December 23, 2025 • 15 mins
We spoke with Michele Morcey about how Brass City Harvest works with Connecticut farmers to provide fresh, locally grown food to Waterbury residents and those in surrounding towns.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Thank you for listening to Community Access. I'm
Alison de Murz. My guest this morning is Michelle Morsey.
She is executive director of Brass City Harvest. Good morning,
Good morning, Alison, thank you for being here today.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
For those who don't know about Brass City Harvest, how
did it come about?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Brass City Harvest was founded in two thousand and seven,
and this was well before I came on board with
the idea of serving the people of Waterbury with fresh food.
So it started very small with some farmers' markets on
the Waterbury Green which the first executive director, Susan Pronovos,
(00:44):
was hooking all of this stuff to and fro, and
the organization itself just grew into this very large nonprofit
that probably eighteen years later at this point served the
population of people of Waterbury and the surrounding towns.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
So what is your mission?
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Our mission is overall to increase accessibility to fresh, nutritious food,
to bring more fresh food to a larger population of people,
and to really bring some educational component to what fresh
food gives to a household. We also have an urban farm,
(01:27):
so part of our mission is to help people with sustainability,
learning how to grow and we grow food right in
the city of Waterbury, which we donate or sell.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So let's talk about the ways that you're able to
do this well.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
We have weekly farmers' markets that begin in June and
go all the way until the end of November. We
have a very large market that is extremely busy on
the Waterbury Green right across from the Immaculate. We also
have a standing location every Tuesday during those months at
the water Very Senior Center. And about three years ago
(02:03):
we were able to purchase through a grant, a vehicle
that allowed us to make mobile market stops, so we
take that show on the road and we make stops
during the week when we're not at one of the
larger markets at apartment housing, senior centers, a lot of
places where people don't get out as easily, so we're
(02:28):
bringing that fresh food to people who really need it.
A lot of our customers do use SNAP and some
other FMNP, which is Farmers Market Nutrition Program cards through
the Department of Agriculture, which entitles people who meet the
age and income requirements. They will receive these cards to
(02:48):
purchase fresh food. The Department of Agriculture so you're helping
the person, but you're also helping farmers to get more
of their food out there.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And what kind of responses have you received from people
who've receive this food.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Overwhelming response, people are really happy. I've seen in the
almost four years that I've been there, such growth, such
inquisitive customers. We have a population of people in Waterberring
is so diverse, and we are able to talk to
our customers and learn how they use certain things, and
if they don't know how to use certain fruits or vegetables,
(03:24):
they ask us. We have two farmers on staff or
horticulturists that went to Naugatuk Valley. They really know their stuff.
They're working farmers. We're all educated and what the statistics
on how fresh food can really benefit the obviously the
health system, but benefits to the people of Waterberry, specifically
(03:45):
who live in areas that are termed food deserts, which
means that they don't have easy access to a grocery store.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
When you mentioned food deserts, how great is the need
for people to receive food.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
It's very great. You know, we're located physically our building
which was opened about five years ago as an agricultural
food Hobi Smack in the south end of Waterbury, so
we're in between two very large food pantries soup kitchens
Saint Vincent de Paul and GWIM Greater Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministry.
(04:19):
So right there alone there is a huge population of people,
but there are a lot of people working people as
well as seniors. So we have a very large population
of seniors who purchase from who just maybe need a
little extra help. And it's a really big convenience not
to have to take a bus to get to a
grocery store. There's really not a lot of grocery store,
(04:40):
nothing within walking distance. So if you're using especially some
sort of assistance where you can use those things. At
a smaller market like a bodega, there's not as much
fresh food. So people are really happy to be able
to use their benefits plus cash or credit card, whatever
way they're paying, knowing that they're getting some helpful choices
(05:00):
that are all from Connecticut farmers.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
You mentioned nutrition education earlier. How do you do that.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
We have a staff nutritionist who's the longest employee of
Brass City Harvest Nicole Tech's era and she runs cooking
classes and senior nutrition classes and this year we will
be actually next year at the end of the year,
we just received a grant which will enable us to
bring those classes to youth population. So we'll be going
(05:27):
into some of the schools and some after school programs
or having them come to our kitchen where Nicole will
be able to provide them with some cooking classes or
nutritional education. That is an extremely popular program right now.
