The Tikkun Olam Initiative, a shul organization that provides charitable donations throughout the year for CAST clients, recently pledged $600 to purchase chickens and to help fill Thanksgiving baskets for CAST, which has changed its name from Community Action Southold Town to Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation.

In response to the pledge, Veronica Kaliski, one of the women who spearheads the TOI group, received the following thank-you letter from Karina Hayes, CAST’s food relief program manager:

 

Hi Veronica,

That is wonderful news, thank you so much! We have seen such an increase in

families needing assistance that I have been concerned about providing them all

with Thanksgiving baskets this year. We are signing on an average of 28 new

families a month, and have served over 274,000 meals so far this year. Your pledge

for chickens, and knowing that I can count on organizations such as yours makes me

feel much better. We honestly can’t thank you enough.

I will be in touch when the date draws closer.

 

Warmly, Karina