Food Banks around New Fairfield need volunteers

According to the Connecticut Food Bank, nearly 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 near New Fairfield that could use help including:

PlaceStreet AddressCityState
Hillside Food Outreach 39 Old Ridgebury Road Suite 16 Danbury, CT 06810
Community Action Agency of Western CT 10 Dr. Aaron B. Samuels Blvd. Danbury, CT 06810
Danbury Salvation Army 15 Foster Street Danbury, CT 06810
Daily Bread at St James Church 25 West Street Danbury, CT 06810
Dorothy Day 11 Spring Street Danbury, CT 06810
Interfaith Aids Ministry of Greater Danbury 39 Rose Street Danbury, CT 06810
Friends of Brookfield Pantry 100 Pocono Road Brookfield, 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 New Fairfield, CT

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