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October 2025
NBC CT: Connecticut is ‘in better shape’ for government shutdown, Lamont says (10/1/2025)

WFSB: CT Foodshare: More people may need support during government shutdown (10/1/2025)

CTNewsJunkie: Lamont Slams Congress on Government Shutdown, But Says CT Better Positioned Than Most Other States (10/1/2025)

Hartford Courant: Thousands of CT residents will suffer in federal government shutdown, governor says. Here’s why. (10/1/2025)

CTNewsJunkie: No Matter How You Slice It, CT Pizza Trail Serves Up Tourism, Tradition and Business (10/2/2025)

CT Insider: Federal government shutdown likely to affect CT nonprofits, disrupt services for 500K people (10/2/2025)
September 2025
NBC CT: Connecticut Foodshare gets major boost in funding from the state (9/2/2025)

WTNH: State funding heading to Connecticut food pantries (9/2/2025)

CTNewsJunkie: CT Foodshare Getting Millions More from State to Help Fight Hunger (9/2/2025)

WICC: Hunger in CT (9/2/2025)

NBC New York: NBC New York, Telemundo 47, and Stop & Shop’s ‘Feeding Our Families’ returns with major multi-state food drive (9/2/2025)

CT Public: CT Foodshare receives new influx of state funding as federal uncertainty looms (9/2/2025)

News 12: “No one goes hungry”: Lamont supports CT Foodshare with new funding (9/2/2025)

FOX61: Connecticut invests $9 million to combat food insecurity (9/2/2025)

WSHU: CT spends more on food pantries in the wake of cuts to federal food assistance (9/3/2025)

FOX61: Annual 9/11 Day meal packing event feeds 145,000 people in CT, millions nationwide (9/11/2025)

News 12: Dasy of service in Bridgeport to mark 24th anniversary of Sept 11 attacks (9/11/2025)

AARP CT: Coffee & Tea Tackling Food Insecurity (9/11/2025)

WFSB: Businesses donate $100K to CT Foodshare (9/16/2025)

Investors Hangout: PMI U.S. Donates to Fight HUnger, Supporting Community Needs (9/16/2025)

FOX61: Connecticut Foodshare receives $100K to provide 200,000 meals for food insecure residents (9/17/2025)

Hartford Business Journal: Salute restaurant reopens in downtown Hartford after major two-month renovation (9/17/2025)

New Haven Register: Salute Hartford holds grand re-opening after its two-month shutdown for ‘major’ remodel (9/17/2025)

NBC New York: Feeding Our Families rakes in 110 tons of non-perishable goods in 2025 campaign (9/18/2025)

New Haven Register: Manchester Road Race is again offering a virtual option of its 4.737-mile course (9/19/2025)

CT Bar Association: CBA Volunteers Participate in Community Service Day (9/23/2025)

CBIA: PMI Donates $100K to Connecticut Foodshare (9/24/2025)

WTNH: ‘Burger Bash’ draws crowds to Blue Back Square in West Hartford (9/26/2025)

Connecticut Post: What happens to WIC in Connecticut if there’s a federal government shutdown (9/29/2025)

New Canaan Advertiser: ‘CTPizzaMan’ celebrates 3,000 consecutive days of eating pizza, announces charity campaign (9/29/2025)

Hartford Courant: A CT pastor has fed thousands at holidays. Why she fears the meals won’t be possible this year (9/29/2025)

CTNewsJunkie: CT Foodshare Says Its Ready to Fill Research Gap Left By USDA (9/30/2025)
August 2025
FOX61: Feeding the hungry in all 169 towns, 365 days a year (8/1/2025)

FOX61: When securing food for CT residents, ‘volunteers really are the backbone of this operation’ (8/1/2025)

CT Post: Ducks, Ferraris and the Whalers: How specialty license plates work in Connecticut (8/2/2025)

WFSB: Food insecurity in CT (8/4/2025)

CT Insider: Gov. Lamont tours Torrington food bank’s new larger facility under construction (8/5/2025)

CT Public: Deluged by need, Torrington food bank gets big state investment (8/6/2025)

Patch.com: Regional Food Drive to Benefit Pantries in 15 Area Towns (8/12/2025)

Pizza Today: Connecticut Offers Pizza License Plate (8/13/2025)

