Dodd Serves Thanksgiving Eve Lunch at Soup Kitchen

From Anne-Marie Cannata

Senator Dodd was in the North End on Monday to welcome the new Community Health Center Building, and on Wednesday, he was back with family and friends!  Maybe he likes it here in Middletown?  Dodd and his daughters served lunch at St. Vincent de Paul Middletown's soup kitchen and chatted with patrons. (Note the kitchen's new name). Smiles were all around and when offered an Event Calendar for the kitchen's neighbor, The Buttonwood Tree, the kind Senator decided to pay TBT a visit.  Ron Krom, Executive Director of St. Vincent De Paul Middletown, Dodd's host for the day, directed the family entourage to Buttonwood before they made their way to the new Amazing Grace Food Pantry for a tour. The Pantry, one of four legs of St. Vincent De Paul Middletown's, is now located in the North End and will be celebrating its Grand Opening in several ways. (see below)

At The Buttonwood Tree, Dodd's daughters displayed their own musical talents as they both desired to play the baby grand piano. So play they did, while Dad chatted with Executive Director of TBT / North End Arts Rising, Anne-Marie Cannata. She gave him a quick lesson on what the nonprofit arts organization does as The Buttonwood Tree, and showed him the artwork of Tammie Reiss, whose very first show hung on the walls. He seemed sincere in stating his affection for the small gallery, a "breeding ground for artists", and offered his help toward funding. One must wonder, just what can be done?

Celebrate the new Amazing Grace Food Pantry:

Saturday, November 27, 2010: Amazing Grace Food Pantry Open House, 16 Stack Street, Middletown, 9:30 a.m. with an Ecumenical Celebration & Liturgy of Thanksgiving at 10:30 a.m. A reception of pizza, soda and cake will follow at the Soup Kitchen, 617 Main Street.

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Thursday, December 9th, 4-6 p.m. Grand Opening at Program and Ribbon Cutting at 5 p.m. Amazing Grace Food Pantry, 16 Stack Street, Middletown, CT.