’s book covering topics ranging from home security and safety on the road to instructions for riding elevators. 

## Supporting Vibrant Communities By Being Part of the Solution 

To enhance the well-being of the communi- ties in which we operate, UTC encourages growth and vitality through positive engage- ment. For example, UTC and its employees volunteer with the China Library Project, donating books and building libraries in elementary schools across China. Within the first year, the program reached more than 23,000 students and 1,300 teachers. 

## 100 LibrAriES 

CREATED iN ELEMENTARy SCHOOLS iN SiX PROViNCES ACROSS CHiNA 

