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Tons of Food 2008

Since 1990, Trinity Church on the Green has sponsored the "Tons of Food" campaign - a friendly challenge among New Haven area churches and synagogues to stock local food pantries for our neighbors in need. The congregations that have participated in the past tell us the "Tons" campaign has become an important part of their social ministry effort, raising awareness of community needs among their members in addition to meeting the primary goal of helping others.

Congregations that are part of this grassroots effort find that it's as much good fun as it is good deed.

Here is how it works. Congregations agree to collect nonperishable, easy-to-prepare food and special monetary contributions during the campaign, which this year is during the weeks of April 6^th, April 13^th, and April 20^th. Each week, the collections are weighed (or $1 monetary contribution equals 2 pounds) and the representative of each congregation reports their weekly results by using the report form here (see link on this page). The standings of all participants will be posted each week (see link on this page) so that congregation members may be rallied for the next week's weigh-in. We can help with ideas and campaign tips, and welcome ideas from participants to share with other congregations. It does not matter whether a congregation is large or small... we establish a level playing field by calculating an average per member pound of food collected.

Dianne Witte, Heather Tookes, and Len Schiraldi
For the 2008 Tons of Food Campaign