LETTER: Gratitude for our community

December 24, 2020  |  By Margo Sayah

To the community: 

A heartfelt thank you to community members for the outpouring of thoughtful holiday gifts for Waterbury Meals on Wheels recipients. Gifts were delivered at least once each week since Thanksgiving.

Thank you to:  Anne Hutchinson's Thatcher Brook Primary School 4th grade class; A River Runs Through It Garden Club; Betty Jones and the Waterbury Center Community Church; Charlie Sayah, Chris Hancock, Denise Badowski, Dianne  Bilodeau, Gayle Badeau, Harriet Grenier, Jan Gendreau, Jane and Paul Willard, Jeanne Alix, Jill Smith, Jocelyn Depaolis, Joe Bahr, Josette Metayer, Kassidy and Elliott Noyes, Kathy Powell, Kristina Swinchoski, Lee McLendon, Lindsay and Aiden and Keegan Staples, Maggie Mae Anderson, Margaret Luce, Marge and Ron Gulyas, Nancy Mackey, Patty McKibben, Sue Johansen; Sue Ocker and members of Queen Esther #7 Order of the Eastern Star, Susan Rau, the Waterbury Historical Society and WDEV Radio.

Thank you to the volunteer Meals on Wheels drivers for delivering the gifts each week.

Thank you Vicki, Kim and Robin (senior center staff) for making certain the gifts were included with the meals each week.

You all helped make this season a little happier for many of our homebound neighbors.

Margo Sayah

Waterbury