The Knights of Columbus, Council 6, Cromwell, annual Tootsie Roll Drive held at the Cromwell Stop & Shop in October raised nearly $5,000 for local organizations that help people with intellectual disabilities.
In all, $900 was awarded to the Connecticut Special Olympics, and the remaining $4,000 was donated to: Camp Sunrise, the Challenger Little League Baseball League, the Manes and Motion program overseen by Cromwell Parks and Recreation and MARC Community Resources of Middletown.
Camp Sunrise is a summer recreational program for special needs children ages 3-21 with physical, intellectual, developmental, and/or other health impairments serving the towns of Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Newington and Cromwell.
