Root Center donated an additional $50,000 to Foodshare- with support totaling $100,000 this year to fight food insecurity in CT
January 8, 2021
Root Center presented a check for $50,000 to Foodshare today to help address food insecurity in Tolland and Hartford counties; this amounts to a total of $100,000 in support this year! Root’s donation will provide approx. 125,000 additional meals for local families. It’s a wonderful thing when non-profits support non-profits!
Featured in Video: Steven Zuckerman, CEO and President of Root Center for Advanced Recovery; Bruce Simons, Board President at Root Center; Jason Jakubowski, CEO of Foodshare.
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From Left to right: James Classon, Root Center Clinical Supervisor, Elliott Pollack former Board Member, John Mohring, Root Center Board Member, Steven Zuckerman, Root Center CEO and President, Arunan Arulampalam, Mayor of Hartford, Bruce Simmons, Root Center Board Chairman, Patricia Rehmer, former DMHAS Commissioner and Board Vice Chair, William Schumann, Root Center Board Member. David Louden, Root Center Board Member, and Joseph Sirko, Root Center Director of Facilities.
