•    The Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen

    •    The Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective

    •    The Flock Theater

    •    The PediPal Program of the CT VNA Partners

 

Everyone, including those Elks, danced and laughed away this magical evening.

 

DESK would like to thank Board Member Michele Reynard for taking great photos and members of the Elks Lodge #25 for providing a venue.

 

 

This year’s three-mile walk, held on October 19, was a great success, thanks to the sunshine and the many supportive participants. DESK would also like to thank board members the following board members for helping on the day of the event: Blanche Baldwin, Bill Hyde, Jr., Elizabeth Duryea, Liz Cox, and Scot McLean. A special thanks also goes out to Elks Lodge #25 for lending their chairs!

 

Looking for a fun way to help DESK? Join us in Trick-or-Eating on Halloween. Just go door-to-door in costume with friends asking for food donations for DESK. The event will start at 6:00 p.m. and finish by 8:00 p.m. on October 31.

 

 

 

 

 

Be sure not to miss this new event!

 

You’re invited to join DESK for a Thanksgiving celebration on Thursday, November 27, at the DESK dinning hall for a blessing and dinner starting at noon. Parking is available across the street from 311 Temple Street in the Yale lot. We will need donations of food and help preparing over 400 hot turkey meals on Thanksgiving morning so that volunteers may deliver meals to those in need throughout the greater New Haven area.

 

Sign up to volunteer for this event through your congregation, or contact the office of Center Church on the Green at 203-787-0121.

 

 

In November, DESK will begin its Annual Letter Appeal. Remember: the largest percentage of DESK funding comes from private donations, and without your help, DESK will close. We know times are hard for all families and businesses, but please try to donate something to DESK this year so that we can continue providing invaluable emergency food services for the desperately needy in the New Haven community!

 

An anonymous donor has pledged to match $1,000 in donations to DESK, so please consider donating now for a double benefit!

 

 

 

 

 

Conducting a food drive with your school, church, or business is a great way to help keep food on DESK’s shelves for the weekly food pantry and daily evening meals. We can even pick up donated items on weekdays! From experience, we have found that the best time to conduct food drives is the week before Thanksgiving, but please hold the food until the week after Thanksgiving if you’d like us to come and pick it up. DESK staff is too busy the week of Thanksgiving itself to accommodate food drives, pick-ups, and storage.

 

 

Items needed:

Mayonnaise

White/yellow cake mix

Salt

Pepper

Ketchup

Mustard

Italian salad dressing

Ranch salad dressing

Family-size cream of soups (for casseroles)

Family-size cans of sweet potatoes

Brown sugar

Adobo

Boxes/bags of stuffing

Packets of turkey or chicken gravy (no cans)

Butter

Cans of cranberry sauce

Cloves

BBQ sauce

Family-size cans of soup

 

Congratulations to two new members of the DESK Board: Hans Anderson and Michelle Reynard. Hans is starting into his fourth year of service to DESK as its webmaster, and he now joins the DESK Board to continue his support in other ways. Michelle Reynard is no stranger to DESK either, having often been a part of scene at DESK events, where she takes professional photos at no cost to DESK. Michelle is also a regular Tuesday kitchen volunteer who has taken an interest in the “greening of DESK.”

 

 

 

 

 

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Diana M. Richter

Executive Director

P.O. Box 1478

New Haven, CT 06506

Phone: 203-624-6426

Fax: 203-624-2116

director@downtowneveningsoupkitchen.com