The Spooner House annual frozen turkey and fixings drive for holiday meal baskets has begun and will continue through mid December.
The goal for this holiday season is to prepare 750 meal baskets for the Valley Food Bank.
Items suggested for each basket are shown below or a list of the most needed non-perishable items may be found at actspooner.org.
The lower Naugatuck Valley needs to provide food service for more people and that includes helping them to obtain all the ingredients necessary for satisfying holiday meals. Individuals, families, businesses, schools, congregations and civic organizations are encouraged to collect items or complete baskets.
“Last year, we at the Spooner House Valley Food Bank, collected enough food for 700 baskets, providing the equivalent of 5,600 meals during the 2015 holidays,” explained Executive Director Susan Agamy.
“For thirty years, we have benefited from the support of popular Smile Dental Center owner, Dr. Bruce Sofferman and his wife Deborah and daughter Sophia who have helped so much with the annual food drive,” continued Agamy. “They wear traditional Pilgrim and Native American costumes and are joined by a Thanksgiving turkey mascot as they work the street to encourage drivers to drop off frozen turkeys and fixings.”
The Sofferman family’s annual appearance will be on Thursday, November 17 from 7 to 10 a.m. in front of the newest Smile Dental Center at 1000 Bridgeport Avenue in Shelton.
Dr. Sofferman’s Smile Dental Center at 61 Elizabeth Street in Derby will also be collecting frozen turkeys and fixings from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from November 14 trough 18.
“This has been a proud holiday tradition for my family for 30 years,” Dr. Sofferman noted. “We love giving back to the communities that have been so good to us and once again hope to be a major contributor to the Spooner House goal of providing healthy Thanksgiving meals for all in need.”
In addition to the Smile Dental Center drop offs, other locations and Holiday Food Drive events this year include Adams Hometown Markets in Shelton, Starbucks in Shelton, Super Stop and Shops in Ansonia and Shelton, the Boy Scouts “Scouting for Food” drive, the Girl Scout Troop 64164 food collection at First United Methodist Church in Shelton, the Shelton High School basketball clinic at Shelton Intermediate School, as well as continuing the tradition of frozen turkey drives at the Seymour Middle School and the Chatfield-LoPresti Elementary School in Seymour. See details below organized by date.
Visit www.actspooner.org for updates.
Also check for updates and pictures on our Facebook page. Again this year, some locations will not be able to accept frozen turkeys, only non-perishable items for those in need.
Deliveries of non-perishable food items are always accepted at Spooner House at 30 Todd Road seven days a week though anyone may set up a special time for food delivery by calling 203 – 225-0453 then dialing 102.
Checks can be made payable to Spooner House and mailed to 30 Todd Road, Shelton CT 06484. Secure donations may also be made via PayPal by clicking on the Donate button at the bottom of the ACT Spooner House home page.
Only the locations below with an asterisk on the first line will be collecting frozen turkeys.
Adams Hometown Markets*
Holiday Basket Sales now through Thanksgiving with a
Thanksgiving Food Drive Friday, Nov. 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
200 Leavenworth Rd., Shelton 203 – 929-7982
Starbucks, Crown Point Center, Shelton
Ongoing Food Drive Donation Drop-Off Location
504 Bridgeport Ave., 203 – 929-4351
Super Stop and Shop “Food for Friends” Program
Throughout November
100 Division St., Ansonia, 203 – 732-3901
898 Bridgeport Ave., Shelton, 203 – 929-7516
Purchase paper turkeys at checkout for $1 and 60% of all dollars raised at the Ansonia and Shelton locations will go to Spooner House.
Boy Scout “Scouting For Food” Food Drive
Saturday, Nov. 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Deliver donations to the Huntington Fire Station, 44 Church Street in Shelton
Smile Dental Center*
Monday – Friday, Nov. 14 – 18 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
61 Elizabeth Street in Derby
Dr. Bruce Sofferman and family will be dressed as pilgrims, a Native American and a turkey, flagging down frozen turkey and fixings donations in front of a new Smile Dental Center location at 1000 Bridgeport Avenue in Shelton, Thursday, Nov. 17, from 7 to 10 a.m.
Girl Scout Troop 64146*
Holiday Fixings and Turkey Drive
Saturday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, 188 Rocky Rest Rd., Shelton, 203 – 929-3537
Shelton High School Basketball Team and Shelton Biddy Basketball Clinic
Saturday, Nov. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
675 Constitution Blvd., Shelton
Special fundraiser at the Shelton Intermediate School, drop off a holiday donation of food or cash in the can to help Operation Holiday, and shoot some hoops for free as the basketball season gets into full swing.
Seymour Middle School and Chatfield-Lopresti Elementary School*
Will primarily be accepting frozen turkeys, though non-perishable food items will be accepted.
Saturday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The 15th Annual 8th Grade class drop off is at 211 Mountain Road and 51 Skokorat Street in Seymour
REQUESTED NON-PERISHABLE LIST OF FIXINGS
Please place your items in a sturdy box or bin
- 1 Box Instant Potatoes
- 2 Packages of Gravy
- 1 Box/Bag Stuffing Mix
- 1 Can Cranberry Sauce
- 4 Cans of Vegetables, for example corn/peas/asparagus/yams/carrots/beets
- Pie Crust Mix
- Pie Filling
- 1 Can Evaporated/Powdered Milk
- 1 Jar Pickles
- 2 Cans Olives
- Canned Fruit, for example peaches/pineapple/mixed fruit/fruit cocktail
- Coffee/Tea
- Powdered Juice Mix
- Extras: Napkins, Sugar, Brownie Mix, Corn Bread/Bisquick Mix
