Description: Schools of Medicine, Nursing, AHEC –> Students and faculty created 100 air purifiers 10-20 featured photos, donated to West Hartford Elementary Schools Cafeterias, part of the initial pilot program
February 2022
Description: School of Engineering, ENG1166 – second semester freshman students, incorporated into curriculum, 100 air purifiers, 8 to Hartford Public Library, 96 to Coventry Publish Schools; funded by the UConn School of Engineering and Petit Family Foundation Haley’s Hope and Michaela’s Miracle MS Memorial fund $10,000 grant
Engineering students and their class project, Corsi-Rosenthal boxes
Engineering students carrying their creations to the box truck
Engineering students loading up the truck for distribution to local schools
Engineering students decorate the shrouds with encouraging messages, highlighting the Arts as STEM becomes STEAM
Engineering Student created Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes arriving at the pilot school district, ready for distribution!
Student created Corsi Rosenthal box in West Hartford Elementary School cafeteria
Hosting massive box-a-thons requires SPACE! Cases of MERV13 air filters ready for action
March 2022
Description: School of Nursing, another 100 air purifiers created and donated to Coventry Public Schools, later the pilot program for qualitative surveys
April 2022
Description: School of Medicine and AHEC (Area Health Education Center) create another 100 air purifiers, donated to The Village, Houses of Worship, CCMC Asthma Program
September 2022
Description: First Community Event at the Noah Webster Microsociety Magnet School, Hartford Public Schools – Dr. Kristina Wagstrom and Marina Creed taught 5th graders about air pollution, climate change, and how to create Corsi Rosenthal Boxes. Creed personally delivered a purifier decorated as the White House
Marina Creed, APRN, right, helps 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford, and their teacher Mary LaFountain, build an air purifier on Sept. 8, 2022. The finished purifier, called "Air Force One" will be delivered to the White House in Washington D.C. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Kristina Wagstrom, right, Eversource Energy associate professor of environmental engineering education, and Marina Creed, APRN, left, ask 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford questions about air quality and pollution on Sept. 8, 2022. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Kristina Wagstrom, Eversource Energy associate professor of environmental engineering education, right, and Marina Creed, APRN, show 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford a box fan that they will use to building an air purifier on Sept. 8, 2022. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Marina Creed, APRN, shows 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School an air filter that they will use to build an purifier on Sept. 8, 2022. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Marina Creed, APRN, right, and Kristina Wagstrom, left, Eversource Energy associate professor of environmental engineering education, ask 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford questions about air quality and pollution on Sept. 8, 2022. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Marina Creed, APRN, helps 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford build an air purifier on Sept. 8, 2022. The finished purifier, called "Air Force One" will be delivered to the White House in Washington D.C. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Marina Creed, APRN, helps 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford build an air purifier on Sept. 8, 2022. The finished purifier, called "Air Force One" will be delivered to the White House in Washington D.C. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford sign their names to an air purifier they built on Sept. 8, 2022. The finished purifier, called "Air Force One" will be delivered to the White House in Washington D.C. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford decorate an air purifier they built on Sept. 8, 2022. The finished purifier, called "Air Force One" will be delivered to the White House in Washington D.C. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
Marina Creed, APRN, attaches decorations to an air purifier she built with 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford on Sept. 8, 2022. The finished purifier, called "Air Force One" will be delivered to the White House in Washington D.C. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
September 2022
Description: Marina Creed delivers Air Force One to While House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy alongside Dr. Kimberly Prather, UCSD and Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Marina Creed, APRN, right, helps 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford, and their teacher Mary LaFountain, build an air purifier on Sept. 8, 2022. The finished purifier, called "Air Force One" will be delivered to the White House in Washington D.C. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
December 2022
Description: Creed and Dr. Zamora held a community event teaching 2nd Grade Girl Scout Brownie Troop 10488 about air pollution and how to make CR boxes
Marina Creed, APRN, right, helps 5th-graders at Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School in Hartford, and their teacher Mary LaFountain, build an air purifier on Sept. 8, 2022. The finished purifier, called "Air Force One" will be delivered to the White House in Washington D.C. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
