Thank You Madison Women's Club For Generous Donation To Food Pantry!

Madison Community Services, Inc  Food Pantry Report for November 16, 2011

 We continue to extend our gratitude for the donations we have received from St. Margaret's Church, North Madison Congregational Church, Boy Scout Troop #491, Stop & Shop, Cumberland Farms, Subway, Robert's, Cohen's Bagels, Starbucks, Madison Winter Club, Boy Scout Troop #495, Marlo Coppola, Excel Club, Tracy Standard, Mrs. Stella, K. Brown, N2N, Interact Club, Denise Tucker and Madison Women's Club.

Number of clients - 92

2 New and 12 Homebound

Weight Out - 3,050 lbs.

Weight In - 2, 956 lbs.

Food Purchased by MCS - 1,198 lbs.

Food Donated - 3,850 lbs.

Generosity abounds in Madison. This week the MCS Food Pantry received a donation of $4,500 from the Madison Women's Club. This was the result of a Wine Tasting Fund Raiser that they held at the Madison Winter Club in September. Thanks to the leadership of this organization: Josephine Mokriski, Katherine DeBurra, Barbara DeRosa, Judy Koch, Mary Smith, Berit Mana and Dee Mulqueen. The wine was donated by Hammonasset Package Store.

Also this week, St. Margaret's Church had it's Annual Holiday Food Drive and donated over 300 bags of groceries. The total amount of food was 3,327 lbs. of food. Thank you to Beth Coyne who organizes this food drive. This food comes at a very crucial time of the year.

Donations

Food - St. Margaret's Church, Boy Scout Troops # 491 & #495, North Madison Congregational Church, Stop & Shop, Robert's, Cohen's Bagels, Cumberland Farms, Subway, Starbucks,  Excel Club, Madison Winter Club, Marlo Coppola, Mrs. Stella, Tracy Standard, K. Brown

Personal Care Items - N2N

Money - Excel Club, Interact Club, Denise Tucker and Madison Women's Club

Thank you to these individuals, organizations and businesses for their continued support.

Madison Community Services, Inc.  is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) compliant organization, independent of the Town of Madison, CT. Since its formation in 1930, this charitable association has provided various services and assistance without charge to residents of Madison. Our annual fund raising campaign provides the principle funding along with contributions from local organizations, bequests, commemorative gifts and grants.

Margaret & Vinny Diglio

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