CBS Anchor Scott Pelley Speaks At Benefit For Stamford Soup Kitchen

DARIEN, Conn. -- CBS News anchor Scott Pelley of Darien spoke on the topic of hunger and poverty in his role as keynote speaker at the New Covenant House of Hospitality Celebrity Breakfast benefit held at Woodway Country Club.

Scott Pelley of Darien, anchor of the "CBS Evening News," was the guest speaker at a breakfast to benefit the New Covenant House of Hospitality in Stamford.
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by The Daily Voice

04/25/2013 4:00 a.m.

In his speech, Pelley called childhood poverty a “ticking time bomb in our lives, and now is the time to do something about it.”

The breakfast event held Tuesday was to benefit the the Stamford-based soup kitchen, sponsored by Catholic Charities. It served 675,000 meals last year through its soup kitchen, food pantry and after-school programs and is open 365 days a year. It is located at 90 Fairfield Ave. in Stamford. For more information, call 203-964-8228 or visit www.nchstamford.org.

Read more about Pelley's speech at the website of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport.

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