Care & Share of East Lyme

11/06/2025

Hello everyone, it’s time for our weekly request for items to support our neighbors. Although we had a great success with last weekend collection, the need continues to rise. Together we can help those in our community who are facing challenges. Your contribution makes a real difference. This week we need frozen turkeys 10 to 14lbs, Laundry detergent, dish soap, bars of soap, toothpaste, juice boxes,fruit cups, can bake beans 16oz Minute, box of minute white rice 15oz, family size cookies & pretzels.
We are open this Saturday from 11 to 1 at 12 Roxbury road in Niantic. We appreciate you all for your help supporting our community.

11/02/2025

It’s Turkey Time! Carrie Share’s new boyfriend, Ted, is out hunting turkeys for us. As we don’t think Ted will be successful in even getting one bird, we turn to you for help. Saturday, November 8th from 11 to 2 pm at 12 Roxbury road, we will be collecting frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving baskets. We are looking for medium sized turkeys, around 10 to 12 pounds, to be donated. If you can’t make it to our pantry, please consider donating using our QR code.

Thank you for your ongoing support. And watch out for Ted if you see him around town, he can be grouchy at times.

11/01/2025

Our hearts were breaking with joy today as we watched you, our friends, our relatives and our coworkers, all heard our request for help to feed the people less fortunate that you!

It’s important that you all know that our community donated over TWO TONS OF FOOD TODAY. Thats right, 4180 POUNDS OF FOOD. The pantry is bursting at the seems. You made a huge difference in people’s lives today, a day that was full of fear and insecurity as to how they were going to feed their families tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that. Care and Share had a large increase in the number of people requesting help this last two weeks.

Care and Share also wants to give a big thank you to our volunteers, who worked very hard today sorting and processing that amount of food. Needless to say, we have never taken in two tons of food in one day. There will be a lot of Tylenol and Advil administered tonight 😉
As full as the pantry is now, we know that by the end of next week, many shelves will be bare. The need continues, it is constantly there for us to battle. But we also know that YOU are there with us, fighting the good fight. We humbly thank you, our friends, who make this effort all possible.

10/30/2025

10/29/2025

Speaking of donations, we must recognize all the folks at Smith Acres in Niantic. These wonderful people have been donating bushel after bushel after bushel of fresh corn to our pantry this month and last! These donations greatly help us when our clients are in search of fresh vegetables. Great people doing great things fighting hunger in our community

10/29/2025

A huge Thank You to the Yankee Farmer in East
Lyme, who donated over 4 bushels of apples to Care and Share, with a promise of more to follow. Karen and Abby, you are amazing. Apples will last a long time, and are healthy food for our community. Thanks for answering our call for help.

10/29/2025

We want to thank everyone in our community who are reaching out to Care and Share asking what they can do to help feed our community. Below is a listing of food items that we supply to families in need. This list can be found at https://www.careandshareofel.org/food-donations.html.

If you would like to donate food to the pantry, please see the below list of items that we always need.
Again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. It is truly heartwarming when we see our community rally around us to help fight hunger in this time of need.

10/28/2025

Please help feed our neighbors.

10/26/2025

Today, Care and Share celebrated some of our most outstanding donors and supporters.
We publicly recognize our 2025 Community Heroes 👏👏👏 :

The East Lyme Fire Department,
The Salem Lions Club,
Kevin and Lisa McGowan,
Nancy Post,
Anthony Cascio and
Jim Harris.
These people have gone above and beyond the call of duty in our fight to end hunger. Their work and tireless efforts to raise funds, support our organization, and donate food for the community, should be recognized and celebrated by all. We humbly bow to our Heroes, and wish them much success in the future.
You have indeed, made a difference, in other, less fortunate people’s lives.
Thank You

10/23/2025

Good morning neighbors, we still need some items for our Thanksgiving baskets to give out to our clients. If you can please help us out by donating jarred gravy , box stuffing, hot chocolate, cake mix and frosting, instant oat meal, canned corn, and Dinty Moore Beef Stew. .
We will be at the pantry this Saturday from 11 to 1 pm at 12 Roxbury Road in Niantic. You can also visit Stop & Shop in Niantic this Saturday and donate these items to the Niantic Rotary Club as they are collecting non perishable food from 10:am to 2:pm for us!

10/21/2025

If you haven’t noticed, the morning temperatures have been in the low to mid 30’s. Our selection of winter coats are back, however, we need your help. Last year we gave away more than 400 warm winter coats that you donated to Care and Share. There is always a tremendous demand in our community for warm coats. Can you please help us make a difference for people who are less fortunate than you?
We are accepting warm winter coats that are either new or like new (gently used), along with socks for kids, every Saturday, from 11 to 1 pm, at 12 Roxbury Road, in Niantic. Thank you for your generous donations.