During this season of giving, NBC Connecticut is Connecting You to ways you can help our neighbors in need. There are many Thanksgiving food drives in the area. Donate frozen turkeys and non-perishable food items. Here’s a partial list of drives in the area:
AVON
Wednesday, November 15
Miller Foods, 300 Arch Road 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Big Y Supermarket, 255 W. Main Street 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
BLOOMFIELD
Wednesday, November 15
Geissler’s Supermarket, 40 Tunxis Avenue 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday, November 17
Back East Brewery, 1296 Blue Hills Avenue, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.
BOLTON
Sunday, November 19
St. George’s Episcopal Church, 1150 Boston Turnpike 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
CANTON
Wednesday, November 15
ShopRite Supermarket, 110 Albany Tpke., 8 a.m. -8 p.m.
EAST HARTFORD
Monday, November 13
Goodwin College, 1 Riverside Drive, 7 a.m. – 11 a.m.
D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 30 Carter Street, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
GLASTONBURY
Sunday, November 19
Stop & Shop, 55 Oak Street, 10am – 4pm
First Congregational Church, 2183 Main Street, 9am – 12pm
Local
GRANBY
Wednesday, November 15
Geissler’s Supermarket, 9 Bank Street, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Stop & Shop, 120 Salmon Brook St., 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
HARTFORD
Wednesday, November 15
City Place, 185 Asylum St. 6 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Friday, November 17
Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday, November 17
450 Columbus Blvd., 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, November 19
Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 814 Asylum Avenue, 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Monday, November 20
450 Columbus Blvd., 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, November 21
410 Capitol Avenue, 6 a.m. – 10 a.m.
MILFORD
November 10 – 12
Thanks for Giving Food Drive
Wasson Field, 70 W. River Street, Milford
Accepting frozen turkeys, non-perishable food items and monetary donations. Proceeds go to several Milford charities.
OXFORD
Seymour-Oxford Food Bank, 300, Oxford Rd., 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
ROCKY HILL
Saturday, November 18 & Sunday, November 19
West Side Marketplace, 887 Cromwell Avenue, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
SIMSBURY
Wednesday, November 15
Henry James Memorial School, 155 Firetown Rd., 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Fitzgerald’s Supermarket, 710 Hopmeadow St., 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Kane’s Market, 1310 Hopmeadow St., 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Stop & Shop Supermarket, 498 Bushy Hill Rd., 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
WATERBURY
Friday, November 17
Stop & Shop, 920 Wolcott Street (Naugatuck Valley Shopping Center), 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
WEST HARTFORD
November 17 & 18
Big Y Supermarket, 772 N. Main St., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
November 18 & 19
ShopRite, 46 Kane St., 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 19
St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave., 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
WETHERSFIELD
November 18 & 19
Wethersfield Ambulance, 206 Prospect St., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday, November 18
D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd., 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE
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