Foodshare, one of the state’s largest food banks, will return to Rentschler Field in East Hartford this month to continue its drive-thru emergency food distribution as food insecurity remains high across the region during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program, which first started early in the pandemic as more and more people faced uncertainty amid a rapid economic downturn, will pick up on work the organization has done outside the stadium through the spring, summer and fall. To date, more than 225,000 people have been helped with roughly 6 million meals through the expansive distribution site.
“We successfully served hundreds of thousands of people with the Rentschler Field distribution during the spring, summer and fall, but winter weather in New England is always an incredible challenge,” Jason Jakubowski, president and CEO of Foodshare said, in a written statement.