Groton Local couple Adrian and Rebecca Haupt sat in a room decorated for the holidays at the Thrive 55+ Active Living Center on Monday night to have a meal with their longtime friend Cindy Bates.
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Groton ― Groton resident Karen DeVirgilio stopped by the Groton Human Services’ annual Thanksgiving distribution on Friday to pick up what she needed to prepare a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for h.
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As resident Jaylean Berrios picked up Christmas gifts for her 10-year-old daughter from Groton Human Services on Friday, she said it meant everything to
New London At the walk-up food distribution site at St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Church on Huntington Street, recipients on Friday collected prepackaged bags of canned goods and pasta, a 5 pound bag of potatoes, two bags of apples, a bag containing three or four pounds of frozen ground turkey, along with two or three bottles of juice and a half-gallon of milk.
“I haven’t used a food pantry in 15 years,” said Kasey Belair of Waterford. “I’m grateful for everything.”
Belair, whose hours were cut at Mohegan Sun Casino, said her husband is retired and her mother is disabled. Much of the food she received will be for her mother. Belair said she was surprised at the quality of the food in the distribution, especially the frozen ground turkey.