Funeral Directors Across CT Collecting Toys & Gift Cards Thru Dec. 4

Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA) members are holding their 18th statewide Holiday Collection Drive! Now through Wednesday, Dec. 4th, CT funeral homes across the state, with Goodwin University's Main Campus Lobby, and our CFDA office in Wethersfield are welcoming donations of toys and gift cards of any value for Operation E.L.F. (Embracing Lonely Families), which assists military families AND for Yale New Haven Children's Hospital's Toy Closet program.

Donations of unwrapped toys and gift cards may be dropped off during regular business hours at any of the following collection locations through Dec. 4th and also on Thurs., Dec. 5th from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at CFDA’s 136th Convention at the Sheraton Hartford South Hotel on 100 Capital Blvd. in Rocky Hill, Conn.

Operation ELF supports families of the Connecticut National Guard and all branches of the military with a loved one in the deployment cycle, who suffer financial hardship as a result of the call to active duty. Operation ELF welcomes gift cards of any dollar value for grocery or department stores, home supply stores, gas stations, and pharmacies, as well as unwrapped new toys for youths of any age.

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital’s Toy Closet Program supplies toys to pediatric patients when they are discharged from Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, and to units in its hospitals, Emergency Departments, and Pediatric Specialty Centers from Old Saybrook to Greenwich. Especially needed this year are toys for girls – from infants to teens.

Below is the full list of locations welcoming items now through December 4th (in alphabetical order of town/city),
OR go to https://www.ctfda.org/html/operation-elf.php:

Avon: Carmon Funeral Home & Family Center
Branford: W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home
Bristol: O’Brien Funeral Home
Cheshire: Alderson-Ford Funeral Home of Cheshire
Cromwell: Cromwell Funeral Home
Derby: Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home
East Hampton: Spencer Funeral Home
East Hartford: D’Esopo East Hartford Memorial Chapel
East Hartford: Goodwin University’s Funeral Services Program - Main Campus
Enfield: Leete-Stevens Family Funeral Homes & Crematory
Fairfield: Abraham L. Green and Son Funeral Home
Greenwich: Castiglione Funeral Home
Meriden: John J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home
Middletown: Doolittle Funeral Home
Naugatuck: Alderson-Ford Funeral Home of Naugatuck
New Britain: Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Burritt Hill
Newington: Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Newington Memorial
Newington: Neptune Cremation Service
Prospect: Prospect Memorial/Palmerie Family Funeral Home
Rocky Hill: Rose Hill Funeral Home
Seymour: Ralph E. Hull Funeral Home
Shelton: Riverview Funeral Home, Inc.
South Windsor: Samsel & Carmon Funeral Home
Southbury: Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home
Stafford Springs: Introvigne Funeral Home
Stratford: Adzima Funeral Home
Torrington: Cook Funeral Home
Unionville: Ahern Funeral Home
Vernon: Ladd-Turkington & Carmon Funeral Home
Wallingford: Wallingford Funeral Home
West Hartford: Molloy Funeral Home
West Hartford: Sheehan-Hilborn-Breen Funeral Home
Wethersfield: Connecticut Funeral Directors Assn. offices
Wethersfield: D’Esopo Funeral Chapel
Wethersfield: Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home
Windsor: Carmon Community Funeral Home
Woodbury: Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home

The 136-year-old Connecticut Funeral Directors Association is comprised of funeral
directors at more than 220 funeral homes. Based in Wethersfield, Conn., the professional organization is committed to the promotion and advocacy of high ethical standards in funeral
service. This includes the development and presentation of ongoing professional
training opportunities for practitioners and educational programs for
association members and the public. For more information about the
Connecticut Funeral Directors Association or its holiday collection drive, call
860-721-0234 or 800-919-2332 or visit www.ctfda.org