Small towns and hunger

Rural eastern Connecticut is dotted with small towns that often have classic, white clapboard Congregational Churches at their center.  Very picturesque.

But if you go to one of these churches on the right day, you might find the Mobile Foodshare truck there with over 100 people in line for food!


The Mobile Foodshare site at
First Congregational Church in Coventry



Today, I visited the Mobile Foodshare sites at Andover Congregational Church, where they served 111 households and First Congregational Church in Coventry, where they served 129 households.  Each household received yogurt, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, green onions, and grapefruit.  At both sites, I saw a mix of senior citizens and young families. 

The Mobile Foodshare truck was going on from Coventry to the Willington Senior Center and the Somers Congregational Church before returning to Foodshare for the day, but I had to head back after the Coventry distribution for other commitments in my calendar.

The Mobile Foodshare truck parked behind
the Andover Congregational Church