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January is the Annual “Souper Bowl” Soup Collection

January is National Soup Month and it’s time for our Annual 2025 “Soup”er Bowl of Caring.” During January and the first two weeks of February leading up to the televised championship football game, the JFS Food Pantry & Food Assistance Program will be collecting all things “Soup.”

You can join our team to help in our battle to fight hunger in our local community. Here’s what you can hand off to us during this special non-perishable soup collection:

Meat based soup (beef, chicken all varieties)
Kid’s soup (chicken & stars, chicken & rice, alphabet)
Cream soup (cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, potato, clam chowder, cream of broccoli, split pea)
Dry soup mixes
Broths (chicken, beef, turkey, vegetable) cans or cartons
Low sodium or healthy soups
Single serve microwavable soup
Kosher soup mixes
Organic soups

Donations can be dropped off at the JFS Food Pantry, 1440 Whalley Avenue, New Haven beginning January 8th on Wednesday and Thursdays between 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. If you will be dropping off a large quantity of items, or need a different day and time, please contact us so we can schedule your donation drop off. If you have any questions, please contact the Pantry at (203) 397-0796 or Sandy Hagan at shagan@jfsnh.org.

September is National Hunger Action Month – Help Stock the Pantry

Posted on by Sandy Hagen

September is National Hunger Action Month and Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven, Inc. is participating by collecting non-perishable food to help stock its pantry shelves. Hunger Action Month is your opportunity to be a part of this national movement by donating non-perishable items to help feed the many local families in need of food assistance.Some of the items most requested include:


Cereal

Boxed pasta

Hamburger Helper;

Rice mixes (Rice-a-Roni, microwave rice pouches);

Grains (couscous, quinoa);

Canned vegetables all varieties (beets, mushrooms, potatoes – sliced, whole or diced, corn, French style green beans, peas, lima beans);

Canned Tomatoes (whole peeled; crushed, puree, tomato paste, diced)

Tea and Coffee (especially Decaf);

Soups of all types; and baking mixes.

Newly purchased Non-perishable food donations can be dropped off at the JFS Food Pantry (1440 Whalley Avenue) on Wednesdays or Thursdays between 8:30 – 12:00 PM. For an alternate drop off day and time, please contact Sandy Hagan at (203) 397-0796.