Spooner House to benefit from food drive at car cruise in Derby

This is some of the food collected at the Heav'nly Donuts' drive in April 2013. The car pictured is a 1948 Crosley station wagon. / Photo by Ralph Villers

DERBY - Attention classic car owners and aficionados: 

Heav’nly Donuts, 653 New Haven Ave., will host a Dust-Off Car Cruise from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday to collect non-perishable food items. 
The food will be given to Area Congregations Together's Spooner House, 30 Todd Road, Shelton.
Spooner House provides food, shelter, and support services to people in need.

The goal is to stuff a 1948 Crosley station wagon with donated food.

Rain date is April 19.

For more information call 203-734-4185.

Another view of the vintage Crosley. / Photo by Ralph Villers

*Information shared from Heav'nly Donuts' Facebook page.

Festival in Oxford raises money for a good cause

Ken Barnes of West Haven won the Peoples' Choice award for his '64 Pontiac GTO. There were 116 show cars at the event. 

OXFORD - I enjoyed covering the second annual Barefoot Summer Festival and Car Show Sunday on the grounds of Colonial Tavern.
The end of summer event benefited the Connecticut Partnership for Children, Inc., a nonprofit based in Seymour.

Meg Tarby is founder and executive director of the organization that assists needy children throughout the state.
She announced on her Facebook page the festival had raised more than the $10,000 goal she had set.
Great news!