Donation of hundreds of gifts to “elf” 75 children at Hall Neighborhood House  in Bridgeport for the holidays.

Donation of hundreds of gifts to “elf” 75 children at Hall Neighborhood House  in Bridgeport for the holidays.

Cooking and serving a meal for 125 people in support of nOURish Bridgeport‘s Feel the Warmth program.

Cooking and serving a meal for 125 people in support of nOURish Bridgeport‘s Feel the Warmth program.

Assembly and donation of 300 Cold Care Kits for Bridgeport Rescue Mission, sponsored by Sikorsky Credit Union, 400 Blessings Bags for Bridgeport Hospital Foundation and UCC Bridgeport pantry, and 20 Care Caddies.

Cooking and serving a meal for 125 people at nOURish Bridgeport’s Feel the Warmth Program.

Sorting thousands of donations at Clothes to Kids in Stamford, Connecticut

Assembly and donation of 400 Blessings Bags to Thomas Merton House and East Street Clinic, and 30 Care Caddies to Malta House and Caroline House.

Assembly and donation of 410 Blessings Bags for Center for Family Justice and Family ReEntry, both in Bridgeport, and 20 Care Caddies for the Trumbull Food Pantry.

Donation of 45 sets of beach towels, swim goggles, pairs of flip flops, and chapsticks for the campers of Camp HOPE through the Center for Family Justice‘s summer camp.

Cleaning up of Indian Ledge complex in support of Trumbull Community Women’s Tidy Up Trumbull.

Volunteering at the Food Pantry of nOURish Bridgeport.

Assembly and donation of 460 Blessings Bags to Bridgeport Rescue Mission and the East Street Clinic in Bridgeport, 25 deluxe Blessings Bags to the East Street Clinic, and 40 Care Caddies to Homes for the Brave and Trumbull Food Pantry.

Cooking of 45 freezer meals and baking of dozens of desserts for Operation Hope in Fairfield. Special thanks to Costco who donated funds for the meals.

Assembly and donation of 390 Blessings Bags for nOURish Bridgeport and Center for Family Justice, and 18 Care Caddies for Trumbull Food Pantry.

“Elfing” of 80 children at Hall Neighborhood House in Bridgeport, with over $8,000 in gifts for the holidays.

Assembly and donation of 400 Blessings Bag for Prospect Street House shelter and Ronald McDonald House in New Haven and 20 Care Caddies for the Trumbull Food Pantry.

Collection and donation of 300 Cold Care Kits (hats, gloves, socks, dental supplies) for Bridgeport Rescue Mission.

Deep cleaning of kitchen and dining rooms at Homes for the Brave in Bridgeport. 

Sorting of donations and organizing Donation Center at Open Doors shelter in Norwalk

Collection and donation of 100 school supply kits and 80 new backpacks for the Center for Family Justice and Family ReEntry. Special thanks to Costco in Milford for their donation of backpacks, Westcott for their donation of scissors, and BTX Logistics for their donation of supplies.

Weeding and gardening of two homes for Operation Hope.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 440 Blessings Bags for Prospect Street shelter and Bridgeport Hospital Foundation,  and 32 Care Caddies for Trumbull Food Pantry.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 20 goody bags for EmpoweringHER Mother’s Day retreat for teen girls.

Cooking 30 meals for the families at Ronald McDonald House at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital

Assembly and donation of 25 Blessings Bags, 24 snack bags, and 10 travel bags to Ronald McDonald House at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.

Working in the food pantry of nOURish Bridgeport and assisting hundreds of clients with their weekly food pantry pick ups.

Working in the food pantry of nOURish Bridgeport and assisting hundreds of clients with their weekly food pantry pick ups.

Assembly and donation of 400 Blessings Bags for nOURish Bridgeport and United Congregational Church pantry, and 40 Care Caddies for Homes for the Brave and Trumbull Food Pantry

Sponsorship of 60 children for the holidays, in support of Caroline House and Hall Neighborhood House in Bridgeport.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 30 Welcome Baby Kits (each with 9 new items) for expectant military mothers, in support of Operation Shower. Special thanks to the Trumbull MAMAS for donating many items for these kits.

