Hartford and Tolland County Families to Have Thanksgiving Dinner with Turkey and All the Trimmings This Holiday
November 17 2015 - 2:39PM
Business Wire
- More than 1,200 turkeys and 990
pounds of food collected at Foodshare’s Hartford “Turkey Tuesday”
drive, hosted by Bank of America and UnitedHealthcare
- Foodshare to continue accepting
turkeys and other food through Tuesday, Nov. 24, for hungry
families in time for Thanksgiving
More than 1,200 families in Hartford and Tolland counties will
be able to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner thanks to the generosity
of Hartford employers and residents who stopped by 185 Asylum St.
this morning to drop off turkeys and other holiday food items, and
donate money for additional meals.
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Laura Sullivan and Roman Uzdejczyk of
Optum and Craig LaFiandra of UnitedHealthcare, both UnitedHealth
Group companies (left to right), sort food donated by Hartford
employers and residents who stopped by 185 Asylum St. to drop off
turkeys and other holiday food items, and donate money for
additional meals. The food will be distributed to more than 1,200
families in Hartford and Tolland counties who requested assistance
in preparing their holiday meals. Foodshare will continue to
collect and distribute food for Thanksgiving until Tuesday, Nov.
24. For more information on how to help, or for a list of food
donation sites, visit www.aturkeyand30.org (PHOTO: Alan Grant,
Digital Creations).
Over the course of the four-hour “Turkey Tuesday” food drive,
hundreds of people dropped off turkeys, stuffing, cranberry sauce
and other holiday food items. The food will be distributed to
families in Hartford and Tolland counties who requested assistance
in preparing their holiday meals.
“Thanksgiving is a holiday for everyone – at least it should be.
Turkey Tuesday will help ensure our struggling neighbors can join
in the celebration and have food all year long. We are so grateful
for everyone who took the time to stop by and make a donation,”
said James Arena-DeRosa, president and CEO of Foodshare. “And a
special thanks to our friends at Bank of America and
UnitedHealthcare for making this event such a success year after
year.”
Foodshare will continue to collect and distribute food for
Thanksgiving until Tuesday, Nov. 24. The food bank’s Bloomfield
distribution center is accepting donations and has extended its
hours of operation beginning Wednesday, Nov. 18. For more
information on how to help, or for a list of food donation sites,
visit www.aturkeyand30.org.
“Organizations like Foodshare help make our communities stronger
by supporting families in need,” said Kevin Cunningham, Connecticut
president, Bank of America. “Through the dedication of our
volunteers and partners at Turkey Tuesday, more than 1,200 local
families will get enough to eat for the Thanksgiving holiday.”
“UnitedHealthcare is grateful to partner with Foodshare so
families in need may celebrate Thanksgiving with a delicious meal
with all the trimmings,” said Craig LaFiandra of UnitedHealthcare.
UnitedHealthcare employee volunteers helped gather donations and
load the Foodshare truck with turkeys and other food donations, and
UnitedHealthcare conducted its own food drive among its more than
2,000 Hartford-based employees at its 185 Asylum St. office.
About FoodshareRecognized as
one of the most innovative, progressive and efficient food banks in
the country, Foodshare has served Hartford and Tolland counties
since 1982. Last year, Foodshare provided enough food for 12
million meals to 300 partner programs including food pantries,
community kitchens, and homeless shelters, and through its Mobile
Foodshare program. The organization also works on reducing the
need, with programs that help people get back on their feet and get
the resources they need to buy their own food. Working in
partnership with other community leaders such as the United Way,
End Hunger Connecticut! and 211 Infoline, Foodshare has the
experience and is building the networks necessary to help make this
vision a reality.
About Bank of AmericaBank of
America is one of the world's leading financial institutions,
serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses
and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing,
asset management and other financial and risk management products
and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the
United States, serving approximately 47 million consumer and small
business relationships with approximately 4,700 retail financial
centers, approximately 16,100 ATMs, and award-winning online
banking with 32 million active users and more than 18 million
mobile users. Bank of America is among the world's leading wealth
management companies and is a global leader in corporate and
investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset
classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and
individuals around the world. Bank of America offers
industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business
owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products
and services. The company serves clients through operations in all
50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Puerto Rico and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation
stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health
care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and
sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company
offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 850,000 physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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UnitedHealthcareMaria Gordon Shydlo,
917-748-9002maria_g_shydlo@uhc.comorFoodshareAmanda Renna,
860-286-9999, ext. 125arenna@foodshare.org
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