Local Events
Mobile Food Pantry
Foodshare’s Mobile Food Pantry will be at a number of locations throughout the state this week, including at Burlington Social Services this Tuesday at 11 am. For more information on these and other locations, ctfoodshare.org.
Five Points Gallery
Torrington’s Five Points Arts will hold a stained-glass mosaic flowerpot workshop this Tuesday at 6 pm and workshops on bookbinding sewing and hand weaving this Saturday at 10 am.For more information, fivepointsarts.org
Thomaston Public Library
The Thomaston Public Library will hold a gardening session on small fruits this Saturday at 10:30am. More information at thomastonlibrary.org
Roaring Brook Nature Center
Canton’s Roaring Brook Nature Center will celebrate the beginning of astronomical spring this Sunday at 1 pm. More information at roaringbrook.org
Oliver Wolcott Library
Litchfield’s Oliver Wolcott Library will hold an art opening reception this Thursday at 5 pm and a presentation on author Flannery O’Connor this Friday at 10:30 am. More information at owlibrary.org
Morris Public Library
The Morris Public Library will host a presentation on reincarnation this Wednesday at 6:30 pm. For more information, morrispubliclibrary.net
Blood Drives
Barkhamsted
Wednesday March 19 from 12 to 5 pm at Praise Christian Fellowship Church, 52 New Hartford Road, Barkhamsted
Burlington
Saturday March 22 from 8 am to 1 pm at Burlington Town Hall, 200 Spielman Highway
Local Shelters & Pantries
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.