Historic merger: Connecticut Food Bank, Foodshare will combine organizations
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Randy Thurlow of the Connecticut Food Bank unloads a pallet of pasta in the parking lot of the Kingdom Life Christian Church Cathedral in Milford for a mobile food distribution on January 15, 2021. The Kingdom Life Christian Church Cathedral and Cornerstone Christian Center partnered with the Connecticut Food Bank for the effort.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Volunteers hand out food as the Connecticut Food Bank holds a distribution event Wednesday, January 12, 2020, at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, Conn. A Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare announced the launch of three new food distributions in New London, Norwich and Norwalk replicating Foodshare’s emergency drive-thru food distribution at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Food banks team up to open large distribution center in Norwalk
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 13, 2021, 1:27pm EST
Two major Connecticut food banks teamed up to open a distribution center in Norwalk Wednesday.
Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare paired up Wednesday to launch a food distribution site at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk.
Connecticut Food Bank Board member Wes Higgins estimates, there has been a 40% increase of those in need of food in Connecticut, which could be as many as 800,000 people out of the 3.6 million in the state.
Together, the two organizations distribute close to 4 million pounds of food a per month through the agencies they work with.
(WFSB) In an effort to continue helping struggling families throughout the pandemic, food banks across Connecticut have added new emergency drive-thru distribution sites across the state.
These sites will be similar to the one at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, which was set up by Foodshare over nine months ago. That site will reopen on Jan. 12.
The new distribution sites will be in New London, Norwich, and Norwalk.
Connecticut Food Bank will set up drive-thru food distributions starting Friday, Jan. 8, in New London at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church; Wednesday, Jan. 13, in Norwalk at Calf Pasture Beach; and Monday, Jan. 25, in the parking lot at 28 Stonington Road, across from Pistol Peteâs Bar And Grill, in Norwich.
The sites will be replicating Foodshare s emergency drive-thru food distribution at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. Author: Rick Lessard (FOX61), FOX61 Staff Published: 8:35 PM EST January 7, 2021 Updated: 5:48 AM EST January 12, 2021
CONNECTICUT, USA The Connecticut Food Bank and Foodshare announced on Thursday the launching of three new food distributions.
The new locations are in New London, Norwich, and Norwalk and will replicate Foodshare s emergency drive-thru food distribution like the one at Rentschler Field.
“Hunger doesn’t care where you live,” said Jason Jakubowski, President, and CEO of Foodshare. “And hunger is not contained to any one region here in Connecticut. By launching these additional drive-thrus, COVID-conscious sites we are continuing to bring hope to the many Connecticut families affected by this pandemic.”
The expansive food distribution site at Rentschler Field in East Hartford will be replicated across the state this winter with similar operations in New London, Norwalk and Norwich.