Local Events
Mobile Food Pantry
Foodshare’s Mobile Food Pantry will be at a number of locations throughout the state this week including: this Tuesday at Waterbury’s Afro Caribbean Center at Duggan School at 9:15 am, at Burlington Social Services at 11 am, at Winsted’s NW Community College at 12:30pm, at Granby’s South Congregational Church at 1pm; this Friday at Bristol’s First Congregational Church at 8:30am; and Monday, December 15 at the Bristol Housing Authority Gaylord/JFK location at 9:15am.cations, ctfoodshare.org
LItchfield Community Center
The Litchfield Community Center will hold an art lecture this Wednesday at 3 pm and a piano concert featuring Hank Milligan this Thursday at 330 pm. For more information, thecommunitycenter.org
Five Points Arts Center
Torrington’s Five Points Arts Center will hold a class on floor loom weaving for scarves this Thursday at 9 am and a workshop on traditional letterpress printing and woodcarving this Saturday at 10 am. For more information, fivepointsarts.org
WInsted YMCA
The Freezin’ for a Reason event to support the Winsted Y Homeless Shelter will be held this Friday at 6 pm at Winsted Green. more information at nwcty.org
Scoville Library
Saiisbury’s Scoville Library will hold a poetry workshop this Friday at 2 pm. More information at scovilelibrary.org
Harwinton Library
The Harwinton Library will hold a meeting of their craft group this Friday at 3 pm. More information at harwintonlibrary.org
Blood Drives
Torrington
Thursday December 4 from 1 to 6 pm at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 837 Charles St.,
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.