Published in the New Haven Register Sunday, February 26, 2012, by Steve Higgins, Special to the Register
After her daughter died from leukemia, Pamela (not her real name) took in her two grandsons, ages 12 and 13. A widow in her 60s, Pamela is raising the two middle-school students on her own.
Before Pamela obtained help from the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program, the household diet consisted of nearly all carbohydrates, because that’s what she could afford. Breakfast was toast and peanut butter, lunch was ramen noodles and dinner featured pancakes most nights.
Submitted by Amy Townsley on February 22, 2012 - 2:31pm
I feel very fortunate to have been a part of the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Lifeline (N2N) investment process since its inception in 2009. Our partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven over the last three years has helped raise awareness and funds to address emergency housing and hunger needs in Greater New Haven.
United Way of Greater New Haven is proud to honor Andy Eder, a Guilford resident and president of Eder Bros., and Charlie Andriole, a Branford resident and Senior and Managing Partner of the Andriole Group of Merrill Lynch. A celebration in honor of these two distinguishedcommunity leaders took place on Thursday, November 4th at the Pine Orchard Country Club in Branford where they received the 2010 Alexis de Tocqueville Society Herbert H. Pearce Award.
Chip's Family Restaurant in Orange donated 50% of their proceeds from 3-9pm on March 23rd to benefit the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Lifeline effort that meets food, shelter and one-time emergency relief needs in the Greater New Haven area. The Chamber-to-Chamber initiative presented this fundraiser and was supported by Chamber Insurance Trust (CIT) of Orange.
