This Saturday, August 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Windsor Lions Club will hold its fourth annual Drive-Thru Non-Contact Food Drive to benefit the Windsor Food & Fuel Bank. The collection effort will take place in the parking lot of L.P. Wilson Community Center at 599 Matianuck Ave. in Windsor, where the food bank is located. The event will be held rain or shine.
The public is invited to bring a bag of non-perishable food (no glass containers please) and drive their donations up to the Windsor Lions’ tent outside L.P. Wilson. People will stay in their cars and Windsor Lions will unload them, contact-free! Items especially needed at this time include canned chicken; baked goods, coffee/tea, canned pasta, baked beans, condiments, crackers, cereal, and canned fruits and vegetables, as well as personal hygiene items. Donations made in the form of cash, checks and credit cards also will be accepted at this collection drive. Checks can made out to: The Lions Club Charitable Foundation of Windsor (please note WFFB in the memo line) and 100 percent of all donations will be donated to the Windsor Food & Fuel Bank.
In preparation for the 2023 Drive-Thru, the Lions Club is partnering with the Windsor Public Schools’ Summer Enrichment Program that will be collecting food from participating students for several days this summer.
“Windsor is extremely fortunate to have the support of an extremely active local Lions Club, one that consistently steps forward to help the community,” explains Joanna Gould, President of the Windsor Food & Fuel Bank. “We greatly appreciate well-organized volunteer-run collection drives like this one that make it easy for people to drive up with food donations so that our Windsor Food & Fuel Bank can serve our neighbors all year round.”
The Windsor Lions have served the needs of the Windsor community for more than 70 years. For more information about the Windsor Lions Club, or to become a member of this organization, please contact its President, Cindy Daniels, at 860-836-0280 of cldressage959@gmail.com.
The Windsor Food & Fuel Bank is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 1967 as the Windsor Community Service Council (WCSC). The all-volunteer Board along with our partners at Windsor Social Services, works to accomplish our Mission of ensuring that no Windsor resident goes hungry, is cold, or is without basic necessities. The generosity of local individuals, businesses, civic and religious organizations provides for 95 percent of the WF&FB’s annual operating budget. For general Food Bank information, visit 860-683-4199 or www.windsorfoodbank.org . Windsor residents who need assistance should call 860-285-1839.