More Than $1,000 Raised By Granby Businesses For Community Kitchen

Granby businesses Top Drawer Consignment and Horses and Hounds raised more than $1,000 for Granby’s Waste Not Want Not community kitchen at Granby’s South Congregational Church.

The community kitchen, which benefits low-income residents, provides a weekly free, hot meal.

The funds raised by sales at Horses and Hounds and Top Drawer Consignment will go towards making health code improvements to the kitchen. Both businesses significantly discounted the profit margins on their products to raise the money and contribute to the community kitchen.

Sue Okie, owner of Horses and Hounds, has been involved with the kitchen for about a year, volunteering her time and raising funds for the operation. Organizing a cooperative effort to raise money for the community kitchen was an easy decision for the staffs at Horses and Hounds and Top Drawer Consignment.

"It's awesome to try and help," Okie said. "It's the right thing to do."

Although the sale is over, local residents can still donate their time and money to the community kitchen.

“Visit www.wastenotwantnotcommunitykitchen.org to make a donation,” Okie wrote to Patch. “The Waste Not Want Not Community Kitchen is an important and vital part of the town and we are very proud to support it.”

The Waste Not Want Not community kitchen, which serves a weekly dinner to individuals and families in need each and every Wednesday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.,