OSFD Teams With Shoreline Soup Kitchen for Food Drive November 12, 2011

The Old Saybrook Fire Department will host a Food Drive on Saturday, Nov. 12, to collect much-needed food items for the Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries.
The event will held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Old Saybrook Fire Department headquarters at 310 Main St.
“The need remains great to help the Shoreline Soup Kitchens replenish pantries and provide food to those who rely on its services to help make ends meet,” said Max Sabrin, Food Drive Coordinator. “In the past, the shoreline community has always been extra generous, and we hope residents and businesses will turn out to help those in need to have some food for their holidays,” he said.
Sabrin thanked the owners and management of the ShopRite supermarket in Clinton for kicking off the OSFD food drive by donating a “starter package” of six bags stuffed with non-perishable food items for the Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries.
The Shoreline-based Soup Kitchens & Pantries has seen a profound increase in those needing its services. In 2006, the organization served 1,604 people across its 11-town coverage area. During this year’s first six months alone, it’s already served 3,835 needy in Essex, Chester, Clinton, Madison, Old Saybrook, East Lyme, Lyme, Old Lyme, Killingworth, Westbrook and Deep River.
Among the critical non-perishable foods needed: soups, meals-in-a-can, juice, canned fruit, white race/pasta, breakfast cereals, peanut butter and Spam. In past years, the all-volunteer Old Saybrook Fire Department has donated between 3,000 to 4,000 pounds of non-perishable food collected during its annual Haunted Hayride event. Since the department did not stage the event this year, there is an urgent need to restock the soup kitchens.
Those donating non-perishable food are reminded that OSFD firefighters cannot collect cash or non-food items during the Saturday, Nov. 12, event. For more information about the Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries or to volunteer, visit www.shorelinesoupkitchens.org

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Contact: Max Sabrin, Fire Policeman Media Relations / Special Events Coordinator
Old Saybrook Fire Dept, Old Saybrook, CT 310 Main Street, Old Saybrook, CT 06475 860.395.5550 / 860.857.5300 / email [email protected] www.oldsaybrookfire.com

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