And we noticed, especially during COVID when people you know,
were retreating, was it was hard for a lot of people,
(05:49):
especially our seniors, to come back out and learn socialization skills. Again,
you know, people didn't want to do anything. So there's
been huge growth in those classes are very very well popedpulated.
It not only promotes nutrition and wellness in learning how
to cook and learning how to use different fruits and
vegetables in different ways, the socialization component is very, very valuable.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
And what would you say to somebody who may feel
embarrassed or inhibited and doesn't want to receive these services.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Well, you know, I've noticed a lot this year. We
had a lot of people who seemed like they were
more and I didn't really noticed this before, but until
this past summer, when there was so much talk about
food insecurity and cutting of federal programming and snap benefits.
I noticed a lot of our customers. Sometimes we're tentative,
(06:42):
and they'd say things like, I'm really sorry I have
to use this. I feel bad like explaining their personal
plight to me. We don't want anyone to be embarrassed
to be able to use food assistance or to take
one of our classes or anything. This is meant to
be a community thing. It's supposed to be bringing people together.
We can all I'll use a little help. So this
(07:02):
is not only an organization that serves the underserved population.
We serve everyone. So you can come and purchase as
much as you want. We have ARITHUSA products, We have
every farmer that you see in these small markets where
things are really expensive. We have really great prices. But
it's meant to be equitable and available to everyone, so
(07:22):
there's nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, we're happy
that people choose to spend their money or any benefits
they may receive with us, knowing that they're going to
get fresh, nutritious food from a farmer who has taken
care to grow that food for them, and what are.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
The benefits of working with a trusted local farmer.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Well, we have relationships, We know how the food is grown.
We go to their farms, we see what their practices are.
Some of our farmers are certified organic, some are not,
but most of our farmers use organic growing practices, meaning
they don't spray or use minimal spray. We know that
they're not giving us junk. We know the stuff has
(08:03):
not been shipped across the country and been sitting in
storage for a month. You know, the stuff is fresh picked.
I have a relationship or our driver has a relationship
with people and farmers that they know. You know, sometimes
we have to wait, Sorry that stuff wasn't picked, so
move on. Pick something else. Or we had a bad season,
(08:24):
or we might not have everything. So we're able to
talk to the farmers instead of you know, trying to
circumvent what's available not available in Connecticut and you know,
getting Florida grown or California grown that shipped, you know,
and sitting around. So it's that's a great thing.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
It's really a win win when you think about it.
You have the farmers and then you're helping people suffering
with food and security. And then you've got people that
can get jobs there. So it's a win win.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
And when you think of farming in our state, you
know these farmers are tapped out. We have a really
harsh environment, as you know in Connecticut. So we are
taking a lot of the pressure off farmers who maybe
don't have a large staff who need to be out there,
who don't have the time to set up a farm
stand or hire someone to stand there and laiter around
(09:13):
for customers to come. We purchase from them at a
wholesale price, and then bring that to our community and
that's what we sell at our market, so that farmer
is not standing around. We're doing that work for them,
which is great.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
You mentioned earlier cooking programs. I've heard you have this
amazing commercial kitchen. Is that where the cooking programs happen?
And I know that people can also use the commercial
kitchen if necessary, Yes, they can.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
We have actually someone in here right now. He's a
small business bakery. It's called Mel's Bakery. It's a husband
and wife and they're doing breads and muffins and pastries
and they operate separately from us. They use our kitchen.
They pay us to rent that space, and you know,
(10:01):
they have their own business model. You order online from them,
but they use our kitchen to bake and prepare their food,
and then we have a pickup site available to them too.
We also feature some of their products on our website,
so we're helping them by moving some of their stuff
out into the community as well. Customers can order from
us and then we have you know, people will come in.
