Local Events
Mobile Food Pantry
Foodshare’s Mobile Food Pantry will be at a number of locations throughout the state this week. For more information on locations, ctfoodshare.org
Litchfield Community Center
The Litchfield Community Center will host a presentation on healthy aging this Tuesday at 10:30 am, a meeting of volunteers from Quilts that Care this Wednesday at 12:30 pm , a bereavement circle peer support group this Friday at 10 am and a screening of the 2025 film Frankenstein on Monday April 20 at 1 pm. For more information, thecommunitycenter.org
Oliver Wolcott Library
Litchfield’s Oliver Wolcott Library will hold a poetry discussion presentation entitled A Spirit of Independence this Saturday at 11:00 am. For more information, owlibrary.org
Blood Drives
Barkhamsted
Wednesday April 15 from 12 to 5 pm at Praise Christian Fellowship Church, 52 New Hartford Road.
Litchfield
Friday April 17 from 12 to 5pm at Friendship Baptist Church, 441 Torrington Road
Local Shelters & Pantries
Friendly Hands Food Bank
Friendly Hands Food Bank, located at 50 King Street, Torrington, is a food pantry serving residents of Northwest Connecticut. Pantry hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 9 am to 3 pm; Wednesday: 10 am to 3 pm; Friday: 9 am to 12 pm; closed Saturday and Sunday. More information at (860) 482-3338.
Foodshare’s Mobile Food Pantry
Foodshare’s Mobile Food Pantry will be at a number of locations throughout the state this week. More information at ctfoodshare.org
Torrington Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, Torrington Corps Community Center provides a food pantry for residents of Goshen and Torrington. Proof of income and expenses is required. Pantry hours are Tuesday and Thursday 10 am-2 pm. For more information, call 860-482-3569.
Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwest Connecticut (FISH)
The Mission of FISH is to provide the most basic of human needs…food, shelter and hope. They operate a 35-bed emergency shelter in Torrington that accepts single adults and families with children. Five beds are dedicated to veterans. The FISH Shelter Program provides supportive services and case management to residents with the goal of finding permanent supportive housing. Anybody seeking shelter in Connecticut should call 211 for placement.
The FISH Food Pantry provides supplemental food to our neighbors in need. Open hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 3pm and Friday from 10am to 2pm or by appointment by calling 860-482-7300. The address is 332 South Main Street, Torrington. The Food Pantry entrance is at their Brooker Street parking lot.
Both food and monetary donations are accepted and needed. For more information, visit fishnwct.org
Community Kitchen of Torrington
The kitchen provides hot and nutritious meals in safe, clean and supportive environment at Trinity Episcopal Church, 220 Prospect Street Entrance is on Maiden Lane.
Hours
Breakfast
Monday – Friday
8:00am – 9:00am
Lunch
Monday – Saturday
11:30am – 12:30pm
Sunday
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Dinner
Tuesday, Friday & Sunday
5:30pm – 6:30pm
New Hartford’s Little Food Pantry
New Hartford’s Little Free Food Pantry is open 24/7 at St. John’s Episcopal Church on the Pine Meadow Green. More information at 860 379-3062.
YMCA
The Winsted YMCA operates an emergency shelter for men, women and children experiencing homelessness in and around the Litchfield County Area. For more information call 2-1-1.
Town of Burlington
The Town of Burlington’s food pantry for town residents is open every other Tuesday from 9:30 am to 11:00 am and by emergency appointment by calling (860) 550-5415.
Town of Thomaston
The Town of Thomaston’s community pantry serves town residents with identification and is open every third Wednesday from 5 pm to 5 pm and the following Saturday from 9 am to 10 am. More information at 860 880-2426.