Week of Action - Power Our Pantries 2026
Week of Action 2026:
April 13-20th
Power our pantries
DID YOU KNOW: Our local food pantries serve at least 200 households a day!
With the rising cost of food and basic needs, the need continues to substantially escalate in our community every week. Our food pantries desperately need our communities help to meet the growing demand!
Our United Way of Meriden and Wallingford will be launching “Week of Action” this April to respond to this growing need with a 1 week in-person drive to collect nonperishable food items for local food pantries:
- Master’s Manna in Wallingford
- GLOW Food Pantry in Wallingford
- New Opportunities of Greater Meriden in Meriden
UNITED WAY'S GOAL IS TO COLLECT ATLEAST
500 ITEMS...
How to help:
Local companies, groups and individuals are encouraged to spring
into action
during our “Week of Action” initiative by donating nonperishable food items to United Way’s office to help the families the local pantries serve.
Can you donate:
- Cereal
- Peanut Butter & Jelly
- Pasta
- Jarred/Canned Sauce
- Canned Vegetables
- Canned Soup
- Rice
2 Drop-off Locations:
📍United Way of Meriden and Wallingford office:
Monday-Friday between 9am-4pm.
35 Pleasant Street, Suite 1E
Meriden, CT 06450
📍Wallingford Public Library:
200 N Main St, Wallingford, CT 06492
Click
here for the Library's Business Hours
