Monroe Food Pantry

Donations

• Bring food directly to the Monroe Food Pantry at 980 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe.  You may want to call ahead to make sure someone is there, or drop non-perishable food in the green donation box in the front.
• You can find a list of items the pantry needs here.
• Hold a Food Drive at  your office, church, club meeting, scout meeting, or family party. 
• Notice when the Postal Workers hold their food drives (usually a Saturday in May and September).  Put non-perishable foods in plastic bags by your mailbox for the Postal Workers to pick up. 
• Purchase extra food at the Big Y and drop it in the box located at the service desk.
• Look for food collection boxes at area businesses and churches. 
• Purchase gift cards at the Big Y, Stop & Shop or other area grocery stores and donate them to the Food Pantry.  We give these out to people who are having an extremely difficult time or to families during the holidays.
• Send monetary donations to:  Monroe Food Pantry, Dept. of Social Services, 7 Fan Hill Road, Monroe, CT 06468.  We use these donations to purchase fresh foods, meats, eggs, paper products, and extras like coffee and tea, flour, sugar or laundry detergent.