HUNGER PREVENTION AND SOCIAL SERVICES
NEW COVENANT CENTER
Stamford (Greater Stamford area)
New Covenant Center is focused on hunger prevention and social services for a better life. Our facility in Stamford provides expanded basic need services to our guests. By creating a safe, warm and compassionate environment, we are taking the first steps toward empowering men, women and children to reach their full potential and regain their dignity and self-respect.
Services
- Our soup kitchen serves 300 healthy, hot and nutritious meals daily.
- Over 1,600 individuals receive 10 days / 3 meals a day worth of groceries each month from our food pantry.
- New job skills programs focused on the food/hospitality industry are offered for clients.
- Staff provides assistance to address basic individual and family issues, to identify and overcome barriers/obstacles and to provide links to supportive services such as medical and mental health referrals.
- Programs include SNAP Benefits, Family Loan Program, and Community Access Program.
- We offer over 100 showers per month and provide hygiene items to clients.
- Active Toiletry Program distributes essential necessities to clients.
- Referral program partners with area non-profits to provide additional social services for clients.
Who to Contact
Betsy Lopez: (203) 964-8228, ext. 415
Main Number: (203) 964-8228
Fax: (203) 357-0314
Location
174 Richmond Hill Avenue
Stamford, CT 06902
Program Hours
Monday-Saturday 9:30am – 5:30pm
Sunday 12:00pm – 5:30pm
Board of Advisors
NEW COVENANT CENTER NEWS
Cook (Per diem) – Catholic Charities Stamford/New Covenant Center
Join our dedicated team at our beautiful New Covenant Center, located in the Shippan area of Stamford, CT, as a Per Diem Cook. This flexible role offers an exciting opportunity to bring your food preparation expertise to a vibrant environment, ensuring nutritious and delicious meals are provided with care and precision. If you thrive in fast-paced settings and have a passion for creating wholesome dishes, this position is perfect for you! Duties include: preparing and/or directing the preparation of food to be served complying with all applicable sanitation, health, and personal hygiene standards and following established food production programs and procedures.
Catholic Charities Receives 45,000 Pounds of Food to Fight Food Insecurity
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County received 45,000 pounds of shelf-stable food from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to support food pantries in Stamford and Bridgeport.
Stamford’s Whole Foods supermarket opens at last on High Ridge Road in old Lord & Taylor building
During Whole Foods Market’s opening morning celebration, New Covenant Center received a refrigerated van and food donation from Whole Foods Market as part of the Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program. This initiative, launched in 2020, aims to enhance the ability of local food rescue organizations to transport surplus food to areas facing the greatest need.
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