(10:22):
They'll pay us to use the kitchen for either a
few hours, maybe a few days if they are working
on a project, or they need to you know, process
some of their food or make something and they just
don't have a place to do it. Because we have
the certifications in place, inspections in place, as long as
they have the proper licensing. Right now, we have someone
(10:42):
looking to rent space as well. We're finding a lot
of people are looking to change careers and want to
do something new, so we have that space available. It
is a city owned building, so there are you know,
insurance that needs to be come along with that. People
just can't come, you know, walking in. We give them
a key, but they're oftome. We've edit and they have
(11:03):
to have the insurance requirements that are required by the city. Waterbury.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Are you looking for volunteers and donations.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
We take volunteers in the summer. We don't really have
as much to do. This is our planning when we
shut it down at the end of November. We have
some things that go on December, but these next few
months are us, you know, getting things ready for the
next season, so there'll be crop plans and grant writing
and cleaning of the facility and our vehicles and that
(11:32):
kind of thing. But in the summer we often have
volunteers up on our North Main farms. They can help
with some of the farming there. We usually get groups
from some of the high schools. We've had kids from
Holy Cross, kids from Waterbury Career Academy, kids from Taft
sports teams. They'll come out for volunteer hours. We sometimes
have volunteers just come and join us on the green
(11:54):
if we have a place for them too, to help
with some of the selling market assistant type thing. So
during those months, yes, people can email me and let
me know if they're interested in something like that. We
also take interns from Naugatuck Valley or what I think
it's called Connecticut State whatever the community college is now called.
(12:15):
They had the horticulture program and we also have had
interns the past three years from Yukon, so that's been
terrific experience as well.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
And what about donations, Well, we take cash donations if
anyone wants to make them.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Of course, we don't take donations so much like let's say,
can't because we're not a food pantry per se, so
we really don't do a lot of giveaways, although this
year has been particularly hard for our community, so we
are able to help based on the space we have
in our parking lots. We've worked with New Opportunities to
help with some food giveaways that they were running, which
(12:51):
was really a great experience, and then we were able
to do some giveaways this year. We did receive donations
from the city. Around Thanksgiving, we got turkey and then
a few people stepped up and they wanted to help
with that, so they gave private donations and we were
able to supply one hundred people with Thanksgiving turkey vegetables.
(13:12):
We had some vegetables donated to us by Your Risk
Go Farm. We had some baking done from Bell's Bakery,
and we purchased some other products like jam and things
that might round out that basket and give those away
at Thanksgiving time, So we don't I mean, if there's
things that people donate, like you know, we can pass on,
we surely will. But we don't really take donations like
(13:35):
you know, bags of food or anything. But we do
work with United Way, who is part of their stock
the Pantry program. They take cash donations, so they've been
sharing those with us, and then some of their organizations
under them, people that they work with, they've been able
to purchase directly from Brass City Harvest.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
How rewarding has this job done for you?
Speaker 2 (14:00):
It's been really really rewarding. I think I complain a
lot because it's hard work and it's a lot of
physical works, and we don't have a lot of employees.
We don't have a lot of money. It's a nonprofit.
We just make enough to pay us the hellaries, pay
our bills, and we have a lot of grants that
(14:20):
we receive thankfully from the community that allow our programs
to continue. But at the end of the day, I
could not ask to be in a better role. I
work very closely in the community in which I grew up,
so that feels really great. I see a lot of
people on a daily basis, or parents of friends that
I went to school with, and you know, just people
(14:43):
I know from growing up, and they are so excited
by the possibilities that Brassy Harvest is brought into the community.
People love it. People really really like having a market,
they really like the sense of community, they like coming together,
and they like what we're doing. So that is very
rewarding to me. This is a complete change of career
(15:06):
from me. This is something that I never thought that
I was going to be doing. But you know, life changes,
and it's changed for the better for me by being
part of this organization.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
I love hearing that. I'm speaking with Michelle Morsey, executive
director of Brass City Harvest. They've donated over two hundred
thousand pounds of food a year. If you'd like to help,
or if you know someone in need, go to Brasscityharvest
Waterbury dot com. Michelle, thank you so much for being
here today.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Thank you, Al It's been a pleasure, and I wish
you happy holidays.
