To the Editor:

Each year, FAITH food pantry supplies their clients with a complete Thanksgiving meal: turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and a variety of canned and fresh vegetables. This event is a huge success due to the many organizations in our town as well as our generous residents.

A special thank you to Karin Halstead who has been organizing the Thanksgiving food drive. Sandy Hook, Hawleyville, Botsford, Dodgingtown and Newtown Hook & Ladder fire departments collect, sort and deliver food donations to the food pantry.

We are grateful to the Knights of Columbus for their generous donation of pies and their help with distributing the Thanksgiving meals.

None of this would be possible without the amazing residents of Newtown, including our anonymous donor of turkeys. We appreciate your donations to the FAITH boxes around town, fire trucks outside of Big Y and Stop & Shop as well as your donations online, giftcards, and purchases from Amazon.

Everyone at FAITH Food Pantry would like to extend a special thank you to all of you for making Thanksgiving possible for 78 households in Newtown! It is such a special day when we pack up the cars of our clients with an abundant Thanksgiving meal. Thank you Newtown and our fabulous FAITH volunteers for making this event possible each year.

Jill LeBlanc

FAITH Food Pantry Vice President