Tis the season! The Yale Club of Hartford invites members to participate in a “Yale Day of Service at Thanksgiving” event. Similar to last year’s volunteer effort, we will be partnering with Phillips Metropolitan CME Church in Hartford to deliver meals to our neighbors in need of assistance. However, because of COVID-19 and Connecticut’s restrictions on gatherings, Phillips will be catering rather than preparing its Thanksgiving Meals on Wheels. There will be no food cooked in individual homes and no gathering to prepare the individual take out containers.
Phillips is seeking assistance with picking up roughly 315 meals from the caterer and delivering them to 6 shelters and a senior home on Thanksgiving Day. A few drivers are needed with pick-up trucks, SUV’s or vans with flat space to help make bulk deliveries on Thanksgiving morning Thursday, Nov. 26, so meals are received BEFORE 12pm noon.
Please call, text or email Yale Club Board Member Angela Harris at 860.404.6062 ASAP if you are interested in helping with the delivery of the prepared meals to the designated locations. You will then receive instructions including procedures for social distancing and wearing masks. These efforts will NOT originate from the church, but rather from the catering site. So please do not show up to the church like last year! Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the entire process is different this year! Thank you!
Unable to volunteer as a driver? Please consider donating the cost for a meal or two!
The use of an outside caterer has significantly increased the cost to prepare meals, as each meal costs about $11 per person. Phillips welcomes any donations to help offset this additional cost. The need is great, and we can still make a difference, even during this pandemic.
Also, as part of the nationwide “Giving Tuesday” campaign held on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Phillips will donate to the orphanage at Generations of Hope, Haiti (GO-Haiti), instead of sending church members on its annual mission trip this year due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. We encourage YCH members to consider a donation as well. More information can be found at https://www.go-haiti.org.
Please share your gifts by Tuesday, December 1st securely online via PushPay (https://pushpay.com/g/phillipscme) or mail your gifts to the church at the address below. Please note in the check memo section: Meals on Wheels (Yale Club of Hartford) or Giving Tuesday (Yale Club of Hartford).
Please mail tax-deductible donations to:
Attn: Stewards
Phillips Metropolitan CME Church
2500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06120
Feel free to call with any questions or concerns! Thank you for your time and consideration!
Peace and blessings!
Angela Harris
860.404.6062
Angela.Harris@aya.yale.edu
Chair, Phillips Health Ministry
PhillipsHealthMinistry@gmail.com
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