State Sen. Toni Boucher, R-26th District, will be honored with the ConnCAN Tip of the Cap Award by Alex Johnston, CEO of Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now at Wilton High School on July 26 at 8 a.m.   

ConnCAN was founded in 2005 by educational entrepreneurs in Connecticut who believe that closing the education gap requires not only innovative educational models but also issue-based advocacy. The mission of the organization, located in Hartford and New Haven, is to provide "great schools for all" by running results-oriented issues campaigns. 

More information about ConnCan is available at www.conncan.org.

Senator Boucher said in a press release that she is honored to have been chosen to receive the ConnCAN Tip of the Cap Award.

"I became involved in government, first as a member of the Wilton school board and later as a member of the State Board of Education because I so strongly believe that ensuring a good quality education is our moral obligation to all of Connecticut's children, and the key to our state's future," she said. "Ensuring an education for all is a social responsibility we all share."