Our Impact

The food shelf has had the opportunity to help thousands of Colchester residents over the years. Below you will find statistics dating back to 2011. The first table includes the total number of individuals served, and the second table includes the total number of households served.

Total People Served

	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
January	422	345	212	172	269	182	237	253	293	257	250	330	275
February	377	320	244	165	220	172	200	228	245	210	206	265	210
March	413	380	260	237	238	186	202	246	277	263	208	254	221
April	341	317	272	128	231	169	169	220	232	249	291	261	196
May	462	349	252	186	285	197	215	230	296	231	287	270	282
June	436	391	330	137	159	171	228	202	252	247	277	235	241
July	467	353	308	205	166	208	201	218	301	215	295	260	284	250
August	491	429	367	150	158	214	257	301	277	235	310	275	290	220
September	564	411	354	221	252	189	225	221	219	256	217	309	295	230
October		420	266	256	228	226	234	283	218	354	312	292	236	180*
November		511	421	205	251	257	211	296	284	316	280	359	330	287**
December		438	297	300	290	211	196	221	259	295	249	261	270	274
Total	3973	4,664	3,583	2,362	2,747	2,381	2,575	2,919	3,153	3,128	3,182	3,371	3,130	1,441

*The food shelf was only open for two weeks during Oct. 2011
**The food shelf opened at the Main Street location

Households Served

	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
January	153	132	79	66	104	72	95	96	110	97	108	104	91
February	139	118	80	67	83	81	82	86	93	79	80	92	71
March	155	146	93	81	96	72	76	92	106	96	84	90	78
April	129	133	95	62	87	70	61	80	88	98	102	93	70
May	165	142	98	65	65	79	81	85	97	86	108	87	96
June	152	147	120	49	66	71	89	79	93	92	100	86	83
July	168	139	110	77	71	83	78	83	99	78	109	95	93	84
August	169	156	128	62	65	86	100	104	93	85	118	95	101	72
September	192	151	119	89	94	75	83	82	82	90	87	111	100	78
October		165	105	98	91	87	89	104	85	124	112	104	87	60*
November		184	138	76	98	96	75	106	103	113	104	125	111	99**
December		163	117	102	103	85	73	86	99	99	86	89	90	91
Total	1422	1,776	1,282	894	1,023	957	982	1,083	1,148	1,137	1,198	1,171	1,071	484

*The food shelf was only open for two weeks during Oct. 2011
**The food shelf opened at the Main Street location

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Total People Served

Households Served

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