The Branford Community Foundation, the leader in supporting a variety of local philanthropic needs, programs and services for nearly 35 years, has distributed a $10,000 grant to the Community Dining Room. The Community Dining Room serves over 4,500 nutritious and free meals each month to low income individuals…
The Branford Community Foundation, the leader in supporting a variety of local philanthropic needs, programs and services for nearly 35 years, recently distributed $5,000 in seed funding to support the Feed Branford Kids program of the Branford Food Pantry. Feed Branford Kids discreetly provides Branford Public School students…
In 2014, the Branford Community Foundation (BCF) approved a $10,000 investment to the Legacy Theatre, a professional theatre company located in Stony Creek. The Legacy Theatre will be housed in the Stony Creek Puppet House, and plans to host two productions each spring and fall as well as…
This is the time of year we take stock of our lives, the lives of those around us, and the life of our remarkable community. We also recognize that we must be willing to open our hearts and our pockets to ensure the continued well-being of all Branford…
A medical adult day center that has been serving the care and needs of aging adults for over 30 years, Orchard House provides nursing care, daily meals, transportation, and cultural and recreational programming to residents of Branford and surrounding environs. In addition to providing hands on care to…
Adult literacy continues to be an enormous problem in the Greater New Haven area, where 3 in 5 adults have only basic or below basic literacy skills. In Branford, 4.6% of adults identify themselves as “not speaking English well” and experience difficulty reading a bus schedule, filling out…
Branford resident Gina Mennett Lee founded the Food Allergy Education Network (FAEN) in response to her daughter’s life-threatening food allergies. FAEN began as a support group in 2009, and then became a 501(c) 3 non-profit in 2011. The mission of the Food Allergy Network is two-fold: one part…
From its inception over 25 years ago, the Community Dining Room’s mission is to end hunger and isolation with food, fellowship, referrals and education. With increasing unemployment, family budgets are being stretched beyond their limits. Last year, the Community Dining Room provided 54,580 meals, 1000 meals every week…
Charlie’s Closet (CC), a non-profit under the umbrella of Guilford Interfaith Ministries, is a medical equipment clearinghouse that accepts donations of clean, gently used medical equipment and makes the equipment available to shoreline residents. CC gratefully accepts donations of all kinds of medical equipment from canes to wheelchairs,…
The Branford Food Pantry, formally known as the Branford Food Council, was established in the mid-1970s by the churches of Branford to assist families in need by providing supplemental groceries on a weekly basis. Since its inception, the organization has moved from the Baptist Church to Indian Neck…