Agency
Address:
980 Monroe Turnpike
Monroe
06468
Mission Statement:
To serve the people in our community who are struggling financially in a way that preserves their dignity. To provide a confidential environment that respects an individual’s privacy and acknowledges how difficult it is to ask for assistance. To empower people to be self-sufficient as quickly as possible without placing additional stress on them.
To involve the community in a way that teaches empathy, encourages respect and nurtures compassion. To provide a basis for understanding that the people who use the pantry could be our neighbors and friends who are struggling without our knowledge.
Agency Contact Information
Contact:
Kathleen Turner
Contact Email:
foodpantry@monroect.org
Contact Phone:
2034522817
Website:
Agency Details
Monroe Food Pantry
Located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Monroe Food Pantry services over 200 families. We distribute over 11,000 lbs of food every month and more during the holiday's and winter months.
We are solely run on donations and are open three days a week, Monday's from 2 pm to 6 pm and Wednesday's and Thursday's from 9 am to 1 pm and one Saturday a month.
Volunteers are our backbone. The needed to pick up donations and food purchases, to make deliveries of food to our clients, to sort through donations and stock shelves and to assist our clients during their visits to the pantry.
Current Active Opportunities
This agency currently has no opportunities available!