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By now, people know that Operation Hope is my favorite charity. I volunteer for the organization and help stock the shelves of the food pantry.
It’s the little endeavors that go a long way in helping someone else. Two cases in point recently in the news support that belief.
A group of Fairfield Ludlowe High School students will raise supplies and money as well as awareness for Operation Hope, which runs homeless shelters and associated services, through their event, “Under the Box.” The students will sleep on the pavement under cardboard boxes in a school parking lot Friday night to replicate conditions experienced by many urban poor.
Between 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, they will be accepting donations of nonperishable food, toiletries and cash for Operation Hope. A drop-off point will be set up at the school driveway’s large intersection to accept donations.
On the other side of town, a group of small-business owners in Stratfield will celebrate the opening of a food pantry collection site from noon to 4 p.m. May 28 at Jo Jo’s News Stop. Residents can bring items for Operation Hope’s food pantry to the convenience store.
The man who came up with this idea is Joe D’Costa, the owner of Jo Jo’s. I know Joe. I regularly stop into his store and we shoot the breeze on just about everything. He is a caring man who wants to make a difference. He has enlisted the cooperation of his fellow retail owners in the strip mall at the intersection of Stratfield Road and Fairfield Woods Road. Also involved are The Creative Arts Studio, Dragon 168, Salon Sazardon and the Bagel Stop.
D’Costa said on the Operation Hope blog, “The Stratfield community is very supportive of Jo Jo’s. The community has made me and my store feel like an important member. I want to give back and help support a cause that is near and dear to all of Fairfield’s residents.”
Fairfield residents already do a lot to help Operation Hope, but more is also welcomed. And it would be nice to support these two efforts to make a difference.

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