Assembly and donation of 410 Blessings Bags for Prospect House shelter and Hall Neighborhood House and 30 Care Caddies for Ronald McDonald House in New Haven.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 410 Blessings Bags for St. John Community Center and Thomas Merton House, 30 deluxe Blessings Bags for Center for Family Justice, 40 Care Caddies for Trumbull Food Pantry and Homes for the Brave, and 110 school supply kits for the Center for Family Justice and Family ReEntry.

Spring weeding, gardening, and mulching of Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s  main campus in Bridgeport, CT.

Assembly and donation of 60 Care Caddies for Trumbull Food Pantry and Open Door shelter in Norwalk, and 600 Blessings Bags for nOURish Bridgeport, Thomas Merton House, and Bridgeport Hospital Foundation.

Clean up of Indian Ledge Park complex as part of Trumbull Community Women‘s Tidy Up Trumbull

Packing 150 weekend meals at Sterling House Community Center in Stratford.

Assembly and donation of 40 snack bags for Ronald McDonald House in New Haven

Over twenty families baked over 1200 cookies and assembled gift bags of cookies and encouraging notes for the clients at Operation Hope in Fairfield.

IMPACTrumbull volunteers sponsored 90 children for the holiday through Family ReEntry  in Bridgeport. Over $10,000 in gifts were given to the children throughout the greater Bridgeport area.

IMPACTrumbull volunteers sponsored 90 children for the holiday through Family ReEntry  in Bridgeport. Over $10,000 in gifts were given to the children throughout the greater Bridgeport area.

Over 20 IMPACT members volunteered at nOURish Bridgeport and spent time organizing over 200 Thanksgiving meal kits.

IMPACTrumbull donated food and supplies to make 30 meals for the families of Malta House  in Norwalk. Volunteers helped with Fall Festival activities and helped the mothers prepare meals.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 100 school supply kits and 130 backpacks to Center for Family Justice, Family ReEntry, and Trumbull Social Services; 415 Blessings Bags for Bridgeport Rescue Mission and United Congregational Church’s pantry, and 30 Care Caddies for Homes for the Brave and Trumbull Food Pantry.

Assembly and donation of 300 Blessings Bags to Family ReEntry  and Prospect Street shelter, both located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and 20 Care Caddies for Malta House in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 15 Care Caddies to Open Doors Shelters in Norwalk, in partnership with Fairfield County Mom Blog

Spring clean up, weeding, and mulching of the yard of Caroline House in Bridgeport.

Tidy Up Trumbull  of Indian Ledge Park complex in support of Trumbull Community Women.

Making Gratitude Contagious Program: $21,000 in gift cards from 26 Trumbull restaurants donated to the faculty and staff of all Trumbull Public School System schools and all 4 private schools. The project was sponsored by Residence at Main, Ten Trumbull, Woodside Trumbull, The DiNardo-Aeillo Family Fund, Newtown Savings Banks and The Mustard Seed Foundation.

Collection of 55 Cooking Kits (over 350 items) of non perishable items and $550 in gift cards to Stop & Shop for perishable items donated to Trumbull Food Pantry.

132 sets of homemade cookies (totaling 1,054 cookies!!) donated to Operation Hope in Fairfield, for their weekly food pantry clients.

Forty Valentine’e Day dental hygiene kits for the preschool program children at Caroline House in Bridgeport.

Sorting of donations and organization of food pantry at Person-to-Person in Darien.

Annual book drive for Read to Grow in New Haven: 5,034 children’s books donated.

Donation of 50 Care Caddies to Homes for the Brave, Trumbull Food Pantry and Ronald McDonald House

Sponsor of 55 children for the holidays through Family ReEntry  in Bridgeport.  Donation of over 300 personalized gifts.

