Seymour-Oxford Food Bank provides help after Sunday's damaging storms

By Jeremy Chen, NBC CT

A vital lifeline for an area devastated by Sunday’s storm. The Seymour-Oxford Food Bank is providing help to those who lost so much. Volunteers said there’s a clear need.

“We are all together and helping everybody out at the same time.”

There’s a sense of duty for Karen Sopko who’s picking up food at the Seymour-Oxford Food Bank. She’s taking it to a family who lost their home on the Seymour-Oxford line.

Sunday’s strong storm destroying roads and buildings, devastating the area.

“It’s one less thing they have to worry about,” Sopko said. Worries food bank Executive Director Kristina Walton is seeing from families across the Naugatuck Valley.

“The calls started coming and we’re just doing all we can just to make sure that everybody has access to food,” she said.