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    CAPTAIN Community Human Services

    5.0 (1 review)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Windsor Food Bank - our work collection -one of six stations

    Windsor Food Bank

    (2 reviews)

    "Because I'm hungry for those good things, baby Hungry…read morethrough and through I'm hungry for that sweet life, baby With a real fine girl like you" (Hungry - Paul Revere and the Raiders) "Hungry" should be a word in a song lyric and never a word needed by someone in real life. The Windsor Food Bank's Mission Statement is simple. It strives to ensure "that no resident goes hungry, is cold, or is without basic necessities". They offer community assistance in the forms of food, fuel, prescription medication, public transportation passes, and vouchers and gift cards for their clients to buy household items and clothing. I became involved with the Windsor Food Bank when I was asked to run a charity event at work. After speaking with their Windsor Social Services, we agreed to host a food drive for delivery in early November. The WFB was very responsive to my e-mails and always answered my questions promptly, like when I asked if they had their own collection boxes we could use. We borrowed six of their plastic crates that folded up flat and were very easy to transport and set up. WFB also gave us a list of their most needed items -Peanut Butter and Jelly, Pasta and Spaghetti Sauce, Macaroni and Cheese, Canned Meats, Crackers, Cereal, Baked Beans, Canned Vegetables, Canned Fruit, Fruit Juice, Condiments, Coffee, Tea, Hot Cocoa, Paper Towels, Tissues, Personal Care Items, Soap and Shampoo, and Baby Wipes. They also gave us a list of Thanksgiving items - Instant Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce, Gravy Mixes, Canned Vegetables, Bread and Muffin Mixes, and Dessert Mixes. We printed these on some flyers and posted them in four of our different business centers. We set up their collection boxes around our work campus and delivered everything today. They were waiting for us with manpower and rolling carts to unload our three cars and a truck. We all worked together to move the cans and boxes and jars and packets inside. After we took a group photo, we were walking back to our vehicles and it struck us all as to how good it felt to have done this collection program. The WFB needs your help, and they need food donations more than they need volunteer hour donations. They accept donations from 9 am to 4pm Monday to Friday.

    December 13, 2020 I…read moreglad support any Food Bank. Each dollar turned into seven dollars worth of food, so if I send dollar five cents, is turned into seven dollars and thirty five cents worth of food. That is the start to help children, this situation children of Windsor, Connecticut. This is second review of this Food Bank. Glad help children of Windsor, Connecticut, The Constitution State. As I write this, I know tomorrow is another date mark of the shooting at the school of Newtown, Connecticut. My thoughts and my prayers still with friends in Newtown and all over state of Connecticut.

    Foodshare - We sorted and bagged 4,000 pounds of onions!!

    Foodshare

    (2 reviews)

    You may have donated a few cans of soup to Foodshare over the years, but did you know they have…read moreCommunity Service volunteer opportunities for you and your team, either in Windsor or Hartford? Our offices sent a team of 14 over to Windsor this morning and we spent three hours sorting meats and poultry donated by local supermarket chains. There were many job functions and stations necessary for us to sort through 5,950 pounds of food. When the food is donated by supermarkets, all of the different meats are stored in a Foodshare walk-in freezer in big plastic bins- so the bins were full of every sort of meat found in your supermarket's meat and poultry cases. Here is what we did: Station # 1 - Big pallets full of the bins that the frozen meats were packed were delivered to us via forklift. We opened up the bins and sorted the meat by type- beef, ground beef, poultry, pork, lamb, veal, specialty, sausage, bacon, etc. Stations # 2, 3, 4, 5, -The sorted meats went to a dedicated line where teams packaged cartons for the specific types of meats. We put a sticker on the outside of the carton (beef or poultry, etc.), inspected each package for damaged packaging, marked over the UPC with a Sharpie, put a Foodshare sticker on each package, and weighed the cartons we were creating so they clocked in between 28 and 32 pounds. When a box was completed, it was stacked on a rolling cart. Station # 6 -The rolling carts were brought over to a ten degree walk in freezer where the finished cartons were stacked by category onto pallets - 24 boxes to a pallet. Station # 7 -The bins we emptied out had to be wiped down, sanitized and restacked. It was a lot of fun to see how everyone worked together doing all of these different tasks. After a while, we were efficiently working as though we were a team that had been doing this work for 5 years. It was quite a rewarding experience. Go grab your work buddies and give it a go.

    In lieu of favors at our wedding last month, Jason M. and I made a donation to Foodshare. It was a…read moreno-brainer to select this charity because they have served many families in-need in the Hartford area. Making a donation was very easy to do online. Not only did I get a thank you card, I also got a thank phone call from a representative! I felt good that my donation was very appreciated. Thus, I will continue to support Foodshare whenever I am in the financial situation to give.

    Interfaith Partnership For the Homeless

    Interfaith Partnership For the Homeless

    (3 reviews)

    We have found this organization a pleasure to deal with. They are always super friendly and helpful…read moreand, on a personal level, it makes us feel good to know that we are helping those less fortunate. It is, in my opinion, easy to take certain things for granted. I cannot imagine being homeless. It costs us nothing to donate clothing and when we do the folks in admin that we encounter are always grateful. There is also a young man there by the name of Early - who is a Navy vet. He is a great guy and very personable. Next time you have clothing you no longer want consider donating here. Upon arrival if you need help they will unload your vehicle for you. Also, if you are so inclined, they will give you a receipt for tax purposes. Consider helping some folks (including kids) that don't have the basic things that you are likely fortunate enough to have.

    I donated items to the Amsterdam N.Y. homeless shelter this winter, Danielle's house. A young…read moreHispanic man that worked there helped carry them in, gave me a form to fill out for my donation and even offered me a cup of coffee. I spoke to him in length and was impressed by his love for his job. I went back to the same shelter this winter to donate more items and was rudely greeted by a pregnant woman. A cup of coffee apparently wasn't an option, and a thank you or a nice smile wasn't either. I spoke to this woman and told her how the last time I was greeted warmly by this young man and she let me know, and when I say she let me know I mean she treated me like she was scolding a child, that she is the supervisor and he only does the overnight shift. I guess that means she doesn't have to be nice and he went out his way to be. I have never met anyone that was so rude and full of themselves then this lady and to be honest I don't know how she works at a place that helps people. If Interfaith partnership for the homeless employs supervisors with those attitudes, I not only feel sorry for the staff but I feel sorry for the homeless people as well. I will no longer donate items to Danielle's house or any affiliate to Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless. I also encourage my church and other parishes to help elsewhere because if a "Supervisor" acts with disdain toward people trying to help, I can only imagine how she acts with people that need help. Smh.

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