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Access Food Pantries benefit
concert raises $4,000
POMFRET — The Vanilla Bean Café recently hosted the 31st Annual Special Benefit Concert for the Food Pantries of Access and raised $4,000.
The concert was coordinated by Howie Bursen, the “Red Hot Banjo Wizard,” and Sally Rogers, “Nightingale with a Voice Clear as the Queen’s Diamonds”.
They were joined on stage by John Bailey, and Bennett and Lorraine Hammond.
Access serves 28 towns in Windham and Tolland counties and operates two food pantries, one in Willimantic and one in Danielson.
They also have a mobile food van that makes monthly deliveries to low-income communities that have limited access to affordable healthy food.
Last year the Access mobile food pantry increased its deliveries to those in need by 50% by adding eight new locations including four new Senior Housing sites.
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