By SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER Summer time for many is an exciting time of year—schools are out, families take vacations, and someone somewhere is firing up the grill for an outdoor barbeque. But, not everyone looks forward to summer in the same way. Some families right here in Southington worry about what they will do without the free or reduced cost lunches their children get from school, or dread the hot and humid upper-90-degrees days without an air conditioner. Southington’s soup kitchen Bread for Life, and Southington Community Services, are working hard to provide for families. “When school is out, collections do tend to slow down,” said SCS executive director Janet Mellon, “and at the same time, we have more people coming in looking for items.” Mellon said during the school year, many Southington schools hold food collection drives to donate items to SCS. Over summer vacation, the lack of those drives makes an impact at SCS. “The biggest collection we ever had was last year when I bumped into the superintendent at an event, and I told him we were running low on many items,” she said. “He shared that with the whole district, and we had a huge […]
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