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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. 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,…

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...

Foodshare’s drive-thru distribution at Rentschler Field in East Hartford was set up nearly a year ago to be a two week emergency food distribution. Nearly a year later, thousands of cars still line up every Tuesday and Thursday as Connecticut families wrestle with food insecurity Retired Newington teacher, Terri Buganski, has been at the site volunteering since the very...

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 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.

Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare will continue their emergency drive-thru food distributions into March because of the impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having. Connecticut Food Bank/Foodshare said that food insecurity in Connecticut was estimated to increase 28 percent in 2020 because of the pandemic, with 545,000 people, one in seven people, including 164,000 children (1 in 4 children), across…

All of Foodshare’s food distribution sites are closed today due to the storm that could result in parts of the state seeing over a foot of snow. NBC Connecticut meteorologists are forecasting 10 to 16 inches of snow for most of Connecticut. Mixing along coastal areas of eastern Connecticut will result in snowfall totals of 6 to 10 inches. There…

In the midst of the pandemic and economic downturn, so many families in the state are relying on help to put food on the table. Now after months of talks two major food banks have announced they’re going to merge. “Today was a really historic day,” said Jason Jakubowski, president & CEO of Foodshare. Foodshare announced it’s merging with...

The two organizations are the largest nonprofit anti-hunger groups in the state.

Foodshare will continue to distribute food to families in need at Rentschler Field in East Hartford throughout the winter. The food distribution at Rentschler Field begins again today, officials said. Every Tuesday through the winter, food will be given out from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. An end date has not yet been determined. One allocation of food will be…

Foodshare has restarted emergency food distribution at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. The have added domes with heaters inside for the winter months.

Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare, which are in serious merger talks, are already collaborating. The two organizations will be starting three new emergency food distribution centers. They’ll be located in New London, Norwich and Norwalk and will all be modeled after a very successful site in East Hartford. Day after day, month after month, people have been finding relief...

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Foodshare will continue to distribute food to families in need at Rentschler Field in East Hartford throughout the winter. The food distribution at Rentschler Field will begin again on Tuesday, January 12, officials said. Every Tuesday through the winter, food will be given out from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. An end date has not yet been determined. One allocation…

Foodshare announced Monday that it will continue distributing food to those in need this year during the pandemic.

Al Roker, a weather forecaster on The Today Show, visited Foodshare’s food drive at Rentschler Field in East Hartford on Tuesday to highlight food insecurity. It was part of The Today Show’s Season of Giving series. Foodshare has been keeping their drive-thru food pantry at Rentschler Field up and running since the pandemic started. They hand out about meals...