Neighbors for Neighbors, Oxford, CT

08/18/2025

It's been a year since the floods in our town. We saw so many incredible acts of kindness, generosity and love that we've been reflecting on today, and we wanted to share.

We started a little page to help the locals find their way around the blocked roads and share resources that were popping up around town.
We were quickly inundated with donation offers and requests for help. We worked for six days straight as we quickly organized, built a massive spreadsheet, volunteer lists, answered aid requests, and threw together a website to try and keep up. We kept a massive list of volunteers asking to help and sharing their resources. We connected donors with oranizations who could accept their gifts. This group started out as a family project, but quickly became a massive machine of volunteers and community members.

We sorted trucks, volunteer cleanup crews, offers of assistance, water and food donations; we helped people find showers and places to stay. We mucked out basements, hauled away debris, and rebuilt homes, businesses and yards. We consoled each other, set up support groups, and offered whatever we could to help ease the suffering of our community. We guided folks through the aftermath and advocated for them at the local, federal, and state levels.
So many good deeds were done quietly and without acknowledgement or reward. We saw you, we appreciate you, and we thank you on behalf of everyone who benefited from your compassion.

We picked this name because so many neighbors came to us asking for help for their neighbors. They asked for help when they knew their friends and family wouldn't ask for it themselves. We did our best to be what neighbors should be for each other in a time of crisis, and this "Neighbors for Neighbors" model went on to help folks in the 2024 Florida hurricanes and the California wildfires.
We sincerely hope that we won't have to experience that much destruction and tragedy again, but we know we will be there for our community if we do.

Thank you for being here with us when we needed each other the most!g

03/14/2025

The Seymour Oxford Food Bank is in need of support.

02/14/2025

“State law provides a property tax credit program for Connecticut owners in residence of real property, who are elderly (65 and over) or totally disabled, and whose annual incomes do not exceed certain limits.

The credit amount is calculated by the local assessor and applied by the tax collector to the applicant's real property tax bill.

The amount of the credit that may be granted is up to $1,250 for married couples and $1,000 for single persons.”

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01/25/2025

Oxford, Naugatuck & Seymour Southbury residents- please consider writing to your state legislators and remind them our communities still need support after the August 2024 flood.

Urge our lawmakers to advocate to use a portion of our state surplus for a grant program for our residents and businesses that are still dealing with the damage and financial impact of the disaster.

Municipalities are waiting for FEMA reimbursements. Homeowners and businesses survived on the kindness of community and loans, with very small portions of aid from FEMA in some cases.

We’ve provided a copy/paste template of a letter in the comments below.

Your state senators:
State Senator Eric Berthel: [email protected]
(Oxford, Seymour, Southbury)

State Senators Joan Hartley & Jorge Cabrera: [email protected] [email protected]
(Naugatuck)

131st District State Rep Arnold Jensen: [email protected]
(Oxford, portions of Southbury and Naugatuck)

69th District State Rep Jason Buchsbaum [email protected]
(Majority of Southbury)

70th District State Rep Seth Bronko: [email protected]
(Majority of Naugatuck)

105th District State Rep: Nicole Klarides-Ditria [email protected]
(Seymour)

01/01/2025

Thank you to everyone out there who helped their neighbors through a rough year!

11/12/2024

Here come the holidays! If you’re able to help by sponsoring a family’s holiday meals, the food bank could sure use your support with over 400 area neighbor families requesting baskets this year.

🌽 If you or someone you know in Oxford or Seymour could use a meal boost this holiday season, please share this with them:

🥧 There’s still time to sign up for a Thanksgiving basket from the Seymour Oxford Food Bank, Little Free Pantry on Skokorat, and several of the other incredible area organizations. There is no income limit or verification required, just answer a few questions and come on out and pick it up on the distribution dates.

(See image captions for links.)

11/04/2024

The TEAM Toys 4 Kids application is OFFICIALLY OPEN! If you are in need this holiday season, please complete this application and we would be happy to help you make a magical holiday for your little ones with some special toys. If you know anyone in need - please spread the word! Visit our website at https://teaminc.org/toys4kids/ and click the red Apply Now button. 🎁

Please email any and all questions to [email protected]

10/27/2024

Oxford firefighters have been out helping to battle the brush fire in the Naugatuck State Forest this weekend. Thank you all!
PLEASE listen to the no burn advisories and help our first responders keep everyone safe.

Oxford Fire Chief Scott Pelletier estimated at around 10 a.m. that the fire was about 8 acres.

10/16/2024

Rte. 34 is open!

10/11/2024

You can help our neighbor rebuild her business by purchasing one of these great shirts! 🐓

Please support Cathy’s House of Chickens by supporting our t shirt fundraiser! I have extra shirts available now Medium, Large and X-Large. I also have 2 XL hoodies available. T shirts are twenty and hoodies are thirty five. I can also ship if you cannot pick up

10/10/2024

10/10/2024

Do you know people in Florida you’d like to help in the aftermath of the hurricanes? We just built a resource page for a friend to share with her community in Bradenton, Florida/Manatee County.

We’re all neighbors. 💙

Website link: https://nforn.org/bradenton-fl-resources/