Isles' Wives and Girlfriends Thankful to Give Back

Nov 21, 2023

While the Bridgeport Islanders returned to the ice for practice on Tuesday morning, many of their significant others were also put to work, volunteering with Connecticut Foodshare in Bridgeport.

 

They spent more than three hours organizing food items and creating meal packages for local senior citizens ahead of Thanksgiving.

 

“We decided to volunteer this morning because we wanted to give others something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, and make this week a little bit brighter,” Maddy Keech said (second from left).

 

“I hope the work we’ve done can make the holiday season a little less stressful for even one person, the holidays should be spent enjoying and spending time with the ones you love,” Brooke Kudirka added (far left).

 

“Every Thanksgiving, I grew up with both sides of my family in town, so we would spend the morning with my mom’s side and after dinner we would go to my dad’s side and play board games, or Pictionary, and it was always a lot of fun,” Kudirka said. “Many people aren’t as fortunate, and this is something small we can do to help out.”

 

The Islanders and Connecticut Foodshare are proud to partner again this season. Connecticut Foodshare was the beneficiary of the Chuck-A-Puck initiative and 50/50 raffle on Friday, Nov. 10th as the ‘Nonprofit of the Night’ organization.   

 

About Connecticut Foodshare

Serving all of Connecticut and a member of the national Feeding America network, Connecticut Foodshare is committed to creating long-term solutions to food insecurity. Powered by 4,000 volunteers, Connecticut Foodshare distributed over 37 million meals last year. Connecticut Foodshare has a network of 650 community-based hunger relief programs - including food pantries, community kitchens, and emergency shelters.