Collection and donation of 24 Welcome Baby  boxes to expectant military families at Groton’s submarine base in Groton, CT, in support of Operation Shower, a national nonprofit that supports military families.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 175 Blessings Bags for the United Congregational Church‘s shelter and 25 Care Caddies for the Trumbull Food Pantry.

Assembly and donation of 40 Care Caddies to Operation Hope in Fairfield and New Reach in New Haven for their food pantries.

Donation of 500 bags of chocolates and thank you notes to the Trumbull police, fire, and EMS departments, and Trumbull VFW and Trumbull American Legion veterans.

Donation of 25 spring bags of activities and hygiene supplies to the children of Center for Family Justice.

Donation of 200 Care Caddies of full size hygiene items to the Trumbull Food Pantry, Homes for the Brave, Operation Hope, Ronald McDonald House, and New Reach in New Haven.

Organization of 4 weekly rounds of soliciting donations from the community to purchase gift cards from local restaurants to donate to local Trumbull police, fire, and EMS departments, Trumbull Social Services, and St Vincent’s and Bridgeport Hospitals. In four weeks, we collected $6,000 in donations, and with donated gift cards from some of the restaurants, we donated $6500 in gift card to over a dozen local restaurants to our local heroes.

Creation and donation of 65 fleece blankets for the pediatric patients of Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital in support of Brady’s Smile.

Our mini golf fundraiser raised over $6,000 for our upcoming projects and for the Trumbull Public Library

Holiday “elfing” sponsorship of 65 children for Family ReEntry.

Sorting and organizing of winter wear for Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s Great Thanksgiving Project.

Sorting and organization of donations at Community Closet of LifeBridge in Bridgeport, CT

Set up for Homes for the Brave  Step Up Challenge for veterans at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, CT.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 35 Camp Kits for Camp Hope kids through Center for Family Justice; 230 Blessings Bags for Bridgeport Rescue Mission; 15 Care Caddies for Homes for the Brave.

Set up of Hall Neighborhood House‘s Youth Rally 2019

Spring clean up of Indian Ledge Park in support of Trumbull Community Women’s Tidy Up Trumbull

Weeding and spring clean up of the grounds of Cardinal Shehan Center  in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Our 100th Project!!!! Assembly of 115 fleece blankets for the pediatric patients of local hospitals in support of Brady’s Smile.

Collection and donation of 5635 children’s books to Read to Grow and Bridgeport Hospital Foundation.

Sponsorship of 60 children for the holidays through Family ReEntry. Collection, assembly, and donation of 400 Blessings Bags to Bridgeport Rescue Mission and United Congregational Church shelters and 25 Care Caddies to Trumbull Food Pantry.

Organization of Bridgeport Rescue Mission‘s Donation Center to prep for their Great Thanksgiving Project.

Over 20 volunteers sanded, cleaned, repaired, stained, and painted the front porch of The Caroline House in Bridgeport, Connecticut. We also donated school supplies for the preschool program.

Collection, assembly, and donation of 330 Blessings Bags to Bridgeport Rescue Mission and Bridge House, 30 Care Caddies to Trumbull Food Pantry, and 90 backpacks and school supply kits to The Center for Family Justice.

Weeding, mulching, and planting of a sensory garden at the Trumbull Nature & Arts Center

Spring clean up of Indian Ledge park and fields in support of Trumbull Community Women’s Tidy Up Trumbull.

1,000 Blessings Bags assembled and donated to Bridgeport Rescue Mission, Center for Family Justice, Thomas Merton House, and United Congregational Church shelters. 

67 “Cooking for our Neighbors Kits” and $500 in Stop & Shop gift cards donated to The Trumbull Food Pantry.

Assembly and donation 60 fleece blankets for children in hospitals in support of The Binky Patrol of Southern Connecticut.

Assembly and donation of 310 Blessings Bags to Prospect Street shelter, United Congregational Church’s shelter, and Bridge House; 22 Cinch Caddies to Cardinal Shehan Center; 25 Care Caddies to Trumbull Food Pantry, and 20 Care Caddies to Ronald McDonald House.

