Connecticut
Boxes to Boots volunteers prepare for Operation Cares 2024
NBC Connecticut, Comcast and Telemundo are partnering with Boxes to Boots. They’re getting ready to send care packages to service members overseas.
In Berlin, dozens of volunteers are taking donated supplies and getting them ready to be sent overseas at Operation Cares 2024.
What may seem like a small act of kindness can make a big impact.
“Anything that comes from home is a welcome surprise,” Michael Koff, of Cheshire, said.
He’s a veteran who served in the U.S. Army Infantry for 25 years. He’s helping the Boxes to Boots crew on Veteran’s Day, saying it would have been nice to receive a care package like this when he was deployed.
“I can just reflect on what it would be like receiving one of these boxes when you’re deployed,” Koff said.
“It’s our job as a community to put these packages together and make sure our troops know they’re still supported and remembered and loved by us at home,” Kristen Gauvin, the president of Boxes to Boots, said.
The team is getting ready for Operation Cares 2024, where Gauvin said they expect 700 volunteers to help out.
She said they’re expecting a record number of 1,600 boxes to be sent this year, and there’s still a waiting list of recipients.
The boxes have it all.
“Popcorn and theater-sized candy, socks, t-shirts, breakfast items and some good coffee,” Gauvin said.
Community support has only grown, too. This year, 11 Xfinity stores accepted donations, with those supplies in the mix for Monday’s packing.
“We’ve seen a continued uptick in the amount of donations and we’ve been able to have that impact,” Daniel Glanville, of Comcast, said.
Operation Cares 2024 is happening on Saturday at New Britain High School.
A 20-year-old woman and her 4-month-old baby were fatally shot in a broad-daylight drive-by shooting in Hartford, Connecticut, on Tuesday afternoon.
Three reported victims were dropped off at Hartford Hospital. Authorities have since then identified two of them as Jessiah Mercado, 20, and her 4-month-old infant Messiah Diaz. They’re both from Springfield, Massachusetts. As per NBC Connecticut’s report, the authorities said that the unspecified third person does not have life-threatening injuries. All three people were inside the same car when another vehicle pulled up and opened fire.
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Police are currently treating the shooting that happened near a busy grocery store as a double homicide.
The reported victims were shot after a triple shooting broke out near the corners of Hillside Avenue and Zion Street just before 3 pm on Tuesday, November 19.
Where is the Connecticut shooting investigation headed?
Officers are believed to have an understanding of what happened when the violence broke out in the middle of the day. However, they’re still investigating the motive of the deadly gunfire. The intended target of the shooting also remains unclear at the moment. Search for the suspect is also on. Authorities urged anyone with information to contact them at 860-722-8477.
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“Horrible, absolutely horrible. It’s all I can say about that,” Lt Aaron Boisvert told the Connecticut media.
The latest instance of a US shooting has again terrified people, especially with the tragedy unfolding in the close vicinity of homes. “I just stay, stay out of the streets. You know, and I, I’m pretty safe. I never, you know, see this happening around here,” Hartford citizen Jose Santiago told NBC CT.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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