{"id":8738,"date":"2017-11-16T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=8738"},"modified":"2017-11-16T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T20:02:09","slug":"early-food-drive-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/early-food-drive-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Food Drive Success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20171114_095933_03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20171114_095933_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20171114_095933_03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20171114_095933_03-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20171114_095933_03-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_20171114_095933_03-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>The 9<sup>th<\/sup> Annual \u201cEmergency of Hunger\u201d Food Drive kicked off this past weekend with Manchester Area Conference of Churches and Hockanum Valley Community Council getting an early start. Goods were collected at Manchester, Vernon and Rockville Stop &amp; Shops. Thus far, a total of 7,474 food items, 257 turkeys and over\u00a0 $5700 has been donated by community members. This weekend, South Windsor Food and Fuel Bank joins the effort with help from South Windsor Police, Fire, and Rotary Club Members.<\/p>\n<p>T<strong>he drive is to continue on Nov. 18th and 19th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manchester Stop &amp; Shop on Broad Street<\/li>\n<li>Stop &amp; Shop in Vernon, 10 Pitkin Road<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Stop &amp; Shop in the Rockville section of Vernon, 50 Windsorville Road<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Stop &amp; Shop in South Windsor, 1739 Ellington Road<\/li>\n<li>Geissler\u2019s in South Windsor, 965 Sullivan Ave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manchester_Food_Drive-6001_15106733536421.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Manchester_Food_Drive-6001_15106733536421-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resized_Manchester_Food_Drive-13001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8740\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resized_Manchester_Food_Drive-13001-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resized_Manchester_Food_Drive-12001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resized_Manchester_Food_Drive-12001-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resized_Manchester_Food_Drive-18001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8741\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resized_Manchester_Food_Drive-18001-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A special thanks to all of the participants who braved the cold this past Saturday and Sunday!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 9th Annual \u201cEmergency of Hunger\u201d Food Drive kicked off this past weekend with Manchester Area Conference of Churches and Hockanum Valley Community Council getting an early start. 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