Over 4500 books donated to Read to Grow in New Haven, Connecticut which distributes to local children.

Elfing of 60 children for the holidays with over 400 gifts, in support of Family ReEntry.

Donation of 340 Blessings Bags to Bridgeport Rescue Mission and United Congregational Church shelter, and donation of 20 Care Caddies to Homes for the Brave.

Assembly and donation of 250 Blessings Bags for Hidden Treasurers Within, 20 Care Caddies for Trumbull Food Pantry, and 30 Comfort Bags for the patients of the Norma Pfriem Cancer Center in Fairfield.

Fall clean up and stocking off food pantry of Spooner House in Shelton, CT

Assembly of 25 Camp TeePee kits for the children sponsored by The Center for Family Justice, and 25 Care Caddies for the Ronald McDonald House in New Haven and 220 Blessings Bags for the Center for Family Justice and Prospect House, sponsored by Vazzy’s Osteria in Monroe.

Assembly of 800 weekend lunches for Stamford school children in support of Filling in the Blanks.

Assembly of 260 Blessings Bags for Bridgeport Rescue Mission and Bridge House, 35 Care Caddies for Trumbull Food Pantry, and 45 Cooking for our Community Kits and $300, sponsored by Prime 111, in gift card to Stop & Shop for Trumbull Food Pantry.

Spring up of Indian Ledge Park as part of Trumbull Community Women’s Tidy Up Trumbull.

Assembly of 250 Blessings Bags to Bridgeport Rescue Mission and Prospect House, 20 Cinch Caddies to Trumbull Food Pantry, and 20 Care Caddies to a young mother’s shelter in New Haven.

Assembly of pillows for the children undergoing surgeries at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, in support of Kisses from Katie. Donation of 150 pairs of socks to Bridgeport Rescue Mission.

Sponsorship of 55 individuals for the holiday, through Trumbull Social Services and Family ReEntry.

Donation of 230 Blessings Bags to Bridgeport Rescue Mission and the Food Pantry of the United Congregational Church, 12 Care Caddies donated to the Trumbull Food Pantry, and 15 Cinch Caddies donated to Homes for the Brave.

Fall Festival for the families of the Open Door Shelter in Norwalk, with pumpkins, crafts, snacks, and new books for the children.

Over 20 members weeded the gardens of Burroughs Community Center in Bridgeport.

Assembly of 180 Blessings Bags for Operation Hope in Fairfield and Thomas Merton House, 20 Cinch Caddies for Bridge House, 15 Cinch Caddies for Trumbull Food Pantry, and 25 Care Caddies for Homes for the Brave.

Set up for Relay for Life in Trumbull in support of the American Cancer Society.

Assembly of 235 Blessings Bags for Bridgeport Rescue Mission and Prospect House, 25 Care Caddies for Trumbull Food Pantry, and 30 Cinch Caddies for Bridge House.

Clean up of Indian Ledge Park, in support of Trumbull Community Women’s Tidy Up Trumbull

Collection of over 1,000 newborn outfits, donated to The Tiny Miracles Foundation of Darien, CT

Assembly of 100 fleece blankets for Brady’s Smile. Donation of crayons, markers, and coloring books for their Smiles Bags.

Assembly of 2400 school lunches for Stamford School children, in support of Filling in the Blanks.

Assembly of 280 Blessings Bags, donated to Bridgeport Rescue Mission, Prospect House, and Operation Hope; Assembly of 18 Care Caddies, donated to Trumbull Food Pantry.

Sponsorship of 15 Trumbull families for the holiday season with gifts and Care Caddies, through Trumbull Social Services.

Assembly of 155 Blessings Bags, donated to Bridgeport Rescue Mission and Homes for the Brave.

Prepping of 100 stockings, to be filled with small trinkets and donated to Hungry Kidzz.

