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After operating for more than 18 months, Foodshare is ending its drive-thru emergency food distribution sites at the end of October.

Foodshare is ending its drive-thru emergency food distribution sites at the end of October, more than 18 months after they began. The sites began in April of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and will end on October 30, Foodshare said. The locations that are closing include: Bridgeport: 1316 Barnum Avenue Bristol: 95 Vincent P. Kelly Road Danbury: Danbury High School…

CT Foodshare said the disparities in families facing food insecurity increased as the pandemic went on in 2020.

The Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare announced Wednesday that they will continue their emergency food distribution efforts through September to help those who are experiencing food insecurity.

Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare is announcing their plan to hold emergency drive-thru services for families with food insecurity in the state. A spokesperson for Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare said they’ll continue to serve people struggling with hunger throughout the summer months. The food bank will announce their summer drive-thru distribution schedule, which will run out of eight sites throughout Connecticut, on...

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Foodshare and the Connecticut Food Bank distributed food for the last time on Thursday at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. It started as a one-week emergency distribution a year ago on April 20, 2020 and ended up continuing for an entire year. It was an integral part of helping Connecticut families during the COVID-19 pandemic. An average of 2,000 cars…

The Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare has announced they are continuing most of their emergency drive-thru food distributions into the month of May. “The USDA has announced that May will be the final month for the Farmers to Families food box program,” said Jason Jakubowski, President and CEO of Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare. According to Jakubowski, the boxes were designed...

Foodshare and the Connecticut Food Bank added an extra day of food distribution in East Hartford Saturday.

Foodshare and the Connecticut Food Bank added an extra day of food distribution in East Hartford Saturday. The distribution event was held from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rentschler Field. “We wanted to be able to pilot a Saturday distribution since we had an influx of volunteers and we were able to order some extra food,” said Jason Jakubowski,…

Foodshare continues to distribute food regularly at Rentschler Field, nearly a year after it first started the drive.

Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare will continue to operate its emergency drive-thru distributions into April amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Foodshare started a drive-thru food distribution at Rentschler Field in East Hartford last year to help people who needed some assistance as they started to feel the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic after businesses closed their doors. Since the pandemic started...

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The emergency food distribution center at Rentschler Field began operations April 20 of last year. Now, nearly a year later, it continues to play a large role in the fight against food insecurity. Streaming through the Rentschler field parking lot, lines at this food distribution have sometime been long. But worth waiting in, for those in need. “I’d come here,…

A year into the pandemic, many families in Connecticut and across the nation are still facing a food insecurity crisis.

A retired teacher is now using her time to volunteer at Foodshare’s distribution center in East Hartford to help those in need during the pandemic.