by Operation Hope | Feb 22, 2021 | Donations, Volunteers, Youth
Recently, a small army of volunteers from IMPACTrumbull sweetened the day for our Food Pantry clients. They made 1,056 homemade cookies (nut-free!), packaging them into 132 sets of 8 cookies each. The treat bags will be distributed in our Food Pantry and will make a...
by Operation Hope | Feb 3, 2021 | Donations, Volunteers
While you’re shopping for your Super Bowl treats, please consider picking up a few pantry staples to help feed and care for our neighbors in need. Drop them off this weekend – wear masks and observe social distancing! – at Our Lady of the Assumption...
by Operation Hope | Jan 14, 2021 | Corporate Citizenship, Donations, Volunteers, Youth
Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off,” MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. Here are 3 easy ways to help our neighbors...
by Operation Hope | Dec 22, 2020 | Donations, Volunteers, Youth
Many thanks to Girl Scout Troop 30151 for coordinating a cookie project to benefit Operation Hope’s food pantry clients! Scouts Margaret Carroll and Anna Gedacht have been doing this cookie project for four years and this year, their collection exceeded...
by Operation Hope | Dec 22, 2020 | Donations, Volunteers, Youth
Thanks so much to Fairfield Cares Youth Committee for running an essentials drive for our Community Kitchen. Serving two meals a day to our neighbors in need requires lots of “stuff,” like paper towels and disinfectant wipes. We’re grateful for these donations that’ll...
by Operation Hope | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog, Volunteers, Youth
This is incredible! Congratulations to all winners of VolunteerSquare’s 8th Annual High School Essay Contest, and especially to second place awardee Harper Treschuck, who volunteers in Operation Hope’s community garden. Harper is a junior at Fairfield...
