10/31/2025
Starting November 1st, SNAP benefits will pause due to the government shutdown, leaving families in our community facing real uncertainty about how they’ll put food on the table. Access to food should be a right not a privilege. It is about dignity, equity, and common humanity. 🫂
With community as one of our core values at Small Victories Wellness Services, we are committed to sharing information and resources and doing our part to support the communities we serve when systems fail them. 🗣️
Below are local food resources for those who need them and ways to help for those who are able to give. 👥
🔗 Online Resources
- Visit 211ct.org and search “I need food” to find nearby food pantries and meal sites.
- Find free meals in Northeastern CT through communitykitchensnect.org.
- Try the Too Good To Go app to get discounted meals from restaurants.
- Use the Flashfood app for grocery discounts on fresh items.The TikTok provides recipes with ingredients bought at the dollar store.
🥗 CT Restaurants Providing Free Meals
- Birria Mia (Meriden): Kids eat free starting 11/1 until SNAP benefits resume. Takeout only. Mention “SNAP kids meal.”
- Cheeks Chicken & Waffles (Manchester): Kids eat free starting 11/1 until SNAP benefits resume. Takeout only. Mention “SNAP kids meal.”
- TJ's Burritos (Bloomfield): Kids eat free starting 11/1 until SNAP benefits resume. Takeout only. Mention “SNAP kids meal.”
- KC’s Pub (Guilford): Donating one family meal per household to Guilford residents who are federal employees or on SNAP. Sign up at kcsputct.com under “KC Cares.”
- Cottage Gardens (Colchester): Providing free meals with no questions asked.
- The Victorian & The Village Bakery (Plainfield): Providing free meals with no questions asked.
- Puffins Restaurant (Groton): Providing free meals with no questions asked.
🤝🏻 How You Can Help
- Join us in setting up a monthly donation online to Middletown’s Amazing Grace Food Pantry (or your own local food bank). Monetary donations help food banks maximize their impact to the community.
- Participate in our Small Victories Wellness Food Drive using the information on the attached flyer (or a local food drive in your area).
- Purchase a kids meal at 50% discount to pass along to a family in need at Birria Mia (Meriden) and Cheeks Chicken & Waffles (Manchester) or donate through “KC Cares” to support KC’s Pub (Guilford) in providing free meals.
- Volunteer or donate to Community Kitchens of Northeastern CT.
