By KEN BYRON, kbyron@courant.com
Tue Jul 17 2012 12:30 PM
Organizers of the Wings and Wheels car and plane
show that was held on July 1 have donated $11,000 each to the Petit Family
Foundation and the Plainville Community Food Pantry.
The show was put on as a fundraiser for the two
organizations. On Monday, members of the committee that put the event on said it
had raised $22,000, which was split equally between the pantry and the
foundation. This was the first year the show was held and it was at the
town-owned
Both organizations accepted their donations during a
ceremony on Monday that was held at the food pantry.
The grant to the Petit Family Foundation will help
fund the grants it makes that focus on education, chronic illness and helping
those hurt by violence. "It's small groups of generous
people that make all difference," said Dr. William Petit Jr., who established
the foundation, during Monday's ceremony.
Susie Woerz, director of the pantry, said the donation
is especially welcome because rising demand for help has come at a time when the
pantry's funding from grants has gone down. "This will help us get back to where
we need to be financially," Woerz said. "We've lost some grant funding and this
will help out a lot."
The pantry, located at
Organizers of the Wings and Wheels event said on
Monday that help from many different groups, including town staff, the
Plainville Fire Company, the Bristol Auto Club and Interstate Aviation, made the
event a success. "The event came off very well," said committee member Scott
Saunders. "We had an outpouring from the community and a lot of support from
vendors."
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