Yesterday, End Hunger CT! hosted its annual toy gift wrapping party. The party is held each year around this time to provide SNAP (formerly Food Stamp) clients and others in need with toys for their children for the holiday season. Toys are provided through the United Way’s "Joy of Sharing" and distributed to many different organizations throughout the state for toy give-aways. The EHC! party is held right here in the office with food, drink, music, and cheer. Parents pick out toys, books and games of their choosing with the option of having them wrapped by an EHC! staffer. This one day reminds us how people struggling with food are very often struggling with other needs, such as heat, and the holidays add one more log to the fire. Just as no one should have to go a day without food, no child should have to go a Christmas without a little something extra special.
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
-Winston Churchill
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