Food Banks around Danbury need volunteers

According to the Connecticut Food Bank, early half a million Connecticut residents struggle with hunger. What is especially troubling is that more than 127,000 children are food insecure.

There are food banks around Danbury that can use help, such as:

PlaceStreet AddressCityState
Hillside Food Outreach39 Old Ridgebury Road Suite 16Danbury, CT 06810
Brotherhood in Action of Bethel, Inc.137 Greenwood AvenueBethel, CT 06801
Bethel Community Food Pantry at St.Thomas Church95 Greenwood AvenueBethel, CT 06801
Community Action Agency of Western CT10 Dr. Aaron B. Samuels Blvd.Danbury, CT 06810
Danbury Salvation Army15 Foster StreetDanbury, CT 06810
Daily Bread at St James Church25 West StreetDanbury, CT 06810
Dorothy Day11 Spring StreetDanbury, CT 06810
Interfaith Aids Ministry of Greater Danbury39 Rose StreetDanbury, CT 06810
Friends of Brookfield Pantry100 Pocono RoadBrookfield, CT 06804


According to a study named Map The Meal Gap Connecticut’s overall child food insecurity rate is 15.6 percent, representing 117,380 children statewide. Food insecurity is defined by the USDA as the lack of consistent access to adequate amounts of food for an active, healthy life.

Other ways to volunteer with the Connecticut Food Bank can be found here http://www.ctfoodbank.org/ways-to-give/volunteer/

For more information about Mapping the Meal Gap, please find the study here.

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Submitted by Danbury, CT

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