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Connecticut Funeral Directors Host their 20th Annual Holiday Toys & Gift Card Collection in Their Towns

For Operation E.L.F.'s military families, for Yale New Haven Children's Hospital's Toy Closet program, and Connecticut Children's patients

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(At Cook Funeral Home in Torrington)

Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA) members are hosting their 20th Annual Holiday Toys & Gift Cards Collection for Operation E.L.F. (Embracing Lonely Families) of the The Connecticut National Guard, which assists military families, AND for young patients at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital's Toy Closet program, and boys and girls at Connecticut Children's Medical Center.

Now through Wednesday, Dec. 2, Connecticut Funeral Directors Assn.-member funeral homes across the state, with Goodwin University's Main Campus Lobby and our CFDA office in Wethersfield, are accepting donations of unwrapped toys and gift cards during regular business hours at any of the following collection locations.
Then on Dec. 3rd, items may be dropped off from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at CFDA's 138th Convention at the Bristol Event Center.

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Here are the locations welcoming items now through Wednesday, December 2:
Avon: Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center at 301 Country Club Rd.;
Branford: W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home at 244 North Main St.;
Cheshire: Alderson-Ford Funeral Home of Cheshire at 615 S. Main St.;
Cromwell: Cromwell Funeral Home at 506 Main St.;
Derby: Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home at 253 Elizabeth St.;
East Hampton: Spencer Funeral Home at 112 Main St.;
East Hartford: D'Esopo East Hartford Memorial Chapel at 30 Carter St.;
East Hartford: Goodwin University's Funeral Services Program in Main Campus Lobby at 1 Riverside Dr.;
East Windsor: East Windsor Community Funeral Home at 37 Gardner St.;
Enfield: Leete-Stevens Enfield Chapels at 61 South Rd.;
Fairfield: Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home at 88 Beach Rd.;
Manchester: Holmes-Watkins Funeral Home at 400 Main St.;
Meriden: John J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home at 88 East Main St.;
Middletown: Doolittle Funeral Home at 14 Old Church St.;
Naugatuck: Buckmiller Ford Mengacci Funeral Home at 82 Fairview Ave.;
New Britain: Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Burritt Hill at 332 Burritt St.;
Newington: Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Newington Memorial at 20 Bonair Ave.;
Newington: Neptune Cremation Service at 3153 Berlin Tpke.;
Prospect: Prospect Memorial Funeral Home/The Palmerie Family Funeral Home at 122 Waterbury Rd.;
Rocky Hill: Rose Hill Funeral Home at 580 Elm St.;
Seymour: Ralph E. Hull Funeral Home at 161 West Church St.;
Shelton: Riverview Funeral Home, Inc. at 390 River Rd.;
South Windsor: Samsel & Carmon Funeral Home at 419 Buckland Rd.;
Southbury: Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home at 235 Main Street North;
Southbury: Stone Family Cremation Services at 125 Bullet Hill Rd. North;
Stafford Springs: Introvigne Funeral Home at 51 East Main St.;
Stratford: Adzima Funeral Home at 50 Paradise Green Place;
Torrington: Cook Funeral Home at 82 Litchfield St.;
Unionville: Ahern Funeral Home at 111 Main St.;
Vernon: Ladd-Turkington & Carmon Funeral Home at 551 Talcottville Rd.;
Wallingford: Wallingford Funeral Home at 809 North Main St. Ext.;
West Hartford: Molloy Funeral Home at 906 Farmington Ave.;
West Hartford: Sheehan-Hilborn-Breen Funeral Home at 1084 New Britain Ave.;
Wethersfield: Connecticut Funeral Directors Assn. offices at 364 Silas Deane Hwy.;
Wethersfield: D'Esopo Funeral Chapel at 277 Folly Brook Blvd.;
Wethersfield: Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home at 34 Beaver Rd.;
Willimantic: Potter Funeral Home at 456 Jackson St.;
Windsor: Carmon Community Funeral Home at 807 Bloomfield Ave.;
Woodbury: Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home at 2 School St.

Thank You for your support and Happy Holidays to all!
www.CTFDA.org #cfdastrong

At W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home in Branford
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