Assembly of 210 Blessings Bags for United Congregational Church food pantry in Bridgeport, 26 Care Caddies for Bridge House and Trumbull Food Pantry, 34 Sweet Cases for the children of St. Vincent’s Special Needs Services in Trumbull, and 54 backpacks and school supply kits for Family Reentry in Norwalk.

Assembly of 120 Blessings bags for Bridgeport Rescue Mission and 16 Care Caddies for the Trumbull Food Pantry.

Set up for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event in Trumbull.​

Planting of a new sensory garden at the Trumbull Nature & Art Center.

Clean up of Indian Ledge Park, as part of Trumbull Community Women’s Tidy Up Trumbull.

Creation of 90 fleece blankets for Children in the ICU at Bridgeport and Yale New Haven Children’s Hospitals, in support of Brady’s Smile.

Collection of 3700 books from members and the Trumbull community to donate to Read to Grow, a local nonprofit, whose mission is to promote early childhood literacy in Connecticut.

Sponsorship of 11 local families with Christmas presents and 11 Care Caddies of hygiene products donated to Trumbull Social Services.

Volunteering for Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s Great Thanksgiving Project, helping to distribute care packages of food for Thanksgiving.

Assembly of 85 Blessings Bags to Bridgeport Rescue Mission and 15 shower caddies of full size items to Homes for the Brave.

Assembly of 121 Blessings Bags to Bridgeport Rescue Mission, 54 Blessings Bags to Homes for the Brave and 5 shower caddies to Bridgeport Rescue Mission’s Guest House.

Donation of over 1600 wipes and over 1180 diapers to the Diaper Bank of Greater New Haven.

Assembly of 90 Blessings bags to donate to Bridgeport Rescue Mission, and 16 shower caddies of full size hygiene products to the men of Homes for the Brave.

Clean up of Indian Ledge Park, as part of Trumbull Community Women’s Tidy Up Trumbull.

Assembly of 20 Care Caddies, 15 Sweet Dreams bags for the kids (each bag contained stuffed animal, book and lotion), another huge bag of stuffed animals, 30 outfits for young children and 88 Blessings Bags donated to the Domestic Violence Crisis Center in Norwalk.

Creation of 70 fleece blankets for Brady’s Smile. Donation of 200 containers of play dough and 76 boxes of crayons for their Brady’s comfort bags for the children.

Members donated supplies for the creation of 100 Blessings Bags, which were donated to Bridgeport Rescue Mission in Bridgeport.

Collection of over 2300 books, donated to Read to Grow, a local nonprofit, whose mission is to promote early childhood literacy in Connecticut. For more information, check out: www.readtogrow.org

Assembly of 10 Care Caddies and 45 Blessings Bags for the men of Homes for the Brave in Bridgeport.

Execution of our own version of Extreme Make over: House Edition for Homes with Hope in Westport.

Donation of 60 backpacks, and tons of school supplies to the Pupil Service Department of Trumbull Public Schools and the Center for Women and Families in Bridgeport.

Assembly of 10 Blessings Caddies we delivered to the women staying at the new Guest House of Bridgeport Rescue Mission. For more information, check out http://www.bridgeportrescuemission.org

Food drive at Trumbull Stop & Shop. Collection of over 1,000 items and $475, which will be used to buy items in the future, for the Trumbull Food Pantry.

Sewing of 50 capes in support of Emmy’s Heart. Emmy’s Heart volunteers create tutus and crowns for young children undergoing treatment for serious illnesses or disabilities at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.
For more information on Emmy’s Heart, check out http://www.emmysheart.org

Donation of over 30 DVDs to the Child Life Department of Bridgeport Hospital.

“Night of pampering” for female veterans who reside at Homes for the Brave in Bridgeport. We brought goodie bags for each of the residents, cooked and served a home made meal- with a little help from our friends at Fratello’s in Monroe- and then pampered the women with manicures, pedicures and facials.

Staffing of the Volunteer Call Center for Newtown for the day. Each day, the center fields calls from hundreds of people from around the country who want to donate and support the victims and survivors of the Sandy Hook tragedy.