AFSCME Local 2663 Donates to CT Food Bank in East Haven

Every year, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 2663 donates the proceeds from its annual membership picnic to a local non-profit organization and for the sixth straight year the union has selected Connecticut Food Bank.

“With the holiday season right around the corner, we are grateful for the heartfelt generosity of AFSCME Local 2663 union members,” Rachel Laibson, Interim Chief Development Officer for Connecticut Food Bank said in a press release. “Every dollar donated allows us to feed someone in need for one day, so we thank Local 2663 for stepping up to the plate.”

According to Feeding America, nearly 500,000 Connecticut residents are considered “food insecure.” Approximately 68 percent of people seeking food assistance from Connecticut Food Bank’s network of feeding programs had to choose between paying for food or medicine in the last 12 months, according to the Hunger in America 2014 report for Connecticut.

“Our union members are proud to support the Connecticut Food Bank,” Local 2663 President Paul Lavallee said in the press release. “We’re on the front lines of serving people in need and so is Connecticut Food Bank, as they tackle the growing problem of food insecurity in our state.”

Connecticut Food Bank is the largest centralized source of donated, emergency food in the state. Through warehouses in East Haven, Fairfield, and Waterbury, and affiliated distribution centers in New London and Stamford, CFB provide food products to nearly 700 soup kitchens, shelters, food pantries and child and adult day programs in Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London and Windham counties.

AFSCME Local 2663 represents approximately 2,450 employees in the State of Connecticut’s P-2 Human & Social Services bargaining unit and is affiliated with the 32,000-member Council 4 union.

Pictured, left to right: Local 2663 President Paul Lavallee, CT Food Bank Interim Chief Development Officer Rachel Laibson and Local 2663 Treasurer Marilyn Fox at the CT Food Bank Office in East Haven. 

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