Hartford Courant: 1,000 miles, 169 towns: This CT runner plans to run through them all and here’s why (8/13/2025)

FOX61: Registration for Manchester Road Race Opens September 1st (8/14/2025)

WTNH: Manchester Road Race registration opens in September (8/14/2025)

Larson Visits Connecticut Foodshare Mobile Pantry in East Hartford, Urges Federal Action to Support Food Banks (8/18/2025)

UConn: Connecticut Foodshare Volunteer Event Highlights Long Partnership (8/18/2025)

Patch.com: Registration for 2025 Manchester Road Race Set to Open with New Charitable Focus (8/20/2025)

CT Insider: 89th Manchester Road Race around the corner with date for online registration announced (8/27/2025)

New Haven Register: 89th Manchester Road Race around the corner with date for online registration announced (8/27/2025)

Growcer: How Connecticut Foodshare’s Innovative Farming is Tackling Food Insecurity (8/28/2025)

FOX61: Manchester Road Race to tackle food insecurity this Thanksgiving (8/29/2025)

FOX61: East Hartford opens its own food pantry after significant rise in demand for help (8/29/2025)
July 2025
Westfair Business Journal: Norwalk Wegmans donates thousands to CT Foodshare before opening (7/1/2025)

CT Mirror: CT food pantries, bracing for federal cuts, secure $9 million in state budget (7/11/2025)

CT Public: CT food pantries, bracing for federal cuts, secure $9 million in state budget (7/11/2025)

Hartford Courant: There’s a time in CT when $9 million just might not fill a need. Here is one of them. (7/12/2025)

WFSB: Cuts from Washington could leave some Connecticut families hungry (7/18/2025)

WTNH: Organizations discuss how to prepare for federal cuts impacting access to food (7/18/2025)

CT News Junkie: Connecticut serves 1.75 million free summer meals as federal cuts hit school nutrition (7/18/2025)

UConn Today: Partnering with Communities to Improve Health (7/18/2025)

Westfair Business Journal: Wegmans opens first Connecticut store (7/23/2025)

NBC CT: Connecticut pizza state license plate now available (7/28/2025)

CT Post: New CT Pizza State license plate benefitting CT Foodshare now available (7/28/2025)

Hartford Business Journal: New state license plate honors ‘pizza capital’ (7/28/2025)

The Day: New Pizza State license plate benefitting CT Foodshare now available (7/28/2025)

WFSB: Connecticut pizza license plate is now available for purchase (7/28/2025)

News 12: CT’s tasty new license plates are finally out – with an added bonus (7/28/2025)

CT Public: CT rolls out ‘The Pizza State’ vanity license plate (7/28/2025)

FOX61: Connecticut is ‘The Pizza State,’ according to new license plate (7/28/2025)

WTNH: New ‘Pizza State’ license plates available to Connecticut drivers (7/28/2025)

WSHU: CT’s new pizza vanity license plate to benefit food bank (7/28/2025)

CT News Junkie: New CT Pizza Plates allow motorists to show state pride, help reduce hunger (7/28/2025)

Hartford Courant: CT’s new pizza license plate gives visibility – not cash – to anti-hunger charity (7/30/2025)

Wheeler Clinic: Foodshare Fridays deliver dignity and hope in New Britain (7/30/2025)

We-ha.com: New CT Pizza Plates allow motorists to show state pride, draws attention to issue of hunger (7/30/2025)

The Chronicle: Food insecurity on the rise: Connecticut Foodshare helping to feed children (7/30/2025)
June 2025
The Day: Lamont, others in Connecticut decry coming federal cuts to SNAP: ‘A serious threat’ (6/28/2025)

Pizza Marketplace: Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana celebrates 100th anniversary (6/27/2025)

CT Public: CT Foodshare fears new challenges feeding families, amid new federal funding threats (6/27/2025)

WTNH: News 8 collects donations for Connecticut Foodshare (6/20/2025)

Wegmans: Wegmans Norwalk creates connections in Connecticut (6/19/2025)

Associated Press: BJ’s Wholesale Club gives $1.25 million to help reduce hunger (6/19/2025)

WFSB: Connecticut Foodshare inside the Birdies for Charity booth (6/18/2025)

Middletown Press Opinion: A plea to our senators to safeguard SNAP (6/14/2025)

WTNH: News 8 collecting donations for Connecticut Foodshare (6/11/2025)

