Poverty is also one of those "hidden" issues in our society; how much do you know about it?
Check out this quiz, and browse the site that offers it.
POVERTY QUIZ
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February 2008
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Contact me
For questions, comments or to discuss how you can become involved with wiping out hunger in our community give me a call at (860) 469-4497.
Stories that will touch your heart
In the news...
- At a homeless camp in August 2006, town employees bulldozed and dumped residents' belongings, including tents, food and sleeping bags donated by local churches, birth certificates, Social Security cards and driver's licenses.
- Empathy...
- Homeless Vets - Are you aware?
- One man in Iowa...
- One woman in Detroit...
- Will we help a person abusing alcohol or drugs move toward recovery by turning them away from the shelter or by letting them in?
Upcoming Events
- August 9th: Torrington Armory - Back to School FREE Clothing & Supplies Event (Funding provided by the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund's Discovery Initiative)
- September 27th: 4th Annual Fall Festival - Center Congregational Church
- November 16th - 22th: National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week (2008 details to follow)
- Dec 21st: National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day (2008 details to follow)
My Recommended Sites for Torrington Organizations:
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My Recommended Sites for National Organizations
My Recommended Sites for Things Happening in Other Cities
How to donate
- Center Congregational Church: Bring in non-perishable food items all year long so that we can bring them monthly to the Friendly Hands Food Bank. Usually we ask for food once a month, but hunger is a 24/7/365 thing. Donating should be the same! If we are going to conquer hunger we have to outpace it with a steady stream of food!
- "Recipes from the Heart" is a cookbook that you can purchase - proceeds will benefit America's Second Harvest
- Bring a canned food item purchased at Pricechopper to Quassy on Tuesdays and Thursdays and receive $3 off the price of a $21 wrist band at Quassy Amusement Park!
- Play a vocab game - each word that you get correct = 20 grains of rice!
- ConAgra Foods Matching Grant
Resources
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- What can one person do?
- Sculptures built from donated food put hunger mess...
- Homeless Fair in Torrington
- Local people help the homeless
- Night Walk
- Another wonderful article by Susan Campbell about ...
- Last week's poll
- Final days of the Food Stamp Program
- Scary statistic
- Third World Farmer Interactive Game
- Walk Against Hunger
- "Fill the Truck" Donations Increase
- "Food for Your Neighbor Campaign" Winds Down
- Shopping List for Week #3
- Week #2
- Take a quiz on poverty
- There's Still Time to Sign Up To Be Hungry - And Poor
- Buy 1/Get 2 at Big Y this week!
- Poll results for Week of 2/18 - 2/24
- Weekly poll
- Shopping List for Week #1
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A little bit about me...
- Deb
- Torrington, CT, United States
- I am a member of Center Congregational Church and belong to the Center Faith Singers and Center Ringers. I live in Torrington with my husband, Mike, and two children, Chelsea and Ryan. I love music, reading, animals and enjoying the simpler pleasures in life.
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