Connecticut Alert Emergency Notification System

The Plymouth Police Department is going to be implementing the Connecticut Alert Emergency Notification System (CT Alert ENS), an emergency incident notification system in the near future. Once implemented, the notification system will provide a town wide 911 and "Opt-In" program for our citizens. This system will enhance the Police Department's ability to protect lives and property by providing critical information to citizens during potential life threatening emergencies such as severe weather, fires, floods, unexpected road closures or evacuation of buildings or neighborhoods.

Please visit the CT Alert Citizen Sign-up website to register your wireless telephone numbers, text message numbers, TDD/TTY and email addresses in order to receive alerts on those devices. The website will also allow the public to designate other locations that they may wish to receive alerts about, such as; where your children go to school, where you work, or where family members live.

The web address for CT Alert Citizen Sign-up website is www.ctalert.gov

Summer Appeal Letter for the Plymouth Food Pantry

Dear Food Pantry Supporters,

There has never been a harder time for our food pantry than summertime. 

When on average the community donates 7,100 pounds of food each month, in June, July and August donations average 3,300 pounds.
 To put this decline into perspective, last July donations were down 29% from the average monthly donation; equaling less than 2,500 pounds of food. 
This is a Serious Nose Dive.

This is the most inopportune timing as we serve more and more impoverished families during the summer months.
These are families whose children usually receive at least one meal, free of charge, through the school and are now left hungry. 

What can we do as a community to ensure that this summer is not as bad a last summer was?

• We can hold food drives.
• We can make a donation.
• We can gather a group donation with friends or family.
• We can ask for cash donations instead of gifts at Birthdays, Anniversaries, and other gift-giving events.
• We can pass a donation hat around at parties and social events. 
• We can put out a donation jar at this year's 4th of July picnic.
• We can take up a collection at work.
• We can create a fun summer project for our children and share the gift of giving with them.
• We can pass the word and encourage others to make their next event a fund drive.
• We can invent our own fundraiser and try out a new idea.

We understand that summertime is busy, and if each of you would take just 5 or 10 minutes to donate you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in a family's life. Any of us could be on the other side of the coin with a simple twist of fate. 

As the weather gets warmer, please don't forget us here at the food pantry.

Sincerely,

Erin Kennedy, Plymouth Community Food Pantry Director
Phone:  (860) 584-1750
Website:  PlymouthFoodPantry.org
Email:  foodpantry@plymouthfoodpantry.org

Food Pantry Second Pick-up Location

Hungry?

The Plymouth Community Food Pantry and The United Way of West Central Connecticut are opening a second pick-up location at the Plymouth Congregational Church.  This location is for those people with limited transportation who may find it difficult to come to the food pantry’s Dewey Ave. location.

If you or someone you know have limited access to transportation and could use help with food, please contact the food pantry.

For more information about the Plymouth Community Food Pantry, our Home delivery program and our second pick-up location please call (860) 584-1750 or visit our website at Plymouthfoodpantry.org