Thursday, November 5, 2020
cheshirecitizen.com
Volume 11, Number 57
Food drive: Need critical this year By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Ciizen
Maddie Presser recreates a scene from “Braveheart.”
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Unique film project keeps kids engaged, helps feed the hungry By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
Take one dad who happens to be a producer with a television sports network, two young children, and a months-long pandemic quarantine and what do you get? Maybe a little crazy?
listed his wife and their children, plus a few of the neighborhood kids to re-enact iconic scenes from classic American movies while in quarantine. “We were just struggling to entertain the kids in the beginning of quarantine,” Presser said, who filmed the dramatic bits.
That is, unless you are Dan PressAnd so, what started out as creer, who with a little imagination and a lot of time on his hands, en- ative fun and a diversion has since spun off into a charitable
endeavor to help fight hunger. Presser and his wife, Beth, decided to use the shorts as a fundraiser for the non-profit Feeding America. At the charity’s website, there’s a portal to contribute through Set the Table Quarantine 2020 Productions. “We were trying to teach our kids that if you’re in a position to give back we should do it because not See Film, A4
In all the years Marléna Soble and her husband John Nann have served the annual Cheshire Food Drive on the town green, this year might be the most impactful due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. The unemployment rate, according to the state’s Department of Labor, currently stands at 7.5%, with 4.7% or more than 700 persons who are unemployed in Cheshire. As a result of job losses, the need for food assistance has spiked. See Food drive, A2
Veterans Day ceremony set for Nov. 11 Cheshire’s annual Veterans Day ceremony honoring the men and women who have served in America’s armed forces will take place on the Church Green Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. The ceremony is cosponsored by the Cheshire Veterans Council and the See Veterans Day, A3
Emergencies are always emergencies. And we’re here 24/7. Don’t delay care that could save your life. Our emergency rooms are open and safe. Visit HartfordHealthCare.org/Emergency to see ER wait times, and to let us know you are on your way. Nearby, at:
MidState Medical Center 435 Lewis Ave., Meriden
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