Members of all five of Newtown’s fire companies will be outside two of the town’s food markets this weekend, collecting donations for FAITH Food Pantry. The 13th Annual Fill The Fire Truck Food Drive will take place Saturday, November 23, from 9 am to 2 pm. Members of Hawleyville, Hook & Ladder, and Sandy Hook companies will be outside Big Y, at 6 Queen Street; while Botsford and Dodgingtown will be stationed outside Stop & Shop in Sand Hill Plaza, 228 South Main Street. Food, personal hygiene and cleaning items will all be accepted on Saturday, as will financial donations. Everything will be delivered to FAITH Food Pantry, a non-ecumenical pantry located in the undercroft of St John’s Church in Sandy Hook Center, that afternoon. From left are members of Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue Ladies Auxiliary, Dodgingtown, Botsford, and Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue, who were already thinking about the food drive during the recent Great Newtown Health Fair. (Hicks photo)