NJ Biz: ShopRite donates record $1.8 million tied to LPGA classic (6/11/2025)

FOX 61: The Hartford Taste street festival spurs local flavor and community impact (6/6/2025)

Hartford Business Journal: Hartford Taste kicks off today in city’s downtown (6/6/2025)

Providence Business News: Washington Trust gears up to celebrate 225th anniversary this summer (6/5/2025)

FOX61: CT General Assembly passes budget, heading for Gov. Lamont’s desk to be signed (6/4/2025)

NBC CT: Local businesses prepare as Hartford Taste returns for its fourth year (6/4/2025)

Hartford Courant: It’s a chance to taste food from 35 CT restaurants. And to see how top chefs do it (6/3/2025)
May 2025
The Greenville Advocate: Washington Trust Marks 225 Years of Community Banking (5/29/2025)

Patch: Be the Seed, connection made the difference (6/5/2025)

FOX61: CT nonprofits worried after US HOuse passes President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ (5/22/2025)

Hartford Courant: CT seniors forced to choose between high rents and costly groceries (5/22/2025)

CT Post: Bridgeport food pantry braces for hard times (5/22/2025)

CT Public: Federal cuts to SNAP benefits loom (5/21/2025)

NBC CT: Hartford Taste is back for a fourth year (5/21/2025)

CT Bites: Hartford Taste returns (5/21/2025)

CT Insider: Inaugural Taste of SoNo to help CT’s fight against food insecurity (5/20/2025)

The Hour: Norwalk’s Taste of SoNo to help CT’s fight against food insecurity (5/20/2025)

News 12: CT food banks issue dire warning about federal SNAP cuts (5/20/2025)

CT Insider Opinion: Connecticut’s food insecurity is getting worse and cannot be ignored (5/19/2025)

Candid: What food security nonprofits need now (5/19/2025)

Greenwich Time: Food insecurity in Connecticut up 40% since COVID (5/17/2025)

Patch: CT Foodshare mobile pantry offers free groceries (5/15/2025)

WTNH: Federal funding cuts hit as food insecurity rises in CT (5/14/2025)

WTIC 1080: Need for food assistance surges (5/14/2025)

CTNewsJunkie: Food insecurity in CT getting worse (5/14/2025)

WFSB: Food insecurity up in CT (5/14/2025)

Hartford Courant: CT U.S. Representative wants to send poor families money to feed their kids (5/14/2025)

Stamford Advocate: Food banks in CT say the cupboards are going bare due to federal cuts (5/12/2025)

NBC CT: CT Foodshare grapples with les food amid federal funding cuts (5/13/2025)

CT Mirror: Jahana Hayes proposes bill to expand food program for youths (5/13/2025)

Stories Worth Telling: Feeding the hungry and serving the community (5/12/2025)

WTNH: Lawmakers play kickball to benefit CT Foodshare (5/12/2025)

Nancy on Norwalk: Connecticut Foodshare to host inaugural Taste of SoNo (5/8/2025)

New Britain Herald: Newington chamber to celebrate local leaders (5/7/2025)

New Haven Independent: Snapshots of a city “hungry for change” (5/2/2025)
April 2025
Monroe Sun on Connecticut food insecurity increases (4/30/2025)

CT Post on impact of federal cuts (4/30/2025)

CT Insider on Waterbury and Naugatuck food pantries (4/30/2025)

CTNewsJunkie on impact of federal cuts (4/29/2025)

CT Bites on Inaugural Taste of SoNo event (4/28/2025)

WFSB’s Great Day @ 9a on the Walk Against Hunger (4/28/2025)

WTNH on the Walk Against Hunger (4/26/2025)

Progressive Grocer on The Fresh Market expanding (4/24/2025)

CT Mirror on New Haven food pantries partnering (4/24/2025)

CityBiz on The Fresh Market’s donation to Connecticut Foodshare (4/23/2025)

WFSB’s Great Day Connecticut on the Walk Against Hunger (4/22/2025)

News 12 on high demand for mobile food pantry services (4/21/2025)

NBC CT LIVE! on the Walk Against Hunger (4/21/2025)

CBS Evening News on food insecurity driven by inflation (4/21/2025)

CT Insider Opinion on the fallout of canceling funding for food pantries (4/11/2025)

