|  17 2012 AnnUAL REPORT 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. 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. 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.  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. 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. STUDENTS REACHED iN 49 COUNTRiES THROUGH  2012’S GREEN APPLE   DAy OF SERViCE SPONSORED By UTC COMPETED AT THE 2012  FIRST  ROBOTiCS WORLD  CHAMPiONSHiPS  CREATED iN ELEMENTARy  SCHOOLS iN SiX PROViNCES  ACROSS CHiNA 100 LibrAriES 16 TEAMS 2 + MiLLiON Building Sustainable Cities By Building a Better Tomorrow Advancing STEm Education By nurturing the next Generation Supporting Vibrant Communities By Being Part of the Solution make Things Better