STATISTICS

For a service organization created and sustained by neighbors helping neighbors, a significant statistic is how many families sought, and received, help from Care & Share as the years went by.  

As shown in the 1989 to 2012 span of years -- the first          quarter century featured in this website Book 1 --          the numbers below bracket those 25 years. 

1988 - Thanksgiving - 8 baskets to families. 

The beginning of Care & Share of East Lyme 

2003 - 44 clients; 36 deliveries fed 91 persons . . .

32 received financial assistance . . .

485 people called for assistance. 

2008 - 148 clients; 257 deliveries fed 638 persons . . .

57 received financial assistance . . .

1,332 people called for assistance. 

2013 - 191 clients; 590 deliveries fed 1,671 persons . 

70 received financial assistance . . .

1,706 people called for assistance.