Local businesses/organizations sponsor many special events throughout the year to help Connecticut Food Bank distribute food to eligible programs in our service area. For more information on how you can host a fundraising event or food drive, contact Events & Promotions Coordinator Jennifer Thomas at 203-469-5000, ext. 302, or email.
To see a complete list of our upcoming events, click here for our events calendar.
Learn about Connecticut Food Bank’s Annual Events
Thanksgiving for All
Individuals, families, civic groups, schools, religious organizations and companies come forward in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving to help make Connecticut Food Bank’s “Thanksgiving for All” campaign a success. This year, we collected 25,052 turkeys and more than 392,000 pounds of trimmings. With everyone’s help, we were able to provide more than 600,000 meals for people in need of food assistance during the holiday season.
Each year, the kindness demonstrated throughout our Thanksgiving campaign is not only awe-inspiring, but also a testament to what we can do when we work together as a community. As the economy continues to push more of our neighbors over the brink of financial security, we have to do more. Hunger is a year-round issue that doesn’t end on Thanksgiving weekend. You can help Connecticut families year round by making a donation at www.ctfoodbank.org/donate.
We can’t justify people living with hunger. We must do all we can to change this. And as we earned this past Thanksgiving, we have the ability and fortitude to feed thousands of individuals who were in danger of going without a holiday meal. Let’s carry that resolve throughout the year.
Walk Against Hunger
Connecticut Food Bank hosts three walk events each spring to raise funds for anti-hunger efforts in Connecticut. The success of this fundraising and awareness-raising event is evidence of the commitment our communities have for their neighbors in need.
In 2011, the Walks Against Hunger in Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury raised more than $240,000 to help alleviate hunger in our communities. The funds enable Connecticut Food Bank to distribute enough food for more than 696,000 meals. Thank you to everyone who participated. You can see photos from all three events by clicking here (link to photos).
Sponsors of Connecticut Food Bank’s Walk Against Hunger include Presenting Sponsor Webster Bank; Platinum Sponsors 99.1 WPLR; Star 99.9; and Whole Foods; and Silver Sponsor Chabaso Bread.
Learn about Connecticut Food Bank’s Annual Events
Hunger Action Month – 30 Days, 30 Ways
Connecticut Food Bank, in conjunction with Feeding America, marks national Hunger Action Month each September when we, along with our partners in the fight against hunger, mobilize everyone everywhere to get involved in ending hunger in America
Nationwide, one in six Americans struggles with hunger. We can do better as a community and we must do better. That’s why Connecticut Food Bank and our national network of food banks are asking everyone to take action in September.
- ADVOCATE for those who struggle to keep food on the table by educating yourself and your friends and family about the problem of hunger in your community.
- ORGANIZE a virtual food drive to benefit Connecticut Food Bank or a food/fund drive to benefit your local food pantry, soup kitchen or shelter.
- VOLUNTEER at Connecticut Food Bank or your local food pantry, soup kitchen or shelter.
- EXPERIENCE the SNAP (Food Stamp) Challenge and see firsthand what it’s like to live on $4 a day for food.
- SKIP your daily latte or coffee for a week and donate your savings to Connecticut Food Bank.
Check out our “30 Ways in 30 Days” Hunger Action Month calendar below for suggestions. Click here to download a PDF copy of the calendar you can display or share with friends and family.
Also, check out our daily Facebook and Twitter updates at www.facebook.com/ctfoodbank and www.twitter.com/ctfoodbank
Stamp Out Hunger
Stamp Out Hunger! is the nation’s largest single-day food drive. Each year, Connecticut Food Bank joins the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) on the second Saturday in May to Stamp Out Hunger. The Stamp Out Hunger food drive represents 1,500 local branches of the postal union. Letter carriers across the country are collecting non-perishable food donations that day along their postal routes.
The event helps replenish food banks and pantries in more than 10,000 communities. Last year the Stamp Out Hunger food drive collected a record 77.1 million pounds of food donations, pushing the 18-year total to more than one billion pounds of food.