NBC CT on local organization coming together to feed New Haven families (4/10/2025)

Yale Daily News on CT launches new pizza themed license plate (4/10/2025)

Food Bank News on federal funding cuts (4/9/2025)

Patch News on Canton supermarket employees put on cereal box for charity work (4/8/2025)

Norwich Bulletin on federal cuts (4/7/2025)

WICC 95.9FM on food insecurity in CT (4/5/2025)

CT Public on federal spending cuts on food aid (4/2/2025)

WFSB on Connecticut Foodshare recognized as one of the best non-profits to work for in the country (4/2/2025)

Yale Daily News on cuts to federal food assistance (4/2/2025)

WFSB on Connecticut Foodshare’s Walk Against Hunger (4/2/2025)

New Haven Independent on soup kitchen, IRIS and neighbors teaming up (4/1/2025)
March 2025
FOX61 on funding challenges (3/31/2025)

WICC on food insecurity in Connecticut (3/31/2025)

CT Mirror on federal funding cuts (3/28/2025)

Boston Globe on food bank federal government cuts (3/27/2025)

Greenwich Free Press on funding cuts (3/27/2025)

NBC CT on more federal funding cuts (3/25/2025)

FOX61 on additional cuts (3/25/2025)

WFSB on another round of funding cuts (3/24/2025)

New Haven Arts Council on funding cuts (3/24/2025)

Hartford Courant Opinion piece on funding cuts (3/22/2025)

NJ.com on pizza license plate (3/20/2025)

WeHa.com on funding cuts (3/19/2025)

CT News Junkie on Federal Funding Cuts (3/18/2025)

Hartford Courant on Trump food aid cuts (3/18/2025)

WTNH on CT senators blast DOGE’s cut of local food purchase assistance (3/17/2025)

CT Mirror on food banks lose federal money to buy from local farms (3/17/2025)

NBC CT on senior meals face funding crisis (3/17/2025)

Waterbury Times on bipartisan proposal (3/17/2025)

Hartford Courant on new CT license plates selling fast (3/17/2025)

News 9 on federal funding changes (3/17/2025)

WSHU on CT senators speak out against federal cuts to food programs (3/17/2025)

WFSB on Lawmakers address impact of federal cuts (3/17/2025)

CT Public on CT losing millions for local food purchasing (3/14/2025)

NBC CT on pizza themed license plates (3/14/2025)

WTNH on CT Foodshare asking for $10 million (3/14/2025)

CT Insider on LFPA Funding Cuts (3/14/2025)

Hartford Courant Pizza license plates benefitting CT Foodshare (3/14/2025)

NBC CT on Wegmans Opening in July (3/13/2025)

News 12 on Wegmans Opening in July (3/13/2025)

NBC CT on LFPA Funding Cuts (3/11/2025)

New Haven Independent on LFPA Funding Cuts (3/11/2025)

WFSB on LFPA Funding Cuts (3/11/2025)

FOX61 “The Real Story” on National Nutrition Month (3/9/2025)
February 2025
News 12 on Earth Animal Check Presentation (2/27/2025)

New Haven Independent on SNAP Funding (2/27/2025)

CT Public on CT-NAP Funding (2/7/2025)
January 2025
Hartford Courant CT Needs 10M to Support Statewide Food Banks, More People Than Ever Need Help(1/30/25)

Hartford Business Journal Lawmakers Call For More than 10x Boost to Food Bank Funding in CT(1/30/25)

CT Mirror Food Bank Funding Bill (1/29/25)

WTNH Legislators Looking To Address Food Insecurity in Connecticut (1/29/25)

Capitol News Briefing with Rep. Kavros DeGraw and Sen. Berthel on the Feeding Connecticut Caucus (1/29/25)
2024
CNN "They have jobs but still need help to feed their families" (05/04/2024)

Connecticut Foodshare featured on CNN

By CNN • May 4, 2024

The Need Has Never Been Greater

We invite you to take a behind the scenes tour of Connecticut Foodshare’s 85,000 SF headquarters in Wallingford, CT!

SCHEDULE A TOUR

2 Research Parkway

Wallingford, CT 06492

P: 203-469-5000

Connecticut Foodshare is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. EIN: 06-1063025

Go To Feeding America Website →

Connecticut Foodshare is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. EIN: 06-1063025

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