Good morning, Thank you for listening to Community Access. I'm
Alison de Murz. My guest this morning is Michelle Morsey.
She is executive director of Brass City Harvest. Good morning,
Good morning, Alison, thank you for being here today.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
For those who don't know about Brass City Harvest, how
did it come about?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Brass City Harvest was founded in two thousand and seven,
and this was well before I came on board with
the idea of serving the people of Waterbury with fresh food.
So it started very small with some farmers' markets on
the Waterbury Green which the first executive director, Susan Pronovos,
(00:44):
was hooking all of this stuff to and fro, and
the organization itself just grew into this very large nonprofit
that probably eighteen years later at this point served the
population of people of Waterbury and the surrounding towns.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
So what is your mission?
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Our mission is overall to increase accessibility to fresh, nutritious food,
to bring more fresh food to a larger population of people,
and to really bring some educational component to what fresh
food gives to a household. We also have an urban farm,
(01:27):
so part of our mission is to help people with sustainability,
learning how to grow and we grow food right in
the city of Waterbury, which we donate or sell.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So let's talk about the ways that you're able to
do this well.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
We have weekly farmers' markets that begin in June and
go all the way until the end of November. We
have a very large market that is extremely busy on
the Waterbury Green right across from the Immaculate. We also
have a standing location every Tuesday during those months at
the water Very Senior Center. And about three years ago
(02:03):
we were able to purchase through a grant, a vehicle
that allowed us to make mobile market stops, so we
take that show on the road and we make stops
during the week when we're not at one of the
larger markets at apartment housing, senior centers, a lot of
places where people don't get out as easily, so we're
(02:28):
bringing that fresh food to people who really need it.
A lot of our customers do use SNAP and some
other FMNP, which is Farmers Market Nutrition Program cards through
the Department of Agriculture, which entitles people who meet the
age and income requirements. They will receive these cards to
(02:48):
purchase fresh food. The Department of Agriculture so you're helping
the person, but you're also helping farmers to get more
of their food out there.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And what kind of responses have you received from people
who've receive this food.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Overwhelming response, people are really happy. I've seen in the
almost four years that I've been there, such growth, such
inquisitive customers. We have a population of people in Waterberring
is so diverse, and we are able to talk to
our customers and learn how they use certain things, and
if they don't know how to use certain fruits or vegetables,
(03:24):
they ask us. We have two farmers on staff or
horticulturists that went to Naugatuk Valley. They really know their stuff.
They're working farmers. We're all educated and what the statistics
on how fresh food can really benefit the obviously the
health system, but benefits to the people of Waterberry, specifically
(03:45):
who live in areas that are termed food deserts, which
means that they don't have easy access to a grocery store.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
When you mentioned food deserts, how great is the need
for people to receive food.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
It's very great. You know, we're located physically our building
which was opened about five years ago as an agricultural
food Hobi Smack in the south end of Waterbury, so
we're in between two very large food pantries soup kitchens
Saint Vincent de Paul and GWIM Greater Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministry.
(04:19):
So right there alone there is a huge population of people,
but there are a lot of people working people as
well as seniors. So we have a very large population
of seniors who purchase from who just maybe need a
little extra help. And it's a really big convenience not
to have to take a bus to get to a
grocery store. There's really not a lot of grocery store,
(04:40):
nothing within walking distance. So if you're using especially some
sort of assistance where you can use those things. At
a smaller market like a bodega, there's not as much
fresh food. So people are really happy to be able
to use their benefits plus cash or credit card, whatever
way they're paying, knowing that they're getting some helpful choices
(05:00):
that are all from Connecticut farmers.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
You mentioned nutrition education earlier. How do you do that.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
We have a staff nutritionist who's the longest employee of
Brass City Harvest Nicole Tech's era and she runs cooking
classes and senior nutrition classes and this year we will
be actually next year at the end of the year,
we just received a grant which will enable us to
bring those classes to youth population. So we'll be going
(05:27):
into some of the schools and some after school programs
or having them come to our kitchen where Nicole will
be able to provide them with some cooking classes or
nutritional education. That is an extremely popular program right now.
