WATERFORD, Conn.–Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has donated an additional $37,500 in emergency grants to 15 food pantries and meal programs in eastern Connecticut, bringing the credit union’s total food-assistance donations in April to $75,000, the largest one-month donation in the credit union’s 81-year history.
“The need is still great to provide food assistance to the many individuals and families who’ve been directly impacted by the Coronavirus,” said President/CEO Brian A. Orenstein. “Now more than ever these food centers need our help to meet the overwhelming demand they’re facing.”
Each of the 15 food pantries and meal programs in New London and Windham counties will receive an additional $2,500 grant donation, bringing their total individual donation from Charter Oak to $5,000 each during April.
Earlier this month, Charter Oak’s Community Giving Committee provided an initial $37,500 to these same 15 organizations to help re-stock their shelves. In past years, Charter Oak has made year-end donations to these soup kitchens and food pantries as a special holiday gift and thank you for all they do throughout the year. “But given this unprecedented health crisis we’re all confronting, we felt these donations are the best use of our grant monies at this time to meet this critical food shortage,” Orenstein said.