(PRESS RELEASE) Since 1979, Earth Animal has been on the path of offering kindness, healing and support to animals, people and the Earth. For the past 12 years from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, Earth Animal’s Mitten Project has offered support to the Connecticut Food Bank’s Child Hunger Impact Program (CHIP) through various fundraising opportunities.
The 2019 effort resulted in a $25,000 donation.
CHIP (formerly the Back Pack Project) offers school-based children fresh food for entire families over the weekend with the hope of getting all children healthy and ready to learn at school each Monday morning. The program is offered in Connecticut at 19 school sites, serves more than 2,319 children and 1,955 families each weekend during the school year.
Earth Animal invited local businesses and partners to participate. In addition, the company also had its first Merry Mitten Day event at its flagship retail store in Westport, gained support with local dog-friendly breweries during Octoberfest, offered a holiday “Sip & Shop” in Southport at J. McLaughlin, promoted the mission at a gala event at the Black Rock Yacht Club, plus an adoption event with Adopt-A- Dog at Half Full Brewery in Stamford, CT.
“Every year the number of families with food needs in Connecticut increases and as a company whose mission is to enhance quality of life for all Earth’s animals, we feel it’s our responsibility to support our community. It is our pleasure to match every penny donated during our Mitten Project,” says Susan Goldstein, co-founder of Earth Animal. “We are so happy to see the fundraising efforts increase each year. We raised $12,695. And, with Earth Animal’s match, our final donation to the CT Food Bank was $25,390 making it our largest donation yet.”
Earth Animal thanks its partners in the fundraiser: Adopt-A-Dog, Allied Printing Services, Anthony Musto Law Firm, Ash Creek, Black Rock Yacht Club and its members, Caitlyn Salon Studio, Choice Pet, Coldwell Banker, Fabicare Dry Cleaners, Flipside Restaurant, Friendly Cleaners, Grand Design Nails, Green Field Hill Groomers, Half Full Brewery, Inform Inc., J. McLaughlin- Southport, KL & Sam, Lachat Holiday Farmer’s Market, La Moda, Millie Raes, Paul Harris of Cole Harris Architects, Styles, Trinity Church, Trumbull, CT, The Beer’d Brewing Co., Tusk, UPS Store-Westport, and Westport Hardware.
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