And we noticed, especially during COVID when people you know,
were retreating, was it was hard for a lot of people,
(05:49):
especially our seniors, to come back out and learn socialization skills. Again,
you know, people didn't want to do anything. So there's
been huge growth in those classes are very very well popedpulated.
It not only promotes nutrition and wellness in learning how
to cook and learning how to use different fruits and
vegetables in different ways, the socialization component is very, very valuable.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
And what would you say to somebody who may feel
embarrassed or inhibited and doesn't want to receive these services.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Well, you know, I've noticed a lot this year. We
had a lot of people who seemed like they were
more and I didn't really noticed this before, but until
this past summer, when there was so much talk about
food insecurity and cutting of federal programming and snap benefits.
I noticed a lot of our customers. Sometimes we're tentative,
(06:42):
and they'd say things like, I'm really sorry I have
to use this. I feel bad like explaining their personal
plight to me. We don't want anyone to be embarrassed
to be able to use food assistance or to take
one of our classes or anything. This is meant to
be a community thing. It's supposed to be bringing people together.
We can all I'll use a little help. So this
(07:02):
is not only an organization that serves the underserved population.
We serve everyone. So you can come and purchase as
much as you want. We have ARITHUSA products, We have
every farmer that you see in these small markets where
things are really expensive. We have really great prices. But
it's meant to be equitable and available to everyone, so
(07:22):
there's nothing to be embarrassed about. In fact, we're happy
that people choose to spend their money or any benefits
they may receive with us, knowing that they're going to
get fresh, nutritious food from a farmer who has taken
care to grow that food for them, and what are.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
The benefits of working with a trusted local farmer.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Well, we have relationships, We know how the food is grown.
We go to their farms, we see what their practices are.
Some of our farmers are certified organic, some are not,
but most of our farmers use organic growing practices, meaning
they don't spray or use minimal spray. We know that
they're not giving us junk. We know the stuff has
(08:03):
not been shipped across the country and been sitting in
storage for a month. You know, the stuff is fresh picked.
I have a relationship or our driver has a relationship
with people and farmers that they know. You know, sometimes
we have to wait, Sorry that stuff wasn't picked, so
move on. Pick something else. Or we had a bad season,
(08:24):
or we might not have everything. So we're able to
talk to the farmers instead of you know, trying to
circumvent what's available not available in Connecticut and you know,
getting Florida grown or California grown that shipped, you know,
and sitting around. So it's that's a great thing.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
It's really a win win when you think about it.
You have the farmers and then you're helping people suffering
with food and security. And then you've got people that
can get jobs there. So it's a win win.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
And when you think of farming in our state, you
know these farmers are tapped out. We have a really
harsh environment, as you know in Connecticut. So we are
taking a lot of the pressure off farmers who maybe
don't have a large staff who need to be out there,
who don't have the time to set up a farm
stand or hire someone to stand there and laiter around
(09:13):
for customers to come. We purchase from them at a
wholesale price, and then bring that to our community and
that's what we sell at our market, so that farmer
is not standing around. We're doing that work for them,
which is great.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
You mentioned earlier cooking programs. I've heard you have this
amazing commercial kitchen. Is that where the cooking programs happen?
And I know that people can also use the commercial
kitchen if necessary, Yes, they can.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
We have actually someone in here right now. He's a
small business bakery. It's called Mel's Bakery. It's a husband
and wife and they're doing breads and muffins and pastries
and they operate separately from us. They use our kitchen.
They pay us to rent that space, and you know,
(10:01):
they have their own business model. You order online from them,
but they use our kitchen to bake and prepare their food,
and then we have a pickup site available to them too.
We also feature some of their products on our website,
so we're helping them by moving some of their stuff
out into the community as well. Customers can order from
us and then we have you know, people will come in.
