In recent months, Emily Close has given much of her free time to Open Doors in Norwalk. “[I wanted to do] something for my community that is a better use of my time than normally would be,” she said. Close decided to organize a fundraiser for April 28 at Blind Rhino in Norwalk where there will …
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Feeding 500 students are hard at work this holiday season! They’re holding their first Holiday Hustle 5K fundraiser on Sunday, December 11, at Wilton’s Comstock Community Center. Register for the race and check out the Good Morning Wilton article to learn more about the event and the students who are leading Feeding 500!
Backpack drives across the city are providing relief to hundreds of families who may struggle with the cost of back-to-school shopping this fall. “Backpack and school supply donations are such a huge help because they help parents make sure their children are prepared for school and don’t feel like they have to go without, and …
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“It’s awesome to see people going out of their way to help us,” Oliver Tuff, the 17-year-old president and founder of Feeding 500 said. The organization’s name comes from the goal to have each of six teams of New Canaan High School students feed meals to 500 people. Since its inception in early 2021, students …
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High school-aged students held a food drive Sunday in New Canaan to feed thousands of people in need across Fairfield County. The group Feeding 500 held the drive at Walter Stewart’s Market where they collected non-perishable food items for Open Doors, a housing and homeless organization. “We started with the original goal of feeding 500 …
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The owner of a Norwalk liquor store is making some very rare bottles of bourbon available this Christmas, but if you want them – you’ll need to donate some warm clothes. “This is the first time we’re doing this, and as you saw, the amount of support has been tremendous,” says Beverage King owner Harsha …
Open Doors was proud to distribute more than 225 Thanksgiving food baskets to low-income households in the community, including a turkey and all the fixings for the traditional Thanksgiving side dishes to be made at home. Open Doors staff and volunteers also held Thanksgiving dinner at the Smilow Life Center so that people could celebrate …
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This week on 0684-Radi0, NewCanaanite.com’s free podcast, they talk to New Canaan High School junior Oliver Tuff, founder and president of Feeding 500. Since its founding last year, Feeding 500 has drawn dozens of NCHS and Darien High School students who raise money for the food program at Open Doors in Norwalk. Upcoming events that the organization is supporting include food drives at NCHS …
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