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Updated on February 15, 2021 at 6:07 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic and people across the state are still trying to find ways to feed their families. Different organizations are stepping up to offer assistance including St. Vincent de Paul. It was a busy morning for volunteers working to get food into cars right outside the Amazing Grace Food Pantry in Middletown. The community effort is being done thanks largely to the United States Department of Agriculture...

Middletown architect donates 25 handmade desks for students in need FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Middletown architect Steve Nelsen built 25 wooden desks for Macdonough Elementary School and donated them for students who don’t have an adequate place to study. Nelsen, on the board of trustees for the Russell Library, had materials around his house and decided on the project to help families in need.Damian Reardon / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of9 Macdonough Elementary School Principal Da...

Middletown NRG workers donate $8,000 to St. Vincent de Paul food programs Press Staff FacebookTwitterEmail The employees of Middletown Generating Station and Devon Generating Station recently donated $8,000 to St. Vincent de Paul Middletown.Contributed photo / NRG Energy MIDDLETOWN — Employees of NRG’s Middletown Generating Station and Devon Generating Station in Milford have long been active members of their communities, according to the company. As part of a nearly $9,000 donation, the Mi...

“I saw someone and they were homeless,” she said. How did that make her feel? “Sad.” Sad, but also inspired to help. So with enthusiastic support from Mom, Isabel’s Christmas Drive was born, and the Coventry family set out collecting food, clothing and supplies for the homeless and hungry. It started with a few flyers stuffed in neighborhood mailboxes, but quickly grew. “We posted it on Facebook on our own personal pages, passed out some flyers and the next thing you know, our home ...

Middletown groups give 1,000 boxes of fresh food to families who need it FacebookTwitterEmail 1of20 St. Vincent dePaul Middletown is hosted a distribution Monday of more than 1,000 USDA boxes of fresh food from the USDA Farmers to Families program at the Amazing Grace Food Pantry, 16 Stack St. In all, 30 volunteers turned out for the COVID-friendly drive-through event.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of20 Middletown Public Schools elementary students created holiday c...

Joining Williams was her friend, Doris Phinn. “Truthfully it hurts. Because right now we’re all suffering,” she said. The Rentschler Field food distribution center was set up as an emergency operation.  Organizers say they thought it would only be open for a few weeks.  But since March, much has happened. “We’ve served 220,000 cars and distributed over seven and a half million pounds of food in the nine months we’ve been here at Rentschler Field, said Foodshare logistics manager D...