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Newtown & Monroe Lions Hoping To Feed The Hungry, Saturday During Statewide Effort

Published: Oct 10, 2019 11:37 AM

On Saturday, October 12, Newtown Lions Club, in collaboration with the Monroe Lions Club, will be collecting food to donate to local food pantries.

The initiative is part of a statewide program called “Connecticut Lions Feeding the Hungry.” Lions across Connecticut will be holding food drives on the same day to benefit their local pantries.

Members of the Newtown and Monroe clubs will be at Stop & Shop in Newtown, at 228 South Main Street (Sand Hill Plaza), on Saturday. Monroe Lions will be collecting for their food pantry from 11 am until 2 pm. Newtown Lions will be collecting for FAITH Food Pantry from 2 to 5 pm.

Among the items requested by the nondenominational FAITH Food Pantry are canned peas, canned corn, and canned fruit, beef stew, corned beef hash, canned pasta, pasta sauce, tomato paste, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo and conditioner, apple juice, cranberry juice, dish soap and coffee.

Lions Clubs across the state will be holding food drives on Saturday, October 12, to benefit their local pantries. The initiative is part of a statewide program called “Connecticut Lions Feeding the Hungry.”

Kevin Corey, a member of Newtown Lions Club, will be among those participating in a special food drive that will be replicated by Lions Clubs across the state on Saturday, October 12. Members of Newtown and Monroe Lions Clubs will be at Stop & Stop in Newtown this weekend.

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