Windsor Food & Fuel Bank's "Weekend Wheels" Program Awarded Grant

The Windsor Food & Fuel Bank’s Weekend Wheels (WW) student food program has been awarded a $12,000 grant from the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation. The funds were provided in response to a grant nomination from the Coughlin family, the franchisee of all four Windsor Dunkin’ locations.

Windsor’s Weekend Wheels is a supplemental food program that provides eligible local elementary and middle-school age children with an end-of-week backpack on wheels or a drawstring sack, filled with healthy food and snack items.

“We are extremely grateful to the Coughlin family who have been great partners of our non-profit organization,” explains Ernest T. Perreault, President of the Windsor Food & Fuel Bank. “In addition, all four of their Windsor Dunkin’s have long showcased our ‘loose change’ collection boxes next to their registers. Thanks to their generous Dunkin’ customers, donations of coins and bills have added up to substantial funds that help us to continue our mission to assist local families in need.”

“We are happy to be able to support organizations like the Windsor Food & Fuel Bank that do so much to help keep our communities going, especially during extreme times like this,” says John Coughlin, Dunkin’ franchise owner. “Children are among the most vulnerable members of our communities and we need to ensure that their basic needs are being met so they can focus on school.”

To register for Weekend Wheels or get information about holding a neighborhood or community food drive, contact Weekend Wheels coordinator Susan Nunes at 860-285-1839 or weekendwheels.info@gmail.com. For all Food Bank info, visit www.WindsorFoodBank.org