What a great day! The soup kitchen that I have been volunteering for these last 3 years held a pasta dinner fundraiser to help stock thier food pantry. Food Pantry's across our state are at dangerously low levels due to the economic slump occuring across our nation. No longer just for the homeles and disadvantaged, many more middle income families are starting to use the food pantry as a way to stretch thier food dollars,leaving the shelves empty and bare.
Barbara Dublin,Executive Director, pictured with me here, made the call to Mrs. CT asking for HELP! We both worked together to get a huge amount of press for the event and more than 200 people turned out with food in hand and monetary donations! WTNH channel 8 turned out with thier camera crews to help gain exposure to this statewide problem.
Just click on the link and watch the video!
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8355276
Many volunteers worked the event including some very talented "Chefs" who cooked up a great meal for everyone!
Mrs. Connecticut helps Collect food and personally thanks everyone for coming!
Let's fill these shelves!!! Don't forget to donate to YOUR local food pantry!
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