Functioning on community courtesy, borrowed time, and an increasing client base, the mission to take care of clients far outweighed the unknown, and the pantry conditions we Care & Share volunteers sometimes had to endure.
We continued to seek a more permanent home for Care & Share. We reached out for help, and the community answered.
Here are some steps along the path of that journey

At Niantic Awning - The Sail Loft housed the earliest stages of the Care & Share Pantry

For some time, a space in the Lillie B Haynes School was used for food storage

And then downtown in Niantic the Pantry was given space off public parking near the theater at 11 Hope Street

Lastly, the current stop on the journey is the Care & Share Pantry at 12 Roxbury Road
Please reach out to us at if you cannot find an answer to your question.
To let us know you are interested, and to see where we need your help as a volunteer, please click on the website below and use the tabs for GIVING and VOLUNTEERING, or leave your name and number by voice mail at 860-739-8502.
Every Saturday donations are accepted at the Pantry between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. For other arrangements click on the website below and use the tabs for GIVING and then FOOD DONATIONS.
Donations are received at 12 Roxbury Road, Niantic.
Residents of Salem, East Lyme, Flanders, and Niantic may be eligible for food assistance once a month. Contact Care and Share at the link on the button below and search ASSISTANCE or leave a voice mail message by phone at 860-739-8502.
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