Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI), participated in several team-led community service and outreach programs during the 2022 holiday season through the company’s Good Deeds campaign. Beneficiaries of CDI’s efforts included Stand With Ukraine blue-and-yellow bracelet sales, spearheaded by AnnMarie Brennan, New England division, whose team initiative raised $2,400 for food, water and medicines for the civilians caught in the conflict; St. Vincent de Paul Place Food Distribution, where a team spent the day preparing food boxes for Thanksgiving; The Cancer Institute at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, where a team decorated hearts with uplifting messages to help support people battling cancer; Bread for Life/Böen’s No Kid Hungry, where Amanda Doll, Mike Richardson and Tim Marcil, New England division, partnered with Copper Cane and retailer Worldwide Wine & Spirits to raise money and donate time; The Beth-El Center, where April Gentles, Anchor division, led efforts to collect personal hygiene items for the nonprofit organization that provides support services and advocacy to those experiencing homelessness and hunger within the Greater Milford community; KC101 Stuff-A-Bus, where the Anchor division supported the 32nd annual event donating nonperishable food items to benefit Connecticut Foodshare, and an additional day of team volunteering took place building food boxes for seniors; and the annual holiday toy drive for Sterling House’s Adopt-A-Family.
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- The Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI), team distributed more than 400 turkeys and Thanksgiving fixings to the St. Vincent de Paul Place food pantry in Norwich.
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- Elaine Paulk, Field Sales Manager, Considine division, CDI and Vin Dastoli, Sales Representative, Considine division, CDI managed a donation drive for 168 servings of food to St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Norwich.
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- A CDI team led by Jeremy Brame participated in the 32nd annual KC101 Stuff-A-Bus food donation drive: Lou Copertino, Katie Farrell, Kassandra McCarthy, Dan Costantini, Greg Waterworth, Jeremy Brame and Adam Rivers, KC101 On-Air Personality.
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- CDI’s Lou Copertino went on the radio to talk about participation in the annual Stuff-A-Bus event with KC101’s Adam Rivers.
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- The CDI New England division showing off the messages of hope and the hearts they created for The Cancer Institute at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport.
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- CDI’s AnnMarie Brennan and Amanda Doll with the team at The Cancer Institute at St. Vincent’s Medical Center.
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- A team from CDI’s Business Management and Marketing departments put together 337 boxes for a total of 10,110 pounds of food during their volunteer day at Connecticut Foodshare in Bridgeport.
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- CDI’s Jen Walsh at Connecticut Foodshare building food boxes for seniors.
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- CDI’s Manny Gutierrez at Connecticut Foodshare.
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- Andrea LaBella (far right) with Maria Bursey and Theresa Titus organized an Adopt-A-Family and Community Christmas donation through the Sterling House.
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- CDI’s Jessica Buoniconti at Connecticut Foodshare.
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- This year CDI adopted 10 families with a total of 25 children, collecting more than 140 gifts for families, as well as an additional 120 toys for the “community table.”
