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Every gift you make nourishes real people right here in Connecticut.

When you donate to Connecticut Foodshare, you help neighbors put healthy food on the table, keep shelves stocked across our network, and build a community where no one has to choose between groceries and rent.

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By The Numbers

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13.8M

Pounds of food rescued THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEER-LED RETAIL RESCUE PROGRAM

44M

Meals provided to our communities

500

PARTNERSHIPS WITH PANTRIES &
FOOD KITCHENS

100K

POUNDS OF FOOD DELIVERED TO AGENCIES EVERYDAY

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Community Voices

Dad to a six-year-old, Bryan heard about the Connecticut Foodshare’s mobile food pantries from a friend and now has been visiting regularly for a year. Bryan says the free groceries help him not worry about eating because “we will always have something.” He prefers the meat and fresh produce, and has recently made some homemade chicken soup with foods he has received. “It means a lot, I am really grateful for it.”

“I have been on a fixed income for a very long time as a disabled adult. I have used [Connecticut] Foodshare trucks and pantries for over 12 years. I need to eat fresh fruits and vegetables as a person with diabetes and they are out of my reach financially without assistance from pantries and food banks. We are able to get plenty of healthy produce and pay our gas, electric and rent with the money we save from receiving food assistance. My husband is mainly plant based, and vegetables can get very expensive without assistance.”

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“I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me. I came upon some financial hard times and I really, really struggled making a choice of buying food or paying bills. I'm 100% plant-based...I'm so grateful for the vegetables and the soy milk and all the other plant-based products that you do include on your [Connecticut Foodshare mobile pantry] truck. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you.”

“I'm retired on a very fixed income and this really helps my budget. We get vegetables, fruit. Produce is the main thing. When you come here [to the Connecticut Foodshare mobile food pantries], you get to realize there are other folks in the same circumstances and that it's nothing to be ashamed of. Don't be ashamed to come out. Don't be too proud. Come out and get what you need.”

“I’m actually going blind – now, I’m applying for disability. I was going hungry… During the pandemic, I used to get food from [Connecticut] Foodshare…and I was like, ‘I wonder if that’s still going on.’ This is cookable food...it’s balanced and it’s fresh food, and with me being older and being diabetic, I really have to eat healthy. I’m very thankful that you’re here.”

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