Immanuel Lutheran Church in Oxford to host Souper Bowl of Caring luncheon

This will be a soup and grilled cheese luncheon. All free will offerings with be donated to Spooner House in Shelton. 

This is shared from a Facebook event page. 

Little Free Pantry on Skokorat in Seymour posts wishlist

Weekly Wishlist

Good Morning Everyone!

The BAD NEWS is that our shelves are completely EMPTY. We put out the last of our supplies out yesterday.

The GOOD NEWS is that people are still donating items directly into the pantry.

When we don’t have extra supplies on hand, it makes it difficult to ensure we have a good variety of items. It’s also difficult to keep the pantry from becoming empty. Given that we understand how challenging it is for many of our neighbors to get to us, we try hard to make sure we always have something on our shelves.

WHY ARE WE SO BUSY?

With costs continuing to rise, so does our town’s ALICE population.

ALICE is a acronym for Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed- meaning individuals & families who are working and still can’t afford their basic needs. Almost HALF of our neighbors are now falling into this bracket. Often these individuals are making too much to qualify for assistance, despite earning too little to afford their basic household expenses.

Our consistently most needed items are:

PROTEINS (tuna, chicken, salmon, nuts)

microwave meals (Hormel, chef Boyardee, instant Mac and cheese)

pasta & sauce

canned vegetables

snacks (popcorn, crackers, granola bars)

We will also gladly accept fresh produce, including from your gardens.

Hygiene products like tooth brushes, tooth paste, soap, pads/tampons, and shampoo are also always needed and deeply appreciated.

You can drop off items in person by either placing them directly into the Pantry or into the black donation bin by our garage door. You can also order through our Amazon Wishlist https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/31DQMG6QQ65HX.... OR you can have items shipped or delivered to 58 Skokorat St.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

As always, thank you SO MUCH for all your support! We love and appreciate you!

This is shared from this morning's Facebook post.

Reminder: Master's Table meal offered Sunday at Assumption Church hall in Ansonia

Buy bouquet at Seymour Stop & Shop, support Master's Table Community Meals

SEYMOUR - Master's Table Community Meals has been selected as a beneficiary of the Stop & Shop Bloomin' 4 Good Program for the month of March. 

Want to #fighthunger? Support the community, make someone's day and #fighthunger with a floral bouquet (or two, or three)! 

Go to the Stop & Shop at 15 Franklin St. and purchase the $10.99 Bloomin' 4 Good Bouquet with the red circle sticker. We will receive a $1 donation for every Bloomin' 4 Good Bouquet sold in the month of March.

This is shared from Master's Table Community Meals Facebook page.

Macedonia Baptist Church in Ansonia to hold food drive Sept. 11

ANSONIA - Macedonia Baptist Church will hold a food drive from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 11 at the church, 243 Pershing Drive.

Members will collect non-perishable food items for the Kathleen C.B. Samela Memorial Food Pantry at Christ Episcopal Church, 56 S.Cliff St. 

Members hope to elicit the community's support to make this drive also in honor of National Hunger Awareness Month.

This is a press release from Gregory Gatison.

Buy bouquet at Stop & Shop in May, support Master's Table Community Meals

Fight hunger in Ansonia with a simple purchase of a floral bouquet! 

Master’s Table Community Meals has been selected by local Stop & Shop store leadership as the benefiting hunger organization in the brand-new Stop & Shop Bloomin' 4 Good Program for the month of May!

The Stop & Shop Bloomin' 4 Good Program, which launched in February 2021, is designed to fight hunger in local communities with every floral bouquet purchased. 

Every $9.99 Bloomin' 4 Good Bouquet with the red circle sticker sold supports a hunger organization local to the Stop & Shop in which it was purchased. According to Feeding America, every $1 donation to a local hunger organization can provide 10 or more meals to someone in need.

Every month, at every Stop & Shop a different local hunger organization is selected to benefit from the sale of these special Bloomin’ 4 Good Bouquets. 

Master’s Table Community Meals was selected as the May beneficiary by local Stop & Shop leadership at the store located at 15 Franklin St., Seymour. 

Master’s Table Community Meals will receive a $1 donation for every $9.99 Bloomin' 4 Good Bouquet purchased at this Stop & Shop location in May.

'Feed the Valley' initiative featuring 11 local restaurants kicks off today

 

Click here for complete story posted in the Valley Independent Sentinel.

Donate at Stop and Shop Saturday to support Seymour Food Pantry

Save the date: CT Food Bank slates walk April 29 in New Haven

Master's Table event in Seymour to focus on hunger in Valley

Help Spooner House in Shelton fight hunger this summer

You can drop donations off at Spooner House, 30 Todd Road, Shelton, Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 
If you cannot make this time frame, supervisors are on duty 24/7 and can assist you.

Questions? Call 203-225-0453 or check www.actspooner.org.


This is a press release from Spooner House.

Shelton High students plan 'Fill the Truck' Friday

SHELTON - Shelton High School’s Cooperative Work Experience students will collect food during a “Fill the Truck” event from 6:30-7:15 p.m. Friday outside Finn Stadium.

Read the release here in the Valley Independent Sentinel.

Sharing info from Spooner House in Shelton

Sharing hunger action challenge from Shelton nonprofit

Volunteers are building Harvest House VI today at the Shelton Riverwalk. 

The house was framed earlier this week by students and teachers from Emmett O'Brien Technical High School in Ansonia.

Spooner House in Shelton posts challenge for Autumn