Turkey Donation

Giving thanks and lending a helping hand is the spirit of the season and with Thanksgiving right around the corner, that’s exactly what the Meriden police cadets wanted to do.

Giving thanks and lending a helping hand is the spirit of the season and with Thanksgiving right around the corner, that’s exactly what the Meriden police cadets wanted to do. It’s a program for young people who are aspiring to be part of the force. With the help of law enforcement from Meriden and Cheshire, they assisted in the...

During the last 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Connecticut Foodshare has seen an increase in food insecure families in Connecticut. This year, Connecticut Foodshare has a big goal of collecting 55,000 turkeys to distribute to local families in need for Thanksgiving. Miller Farms in Avon has already committed to donating 2,900 turkeys through its Thankful Turkey program. It’s a…

Tuesday marked the start of a new way of collecting donations and turkeys for Foodshare’s annual “Turkey Tuesday.” Since March, the organization has worked to give out food items for families who’ve fallen on hard times. In the past, Foodshare collected turkeys and monetary donations in person on Turkey Tuesday. However, out of an abundance of caution, the group...

FoodShare has launched the annual Turkey and 30 campaign to help put food on the table for Connecticut families. It looks a bit different this year due to the pandemic.

Foodshare has distributed food to people in 200,000 cars at Rentschler Field in East Hartford since the COVID pandemic started in March.

Foodshare has distributed food to people in 200,000 cars at Rentschler Field in East Hartford since the COVID pandemic started in March. Foodshare plans to continue that distribution through November and over the last two weeks organizers started seeing more families face food insecurity. They would typically get 1,800 cars a day and now they’re serving about 2,200. “We’re seeing…