Foodshare Continuing Stadium Pandemic Distribution Program

EAST HARTFORD, CT — Foodshare officials said Friday the organization's food distribution program at Rentschler Field will continue through the end of November.

Food will be distributed on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 am to noon.

The program will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

State officials have allowed Foodshare to use Rentschler Field, the football home of the University of Connecticut, as a staging area shortly after coronavirus pandemic restrictions were imposed in the spring.

Featured food items included potatoes, breads, vegetables and a variety of dairy products. The pickups are contactless. Volunteers load the food in the backs of vehicles in one continuous moving line.

The stadium is located at 615 Silver Lane, East Hartford. The Silver Lane entrance is being used as the staging area and the gates close at noon.

Close to 150,000 have been served since the pandemic broke out. One allocation of food is allowed per car.

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