For the second year, the Seymour Oxford Food Bank will be distributing weekly summer meal bags from June 12 – August 21 to our clients with school-aged children. During the school year, these children would receive free or reduced breakfasts and lunches at school. The food bank wants to help these families by packing bags…
The new counter has been installed! Its design has created an efficient workspace for the volunteers as well as a professional look for all who enter. Thank you Kevin and all the volunteers who helped make it all possible.
The annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive is Saturday, May 11th. Seymour and Oxford Postal Carriers will be bringing all items left at your mailboxes to the Seymour Oxford Food Bank. Some items that are most needed are: Chili, Hash, Manwich, Ziti, Penne, Cereal, Hamburger or Tuna Helper, Jello, Pudding All your donations will help…
The food drive scheduled for Saturday, April 13, has been postponed due to the strike. Stay tuned for a new date.
An anonymous donor left over 100lbs. of canned items at Trinity Church which were transferred to the food bank. Thank you for your generosity!
The Food Bank will be the beneficiary of a new counter and desk space very soon as it is the Eagle Scout Project of Kevin Engstrom from Seymour’s Boy Scout Troop 11. Kevin began his fundraising efforts during this past summer with presentations at Trinity Episcopal Church, the Charter Organization of Troop 11, and at…
The harvest has begun at the Seymour Neighborhood Garden located in the Community Center field. Would you like to be involved in planting or working the garden? Visit www.valleyunitedway.org or call the United Way at 203-926-9478. Harvests serve client families of the Food Bank.