ENFIELD, CT – A non-profit organization created 3 years ago through a 9-year-old boy has expanded its project with the installation of a small pantry in seven communities in northern Connecticut, and the first site of its kind was opened in Enfield.

Tiernan Cabot, now 12, founded Hartford Bags of Love in 2017 to help other homeless people in their efforts to locate paintings. The organization’s project reads: “One of the biggest barriers to achieving a task in the homeless is not having the fundamental desire to look presentable for an interview. Our purpose is to provide “love bags” filled with fundamental pieces such as toiletries and paintings with our net paintings to spread love throughout Connecticut and around the world.

On the organization’s website, Cabot wrote, “Our ‘love bags’ come with pieces like a toothbrush, toothpaste, soaps, socks and deodorant.

The effort to help those who wish has expanded to reach several places for ‘Little Free Pantries’. Cabot wrote: “Because of the pandemic, many more people are suffering from a lack of confidence in food and we want to make our component to help those who want it. “

The first Free Little Pantry in Enfield opened on Sunday at 244 Post Office Road, at Tiffany and Chuck Ilioff’s house. Also included.

A sign to the furniture encourages visitors to “leave what they can, take what they need. “

On Facebook, Tiffany Ilioff wrote, “We are very proud to be part of this motion directed through Hartford Bags of Love to combat a lack of food confidence in our community. “

Other free Little Pantries spaces have been opened or planned in South Windsor, Manchester, East Windsor, Vernon, Ellington and West Hartford.

Photo: Tim Jensen / Patch

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This story is a component of Patch’s new partnership with Feeding America, which has partnered with Feeding America to help raise awareness on behalf of the millions of Americans facing hunger. more than 54 million Americans will not have enough nutritious food to eat due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. This is Patch’s social asset project; Feeding America receives one hundred percent of donations. Find out how you can donate to your network or place a pantry near you.

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