[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 152 (Friday, December 12, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1797-E1798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING NANCY L. CARRINGTON, PRESIDENT/CEO OF CONNECTICUT FOOD BANK ON 
                     THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 11, 2014

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride and a bit of a heavy 
heart that I rise today to join the many family, friends, and 
colleagues who have gathered to celebrate the retirement of Connecticut 
Food Bank President and CEO, Nancy L. Carrington. A dear friend and 
outstanding advocate, Nancy has spent the last three decades at the 
Connecticut Food Bank and, put simply, the organization will not be the 
same without her.
  Nancy came to the Connecticut Food Bank just two years after it was 
incorporated. She began her work with the organization as a food 
solicitor--responsible for seeking the donation of excess and unsalable 
products from local and regional food companies. When Nancy first came 
to the Food Bank, the organization was already distributing 1.3 million 
pounds of food a year to 188 community agencies throughout Connecticut. 
Just five years after starting at the Connecticut Food Bank, Nancy 
became the organization's Executive Director; her title later changed 
to President and CEO.

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  Over the course of the last three decades, Nancy's leadership has 
guided the organization as it has grown from a grassroots, volunteer 
organization into the largest centralized source of donated, emergency 
food in Connecticut. Today the Connecticut Food Bank serves nearly 700 
food-assistance programs in Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New 
Haven, New London and Windham counties and distributes an average of 40 
tons of food every business day. And, just this past summer, the 
Connecticut Food Bank broke ground on what will be an 82,251-square-
foot building that will be the organization's new home. While her daily 
presence at the Connecticut Food Bank will be missed, Nancy has 
certainly built it a strong foundation on which it can continue to 
succeed in its mission.
  Nancy has not only been responsible for the day-to-day operations at 
the Connecticut Food Bank, but is also one of Connecticut's strongest 
voices on behalf of the hungry. She has said that ``food should not be 
a privilege . . . it should be a basic human right.'' Nancy has made it 
her personal mission to overcome the challenge of feeding the hungry--
her work touching the lives of thousands over the years. She has 
volunteered to deliver groceries to homebound seniors for an emergency 
food pantry. She served as a founding director of End Hunger 
Connecticut!, a statewide anti-hunger and food security organization. 
Nancy also works closely with other food banks in New England and 
partners with Feeding America, the national network of food banks. 
There is no stronger or more dedicated advocate.
  I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to thank Nancy for her 
many years of friendship. Nancy and I are kindred spirits in so many 
ways--both having learned the importance of public service from our 
parents and both passionate about the need to address hunger in our 
community and across the nation. She is an inspiration to me and so 
many others and I am proud to call her my friend. And so I stand today 
to express my deepest thanks and appreciation to Nancy L. Carrington, 
for all of her good work and many years of dedicated service to the 
Connecticut Food Bank and wish her all the best for many more years of 
health and happiness as she enjoys her retirement.

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