Office, Food Pantry & Community Kitchen Closed for Memorial Day
Our business office, Food Pantry and Community Kitchen will be closed Monday, May 26, in honor of Memorial Day. The business office and Community Kitchen will resume regular hours on Tuesday, May 27 and the Food Pantry will resume regular hours Wednesday, May 28, 10am-12pm. Have a safe and happy holiday weekend! 
Oh, What a Night! 🎶 Thank You for Making OH’s 40th Special ❤️
Oh, what a night! Operation Hope’s 40th Anniversary Celebration on May 8 at Brooklawn Country Club was an unforgettable evening of giving and gratitude as we honored the donors, volunteers, partners and staff who make our mission possible, now and over the past 40 years. Thank you all for being a part of our journey and for recognizing that you can make someone’s day a little brighter.
We gathered to recognize a beloved local grassroots organization, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Fairfield & Southport, as our 2025 Champion of Hope. Like Operation Hope’s founders 40 years ago, this organization’s founders, Helene Daly and Alexis Harrison, also saw a need during a time of great distress and quickly mobilized the community to create a solution to help our neighbors in need. We are forever grateful.
Many thanks to our generous sponsors:
- Platinum: Alan & Betty Feldman, Global Infrastructure Partners, Jersey Mike’s Fairfield, M&T Bank, Santa Energy
- Gold: Black Rock Church, Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, Ivan Maisel & Meg Murray
- Silver: Elicit Brewing Company, Father Coleman Foundation, First Church of Fairfield, Henry C. Reid & Son Jewelers, Tito’s Handmade Vodka
- Bronze: Angel Commercial, Andy & Liz Montelli, CAPRI, CLA, Harry’s Wine & Liquor Market, Laura Shattuck, Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home, Town Fair Tire, Yale New Haven Health Bridgeport Hospital
- Media: ConnectFairfield, Hello Neighbors Fairfield County
Our gratitude goes to special guest Reverend David Spollett of First Church of Fairfield for recounting the visionary response to the challenge of local hunger and homelessness he shares with Operation Hope co-founders Rabbi Leon Waldman of Congregation Beth El and Former First Selectwoman and State Representative Jacky Durrell.
We extend our deepest appreciation to Event Chair and Board Member Joan Ryan for taking the reins to lead the committee. Thanks to the Event Committee: Beth Andrews, Evie Angel, Suzanne Francis, Kelly O’Brien, Sonal Rajan, Sharon Risley (Board Member) and Michelle Stearns. Serving as auctioneer, Board Member Dan Pascone encouraged guests, with humor and grace, to dig deep to help support our mission. Our Board of Directors is always at the ready with a helping hand, and for that, we are truly grateful.
Thank you to the individual donors and business donors who contributed the dozens and dozens of items for the silent and live auctions. Every winning bid and every program ad purchased for your product or service resulted in money raised to directly help our neighbors in need.
Thanks to Brooklawn Country Club for graciously hosting our 40th Anniversary Celebration. We couldn’t have asked for better weather or a more beautiful venue.
To view photos, please see the Facebook album here. The album is available for anyone to view, even if you do not have a Facebook account. Thanks to David Gray of GrayPeak Images for capturing the beauty of the evening!
Missed Operation Hope’s 40th Anniversary Celebration but still want to help? Please make a donation here.
Together, we can continue to offer people the opportunity to experience transformative change. Together, we can ensure that everyone has supportive relationships, hope for the future and a place to call home.
Annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Drive Collects Just Over to 12 Tons
Drumroll, please 
…the letter carriers collected 24,775 lbs, or 12.4 tons, of non perishable donations! Consider the males of the largest of all land animals, the African elephant, averages 5.5 tons. That’s a little over 2 elephants of donations! 
And thanks to all of the Fairfield and Southport mail carriers who participated! In addition to Mike, a special shout out to Gerry Giaquinto and Vicky Phillips. The mail carriers who chose to participate in the drive all volunteered to do this…as they do every year. Thank you for spending a large part of your Saturday to help feed and care for our neighbors in need! 
