News Briefs: Groups deliver Thanksgiving dinners to Stamford food bank
Groups deliver holiday dinners to food bank STAMFORD — A whopping 870 pounds of turkey and 1,500 pounds of cranberry sauce, green beans, mashed potatoes and other canned and packaged side dishes were delivered ...
Thanksgiving dinners delivered to Stamford Food Bank
According to the Connecticut Food Bank, 11.6 percent of Stamford is food insecure. ... Stamford EMS, the Stamford Paramedic Association and families from Our Lady of Grace School donated 70 complete Thanksgiving ...
Stamford Food Bank seeks more turkeys for Thanksgiving
By John Nickerson STAMFORD — It’s almost Thanksgiving and that means Kate Lombardo is looking for some turkeys — about 8,000 of them. ... The Food Bank is about halfway to its goal with 7,000 commitments. ...
Stamford food bank still needs Thanksgiving turkeys
By Liz Skalka STAMFORD — As National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week comes to a close, a city food bank is appealing to residents to help improve Thanksgiving for people in need. ... The stuffing shelf ...
Stamford food bank freezers hurting for turkeys
By Nora Naughton STAMFORD — Kate Lombardo’s shoulders fell as she swung open the main freezer door at the Food Bank in Glenbrook. ... That’s about 5,000 short of what the Food Bank says it will need to ...
Middlesex Middle School 'can' help fight hunger
Middlesex Middle School's "Canstruction Club" recently designed and built a replica of the Hoover Dam (to "Stop The Flow of Hunger") out of 1,440 food items they will later donate to the Stamford Food Bank. ...
Stamford food bank goes turkey-hunting for Thanksgiving
Stamford food bank officials have said Levine presented a contract with unclear terms and a demand that the Connecticut Food Bank name be used on all Stamford fund-raising efforts, with no set proceeds returning ...
Volunteers help Stamford food bank during busy holiday season
By Nora Naughton STAMFORD — It’s volunteer season at the food bank. ... Employees with Nestle US Retail and Readyfresh Divisions, sorts through food items looking for expired goods while volunteering at the ...
Stamford food bank parts ways with statewide program
Connecticut Food Bank employee Mike Patterson unloads food from his truck as volunteer Gary Bologna, left, of Stamford, and Warehouse Manager Willie Johnson help out at the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County in ...
Angela Carella: Stamford food bank up against big network
Here’s the thing Angela Carella Stamford food bank up against big network By Angela Carella You have to get up early in the morning to see Stamford’s hungry. ... In Stamford, it often begins with the Food ...
Last-minute donations help Stamford food bank near its goal
Louis two years ago, got to the food bank a little after 11 a.m. ... Cosmo Iadanza sorts new food donations at the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County in Stamford, Conn., on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Turkeys ...
Flag stolen from Stamford food bank
John Nickerson STAMFORD -- Kate Lombardo wants to know who stole the flag that flew in front of the Food Bank for the past seven or eight years. ... Thieves could not steal this flag painted onto a wall of the ...
Flag stolen from Stamford food bank
Flag stolen from food bank John Nickerson Kate Lombardo wants to know who stole the flag that flew in front of the Food Bank for the past seven or eight years. ... Thieves could not steal this flag painted onto ...
Stamford food bank seeks donations
O'CONNELL aoconnell@thestamfordtimes.com STAMFORD -- The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County typically relies on the public for Thanksgiving turkey donations, according to executive director Kate Lombardo. ...
3 out of 10 Stamford seniors are on food stamps
On "Produce Day," as it is known, seniors on tight budgets or low income, are allowed to pick out fresh donated produce that is brought to the church from the Stamford Food Bank for seniors to take home free. ...
Food bank chief resigns; agencies scramble to serve holiday meals
The Stamford food bank’s attorney criticized Levine for refusing to negotiate. ... The break has disrupted food distribution for hunger-relief agencies that have worked with the Stamford food bank for decades. ...
Food-bank rift cuts Stamford off from government and retail groceries
Here’s the thing Angela Carella It’s been three months since the Connecticut Food Bank and the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County in Stamford severed ties. ... This never happened with the food bank in ...
Photos: Stew Leonard's holds 40th annual Turkey Brigade
., right, alongside Mayor Harry Rilling during a ceremonial “pardon” of a turkey in advance of a Thanksgiving 2019 food drive and the company marking its 50th year in business as of December. Food pantries ...
Derby food bank wants baked beans
Vincent De Paul food bank believes its a time for beans—canned beans. ... Vincent De Paul food bank which serves Valley residents. ... This month the food bank wants cans of baked beans and also volunteers.
Greenwich schools donate 2 tons of fresh food
Not a traditional food drive: Greenwich schools find a way to give fresh food By Jo Kroeker GREENWICH — After the generous holiday season, nonprofit food pantries such as Neighbor to Neighbor in Greenwich see ...