"Leave the world a better place for your having lived in it." When I was growing up, that's what my mother told me nearly every day. Today, I'm inviting you to join me in doing just that. With tens of thousands of Connecticut residents out of work and local food banks reporting increases in need as high as 20 percent over the past few months, the need for Connecticut residents to band together and help each other is greater than ever. Our responsibility to make sure that the most basic needs of those who desperately need our help is at once more difficult, and yet increasingly more important. So this week, Team Dan Malloy for Connecticut has formed a partnership with the Connecticut Food Bank and Connecticut Food share to create "Cans for Connecticut", a virtual food drive that will help feed the hungry in all 8 counties in our state - with the goal of raising $5,000 in food by June 1st. By simply clicking on the link you can quickly and easily make your contribution today. In doing so, you'll be helping to put a healthy meal on the plates of people across our state - people who are struggling to pay their mortgages, keep their health care and pay their bills. Even the smallest amount can make a difference - just one dollar provides three meals and the five dollars you might use to buy lunch today can be used instead to buy 17 meals to feed the needy. If each of us makes a small contribution, together we'll deliver a big result. Please, take a moment and contribute today.