THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012

FOOD DRIVES

HAMDEN: The Academy of Kempo Martial Arts is offering students a free, semi-private lesson and offering two weeks of free lessons to nonstudents (limited to one giveaway per person and cannot be combined) for any five or more nonperishable items they donate for Saint Ann's Soup Kitchen and Keefe Center's Food Pantry. The Academy , 1890 Dixwell Ave., is accepting donations through the end of the holiday season. For information, call 203-288-9990 or visit www.academyofkempo.com.