Fairfield DPW Food Drive for Operation Hope, May 18-24
The Hot Chocolate Kid Helps Raise Money for Operation Hope, One Cup at a Time
Peter, aka @thehotchocolatekid, is raising money for Operation Hope, one sip at a time! Each week, he’ll try out a new local café in search of Fairfield County’s best hot chocolate. For every hot chocolate he tries, he’ll be donating the cost of a cup to Operation Hope—and encouraging his followers to do the same! Donate here: https://bit.ly/thehotchocolatekid.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day offers a very special opportunity to honor those who open so many doors in our lives. Mothers, mothers-in-law, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, daughters, fathers, sons, uncles, friends, neighbors and mentors all touch our lives in significant and lasting ways. When you shower your mom or the special person who plays that role in your life today, please think of the moms struggling in our community. We thank you for helping us provide the most basic of needs to the most vulnerable members of our community. In difficult and uncertain times, those in need, more than ever, depend on caring and compassionate people like you. Happy Mother’s Day! 💐
May 10 Town-Wide Food Drive – Donate At Your Mailbox!
Help us stamp out hunger for families here in Fairfield! The annual town-wide Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is TOMORROW, Saturday, May 10. Rain or shine!
Use the yellow bag you should have received in the mail this week (or any bag) and place by your mailbox 
for your mail carrier to pick up. Suggested donations we seek for the Pantry: ground coffee, peanut butter, jelly, condiments, baking mixes, canned fruit, oil, cereal, oatmeal, crackers, cookies, cleaning products, paper towels, tissues, toilet paper.
Many thanks to our donors, the Fairfield & Southport mail carriers and postal staff, and the bag sponsors: D.P. Dough Fairfield, Bagel King, Sophie’s Pizza Bar, Malibu Taco, The Sinclair, Pizza Mediterranean, Fairfield Motoworks and Trumbull BMX
p.s. the mail carriers and postal staff from NALC Branch 2313 (Fairfield & Southport) who choose to support this drive volunteer their time and efforts for the drive. We are grateful to them and the volunteers from a variety of orgs who help transport and sort on the day of the drive!
Today Is Give Back Night at D.P. Dough for Operation Hope!
You should receive a yellow bag in your mailbox today (or tomorrow) Use it for your donations for Saturday’s drive, place the bag by your mailbox and your mail carrier will pick up, rain or shine Many thanks to our donors, the Fairfield & Southport mail carriers and the bag sponsors: D.P. Dough, Bagel King, Sophie’s Pizza Bar, Malibu Taco, The Chelsea, Pizza Mediterranean, Fairfield Motoworks and Trumbull BMX Donate to Help Fill our Pantry Shelves in May
– Paper towels
– Cleaning products
DP Dough Give Back Day for Operation Hope, May 7
When I say DP, you say dough! 
We are so excited to announce that our friends at DP Dough Fairfield are sponsoring a Give Back Day at DP Dough, 222 Post Road, Fairfield on Wednesday, May 7 to support the Fairfield & Southport Postal Worker town-wide food drive for Operation Hope on May 10 
When you place your order on May 7, simply say “post office” and 10% of sales will be donated to Operation Hope DP Dough is also one of the generous sponsors of the “yellow bags” which you will be seeing next week in your mailbox and used for pantry donations on May 10. Thank you Fairfield & Southport postal workers and DP Dough for helping our neighbors in need!
OFFICE & FOOD PANTRY
636 Old Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
203-292-5588
[email protected]
OFFICE & DONATION HOURS
July 11 - August 29:
Monday - Thursday, 9:00am - 5:00pm (donations accepted until 4:30pm)
Friday, 9:00am - 1:00pm (donations accepted until 1:00pm)
Please do not leave donations unattended at the door or when the office is closed.
PANTRY HOURS
- Monday, Wednesday & Friday:
10:00am - 12:00pm - Thursday: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
OUTREACH & COMMUNITY KITCHEN
50 Nichols Street
Fairfield, CT 06824
203-254-2935
COMMUNITY KITCHEN HOURS
Meals served Monday - Friday:
- Lunch: 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Dinner: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
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