(10:22):
They'll pay us to use the kitchen for either a
few hours, maybe a few days if they are working
on a project, or they need to you know, process
some of their food or make something and they just
don't have a place to do it. Because we have
the certifications in place, inspections in place, as long as
they have the proper licensing. Right now, we have someone
(10:42):
looking to rent space as well. We're finding a lot
of people are looking to change careers and want to
do something new, so we have that space available. It
is a city owned building, so there are you know,
insurance that needs to be come along with that. People
just can't come, you know, walking in. We give them
a key, but they're oftome. We've edit and they have
(11:03):
to have the insurance requirements that are required by the city. Waterbury.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
Are you looking for volunteers and donations.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
We take volunteers in the summer. We don't really have
as much to do. This is our planning when we
shut it down at the end of November. We have
some things that go on December, but these next few
months are us, you know, getting things ready for the
next season, so there'll be crop plans and grant writing
and cleaning of the facility and our vehicles and that
(11:32):
kind of thing. But in the summer we often have
volunteers up on our North Main farms. They can help
with some of the farming there. We usually get groups
from some of the high schools. We've had kids from
Holy Cross, kids from Waterbury Career Academy, kids from Taft
sports teams. They'll come out for volunteer hours. We sometimes
have volunteers just come and join us on the green
(11:54):
if we have a place for them too, to help
with some of the selling market assistant type thing. So
during those months, yes, people can email me and let
me know if they're interested in something like that. We
also take interns from Naugatuck Valley or what I think
it's called Connecticut State whatever the community college is now called.
(12:15):
They had the horticulture program and we also have had
interns the past three years from Yukon, so that's been
terrific experience as well.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
And what about donations, Well, we take cash donations if
anyone wants to make them.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Of course, we don't take donations so much like let's say,
can't because we're not a food pantry per se, so
we really don't do a lot of giveaways, although this
year has been particularly hard for our community, so we
are able to help based on the space we have
in our parking lots. We've worked with New Opportunities to
help with some food giveaways that they were running, which
(12:51):
was really a great experience, and then we were able
to do some giveaways this year. We did receive donations
from the city. Around Thanksgiving, we got turkey and then
a few people stepped up and they wanted to help
with that, so they gave private donations and we were
able to supply one hundred people with Thanksgiving turkey vegetables.
(13:12):
We had some vegetables donated to us by Your Risk
Go Farm. We had some baking done from Bell's Bakery,
and we purchased some other products like jam and things
that might round out that basket and give those away
at Thanksgiving time, So we don't I mean, if there's
things that people donate, like you know, we can pass on,
we surely will. But we don't really take donations like
(13:35):
you know, bags of food or anything. But we do
work with United Way, who is part of their stock
the Pantry program. They take cash donations, so they've been
sharing those with us, and then some of their organizations
under them, people that they work with, they've been able
to purchase directly from Brass City Harvest.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
How rewarding has this job done for you?
Speaker 2 (14:00):
It's been really really rewarding. I think I complain a
lot because it's hard work and it's a lot of
physical works, and we don't have a lot of employees.
We don't have a lot of money. It's a nonprofit.
We just make enough to pay us the hellaries, pay
our bills, and we have a lot of grants that
(14:20):
we receive thankfully from the community that allow our programs
to continue. But at the end of the day, I
could not ask to be in a better role. I
work very closely in the community in which I grew up,
so that feels really great. I see a lot of
people on a daily basis, or parents of friends that
I went to school with, and you know, just people
(14:43):
I know from growing up, and they are so excited
by the possibilities that Brassy Harvest is brought into the community.
People love it. People really really like having a market,
they really like the sense of community, they like coming together,
and they like what we're doing. So that is very
rewarding to me. This is a complete change of career
(15:06):
from me. This is something that I never thought that
I was going to be doing. But you know, life changes,
and it's changed for the better for me by being
part of this organization.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
I love hearing that. I'm speaking with Michelle Morsey, executive
director of Brass City Harvest. They've donated over two hundred
thousand pounds of food a year. If you'd like to help,
or if you know someone in need, go to Brasscityharvest
Waterbury dot com. Michelle, thank you so much for being
here today.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Thank you, Al It's been a pleasure, and I wish
you happy holidays.
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