EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Foodshare has announced that food distribution at Rentschler Field will continue for two days a week throughout November.
Since April, Foodshare has served over 200,000 households and provided over five million meals at the drive-thru location in East Hartford.
“Heading into the winter months we will continue our operation at Rentschler Field two days per week. We are grateful for all of the community support, which will allow us to stay open at Rentschler Field through November so we can continue to address the high demand for food assistance we are seeing in our community,” said Jason Jakubowski, President and CEO of Foodshare.
Foodshare is encouraging people to reach out to their network of over 200 partner pantries and meal programs in Greater Hartford. Those partner programs have food and resources available to help community members who are struggling with food insecurity, officials said in a release. To find a pantry and other resources near you please call 2-1-1.
Here's the new schedule starting in November:
Food distribution on Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm;
CLOSED on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and on Thanksgiving Day; 11/26
Address: 615 Silver Lane, East Hartford, CT 06118 – Silver Lane entrance; gates will close at Noon
There is one allocation of food per car to ensure that we have enough food for everyone.
Officials say this emergency distribution at Rentschler Field is in addition to Foodshare’s ongoing efforts to provide food to a network of over 260 pantries, community kitchens, and Mobile Foodshare sites throughout the region.
Foodshare said community members can access help through the following:
Mobile Foodshare an outdoor pantry-on-wheels, to find a site near you please text “FOODSHARE” to 85511 or go to www.foodshare.org/mobile.
To find a food pantry and other resources near you, call 2-1-1 or go to https://www.211ct.org/.
If you are interested in volunteering or would like to donate to help Foodshare continue to serve Connecticut, visit www.foodshare.org