Posted by Charity Watcher on Friday, February 27, 2015
Shelters, feeding programs, soup kitchens, and the like rely on
donations from private individuals, corporations, and charitable organizations
for their day to day supplies. One such charitable organization that helps in
the solicitation, storage, transportation, and distribution of food to these
facilities and outreach projects is the Connecticut Food Bank.
The Connecticut Food Bank was founded in 1982 by a volunteer at a New
Haven community soup kitchen named Mark Patton. The CFB set up a warehouse and
from there, distributed food to 70 agencies throughout the state. After two years, the organization became
affiliated with a nationwide food bank network which was then called America’s
Second Harvest (Feeding America). Today, The Connecticut Food Bank supplies
food to over 700 soup kitchens, shelters, and other similar food assistance
programs in six out of the state’s eight counties. Their Mobile Pantry truck also travels across
the state to bring food to low-income families in areas which food assistance
programs fail to reach.