Six Months After Maria, Hurricane Relief Center in Hartford, Connecticut Closes
Aura Alvarado helped run the relief center in Hartford. She says there’s still a need for services for hurricane evacuees. Photo by Ryan Caron King for Connecticut Public Radio
Hartford’s hurricane relief center was where evacuees from Puerto Rico could come to get help: help finding housing, jobs, winter clothing — whatever supplies or services they needed to restart their lives in Connecticut.
The center closed last week, and to celebrate its work, the staff there held a dinner with traditional Puerto Rican music and food. A live band played, and volunteers served a warm meal of baked chicken, and rice with peas.