Fairfield Trio To Hold 16th Coronavirus Food Drive

Press release from Operation Hope:

July 31 2020

Fairfield, Conn – July 30, 2020 – A group of Fairfield concerned citizens who started weekly community food drives in March will hold their 16th food and goods drive to help the area’s most vulnerable citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery. The ‘social distancing’ food drive will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2020 in front of Berkshire Hathaway, 1583 Post Rd in Fairfield Center from 10 a.m. to Noon.

Fairfield residents Helene Daly, Heather Dubrosky and Alexis Harrison started the weekly community food drives in response to the overwhelming demand that local food pantries and agencies were beginning to experience following COVID-19. Fairfield’s Operation Hope food pantry continues to serve 35% more families which is expected throughout the summer and fall. Even with many individuals beginning to return to work and with businesses re-opening, families and individuals throughout Fairfield are still experiencing hardship and new financial circumstances.

Items that will be collected this week include cash donations, grocery gift cards, cleaning products, Lysol wipes, paper towels, hand sanitizer, shelf stable milk, green beans, carrots and baked beans, canned fruit, flour, sugar, oil, gravy, muffin mix, cookies (non-bulk), stuffing. salad dressing, ketchup, boxed dried potatoes, peanut butter, jelly, shelf stable juice, Ramen packets, canned tomatoes and popcorn.

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This press release was produced by Operation Hope. The views expressed here are the author’s own.