TVCCA and 97.7 WCTY Host Food Drive for New London County’s Hungry

TVCCA and 97.7 WCTY will host their 20th annual food drive to benefit the Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center, on November 2nd through November 3rd at Big Y in Norwich.
 
The Food Center Food distributes the foods collected through the drive to more than 80 food pantries, shelters, childcare centers, community meal sites, and programs for the elderly. All monetary donations support TVCCA’s Client Emergency Fund, which addresses critical client needs not covered through other funding sources.
 
The issue of hunger in New London County can go unseen, but the holiday season helps put the issue into the limelight. TVCCA executive director Deborah Monahan hopes people can grasp the year-round severity of hunger.
 
“Sometimes it’s just a little bit of food assistance that keeps a family from falling into crisis. We see families who are really trying to remain self-sufficient, but just need a little help with food to get them through the month. That is what this food drive is meant to help,” Monahan says.
 
Most needed food items include pasta, soup and broth, brown and white rice, canned and dried beans, canned fish and meat, peanut butter, dry cereals and oatmeal, canned vegetables, tomato products, shelf-stable milk, jams and jellies, and 100% juice. All donations should be in undamaged and unexpired packages. No glass containers are accepted.
 
WCTY will be broadcasting live from the event beginning at 6:00AM Thursday, November 2, and wrapping things up at 6:00PM on the 3rd.