Peter’s Stocking Winner and Holiday T-Bill Donation Days Results

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Peter’s Stocking winner Leighton Busby, age 5, with Ann Cheney and Alex Stewart

Five year old Leighton Busby was the happy winner of this year’s Peter’s Stocking drawing. In the Holiday spirit of giving, Leighton kept a few toys for herself and generously donated the rest of the toys to Karl’s Chevrolet’s Toys for Tots drive. The memory of the late Peter Lewis lives on with this favorite holiday tradition, which he started in 1978.
Walter Stewart’s sent checks totaling $2545.13 to participating local non-profit organizations this week, proceeds from the market’s annual “Holiday Donation Days T-Bill drive” held in December.
“The Holiday T-Bill drive caps off another successful year for our Donation Days program. We’re pleased to support our shoppers’ favorite local organizations!” said Alex Stewart, General Manager of Walter Stewart’s, and great-grandson of the store’s founder.
Walter Stewart’s shoppers designated T-Bill Rewards to the following participating organizations:
NC Food Pantry ($994.94); NC Community Foundation ($395.21); NC Cares ($189.18); Strays & Others ($185.63); ABC ($166.92); Horizons ($89.74); Staying Put ($77.75); NC Nature Center ($58.40); Get About Van ($56.86); Visiting Nurse ($49.50); NC Historical Society ($46.10); NC Society for the Arts ($45.68); Outback Teen Center ($41.97); Arts for Healing ($38.70); NC Library ($32.16); Day Care Center of NC ($28.62); Red Cross ($26.61); NC Sewing Group ($21.16)
Stewart’s shoppers receive “T-Bill” rewards when they shop which they can use to help provide financial assistance to participating non-profits during Donation Days fundraisers held throughout the year. This year through the T-Bill Donation Days program Walter Stewart’s has donated a total of $4715.13 to participating local non-profits, $1707,65 to the NCHS Scholarship Fund, as well as over 100 Thanksgiving turkey dinners to Person-to-Person for local families in need.
Shoppers who would like to participate in the Donation Days program may obtain a courtesy card from the store’s customer service staff or sign up online.

Walter Stewart’s Sends Funds to Local Charities

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Thanks to your support and patronage Walter Stewart’s sent out checks last week totaling $2030 to your favorite local non-profits:
ABC ($425); Strays & Others ($275); Staying Put ($250); NC Cares ($175); Horizons ($150); Arts for Healing ($140); NC Library ($100); NC Mounted Troop ($100); NC Nature Center ($75); Juvenile Diabetes Foundation ($75); Outback Teen Center ($35); Red Cross ($35); STAR ($35); YMCA ($35); NC Food Bank ($35); NC Historical Society ($35); Visiting Nurse Association ($35); and New Canaan’s Society of the Arts ($20).
The Young Women’s League Thanksgiving T-Bill Drive was also a success and because of your help we will be able to reach our goal of donating more than 100 Turkeys to Person-to-Person, which will distribute to local families in need this Thanksgiving.
For more information about our T-Bill program please click here!

NCHS Scholarship T-Bill Drive

NCHS Scholarship Drive Committee Co-Chairs Kathy Schulte, Roberta Peet and Lisa Isherwood with Alex Stewart and Doug Stewart, of Walter Stewart’s Market

Stewart’s shoppers: Thanks to your support and patronage Walter Stewart’s will donate $1601.89 to the NCHS Scholarship Foundation.
Walter Stewart’s Market is holding its annual Donation Days T-Bill week to benefit the New Canaan High School Scholarship Foundation from Sunday, April 7th, through Saturday, April 13th.  Throughout the week, Stewart’s customers are invited to donate “T-Bill” balances they earn shopping at the store. Walter Stewart’s will match T-Bill balances designated by shoppers with a monetary donation to the New Canaan High School Scholarship Foundation.
The NCHS Scholarship Foundation is a long-standing community effort to provide financial aid for New Canaan High School graduates pursuing higher education.  The Foundation’s annual “Scholarship Sunday” will be held this year on Sunday, April 7.  This is the day that NCHS students wearing Scholarship Drive T-Shirts will knock on doors throughout New Canaan to raise funds for college scholarships for fellow NCHS students.
Each year, Walter Stewart’s starts its Donation Days T-Bill week for the NCHS Scholarship Foundation on Scholarship Sunday.  “The NCHS Scholarship Drive is such an important annual campaign and we are pleased to support it again this year, said Alex Stewart.  “We encourage Stewart’s shoppers to donate their T-bills again this year.”

Giving Thanks, Giving Back

The Young Women’s League of New Canaan and Walter Stewart’s Market teamed up again this year to donate 100 turkeys and over 20 Thanksgiving meal tote bags to Person-to-Person’s annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive. The dinners were distributed to local families in need by Person to Person in Darien.
Walter Stewart’s shoppers reached the goal of purchasing more than 100 turkeys to complete the Thanksgiving dinners by donating back their T-Bill balances earned, during the Donation Days drive in earlier this month.
Walter Stewart’s also donated of $1614.64 to participating New Canaan charitable organizations in November, proceeds from the market’s recent Anniversary T-Bill Donation Days drive. 15 New Canaan non-profits designated by Walter Stewart’s shoppers will receive checks this week:
The Food Pantry ($400), Strays & Others ($261.25), ABC Program ($225), NC Community Foundation ($65), Horizons ($70), New Canaan Nature Center ($80), Staying Put ($95.05), New Canaan Library ($97.27), NC Chapter of Red Cross ($103.45), New Canaan Cares ($25), YMCA ($61.35), Young Women’s League ($25), NC Mounted Troop ($25), Outback Teen Center ($25), Get About Van ($61.27).
Walter Stewart’s will hold its annual Holiday T-Bill drive in December.

Anniversary Donation Days

Walter Stewart’s is holding a special Anniversary “T-Bill” Donation Days fundraiser to support local charities this week. Stewart’s shoppers are invited to donate their “T-Bill” balances at any checkout from Thursday, Oct. 25 through Wednesday, Oct. 31st, coinciding with our 105th Anniversary celebration. During this week T-Bill shoppers will also earn double T-Bill rewards on all purchases!

With their Stewart’s courtesy card number, customers may donate their “T-bill” balances to the local non-profit of their choice. A list of the participating non-profits will be posted at each customer check-out. Shoppers who would like to participate in the Donation Days program may obtain a courtesy card from our customer service staff.