Local Events
Mobile Food Pantry
Foodshare’s Mobile Food Pantry will be at several locations throughout the state this week including: this Tuesday at 9:15 am at Waterbury’s Duggan School, at 11 am at Burlington Social Services, at 12:30 pm at Winsted’s Northwest Comm College, at 1 pm at Granby’s South Congregational Church; this Thursday at 12:30 pm at Waterbury’s Our Lady of Fatima; this Friday at 8:45 am at Bristol’s First Congregational Church; and on Monday, September 21 at 9:00 am at Bristol’s Cambridge Park and at 9:15 am at the Bristol Housing Authority Gaylord / JFK. For more information on locations, ctfoodshare.org
Wisdom House
Litchfield’s Wisdom House will hold a field sketching and nature journaling retreat on Monday September 21. For more information, wisdomhouse.org
Oliver Wolcott Library
Litchfield’s Oliver Wolcott Library will hold a trivia night this Tuesday at 6:30pm. For more information, owlibrary.org
Five Points Art Gallery
Torrington’s Five Points Arts will hold a number of events this week including a Zentangle Method pattern workshop this Tuesday at 2 pm, a sketch class this Thursday at 10 am followed by a phone filming class at 5:30 pm, a meeting of a monotype, relief, and lithography printmaking course this Friday at 10 am, a beginners’ pastels course this Saturday and Sunday beginning at 10 am and a one-color screen printing class this Sunday at 10 am. More information at fivepointsarts.org
Torrington Library
Torrington Library will host a book presentation with Torrington-born author Jack Sheedy this Wednesday at 6 pm and a program on working with nature this Thursday at 6:30pm.For more information, torringtonlibrary.org
Litchfield Community Center
Litchfield Community Center in Litchfield will hold a number of events this week including a September Family Dinner this Wednesday at 5 pm, an adult day trip to Sharon Playhouse to see Come From Away this Friday at 8:30 am, an author talk with Sy Montgomery this Sunday at 3 pm, and a showing of the film Shane on Monday September 21 at 1 pm.More information at thecommunitycenter.org
Beardsley Library
Winsted’s Beardsley Library will hold an Oktoberfest History & Beer Tasting Program this Thursday at 6pm and a presentation on Connecticut in the American Revolution this Saturday at 10:30 am. For more information, beardsleylibrary.org
Norbrook Farm Brewery
Norbrook Farm Brewery in Colebrook will hold a car show to benefit the Cancer Care Fund of Litchfield Hills this Sunday at 12 noon. More information at norbrookfarm.com
Blood Drives
Barkhamsted
Wednesday, September 16 from 12 to 5pm at Praise Christian Fellowship Church, 52 New Hartford Road
Colebrook
Friday September 18 from 12 to 5 pm at VFW Post 296 Winsted, 114 Colebrook River Road
Harwinton
Saturday September 19 from 8 am to 1 pm at Harwinton Town Hall, 100 Bentley Drive
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.