Coronavirus Bethel: Food Pantry Needs Donations

BETHEL, CT — The Bethel Community Food Pantry will be holding another donation drive on May 16.

Currently, Bethel has 417 people in 191 households registered to utilize the food pantry. As with many other food pantries in southwestern Connecticut, the Bethel charity is being hammered by an unprecedented demand for their services at a time when their supply chain has become imperiled. Brotherhood in Action has a summer food delivery approaching, while the Community Food Pantry continues to distribute food twice monthly.

The items in the highest demand include pasta, cereal, sauce, child-friendly snacks, coffee, soup, tuna, mac-and-cheese, small bags of rice, shelf stable juices and small containers of laundry detergent.

Volunteers from Brotherhood in Action will be accepting the donations May 16 from 9 a.m. to noon at 137 Greenwood Avenue in Bethel, next to The Methodist Church, in the rear lot. Drivers may access the food drive from Greenwood Avenue and exit from the back lot, onto School Street.

Anyone unable to participate may mail donations to: Brotherhood in Action at PO Box 582, Bethel, CT 06801, or Bethel Community Food Pantry at 211 Greenwood Avenue 2-2 PMB #175, Bethel, CT 06801.