by Operation Hope | Dec 19, 2024 | Donations, Youth
Once again, Fairfield Prep recently joined fellow Jesuit high schools in the Great Ignatian Challenge to raise awareness of hunger in our communities, while filling local food banks and pantries with tens of thousands of pounds of much-needed provisions for families...
by Operation Hope | Dec 17, 2024 | Donations, Volunteers, Youth
Fairfield Girl Scout Troop 30176 hosted its 8th Annual Cookie Platter Project for Operation Hope, making 207 cookie boxes of a dozen cookies each – that’s 2,484 cookies, if you’re counting! The troop solicited the help of other Girl Scout troops and local volunteers...
by Operation Hope | Dec 13, 2024 | Donations, Volunteers, Youth
It’s a wrap on our annual gifting program, “Hope for the Holidays!” We are overwhelmed and humbled with the generosity each of you showed in helping to make 2024’s “Hope for the Holidays” a success. Thank you to all the individuals, book groups,...
by Operation Hope | Dec 12, 2024 | Donations, Youth
Thanks so much to the Jennings Elementary School community! They held their annual Turkey Trot just before Thanksgiving and collected a very generous carload of donations to help stock our Food Pantry. Students running for others to make a difference for our neighbors...
by Operation Hope | Dec 10, 2024 | Donations, Volunteers, Youth
Brothers John and Joey Cummings recently held their 6th annual food drive for Operation Hope, delivering donations collected from visiting over 200 neighbors in their Shelton neighborhood. John, a freshman at Fairfield University and Joey, a junior in high school,...
by Operation Hope | Dec 9, 2024 | Donations, Volunteers, Youth
Thanks to the kids club of the Fairfield Garden Club for spending the day making beautifully painted pots for poinsettias for our Community Kitchen! Such a lovely way to share their talents and time to make our space merry and...