What We Do
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Founded in 1985, the Community Dining Room (CDR) is a private, not-for-profit organization providing food, support and companionship to our shoreline neighbors. In the spring of 2000, the CDR moved to its present location in the Volunteer Services Center. With this additional space, the CDR expanded its home delivery program and began an evening family dinner.

THE COMMUNITY DINING ROOM:

• Serves over 4,000 meals each month
  
  
• Serves a hot lunch daily in our dining room
  
  
• Offers a home-delivery program to Branford and North Branford residents
  
  
• Friendly Visitor Program
  
  
• Provides an evening family dinner
  
  
• Hosts special holiday dinners at Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas
  
  
• Offers community service opportunities to youth
  
  
• Promotes literacy within the family
  
  
• Meets our guests' emotional, physical and material needs through referrals to social service agencies, medical screenings and crisis counseling
  
  
• Provides nutritional support to seniors in an effort to delay entry into nursing homes
  
  
• Collaborates with the Connecticut Food Bank, the Greater New Haven Emergency Food Council, End Hunger Connecticut, and the Visiting Nurses Association

Our Executive Director , Patricia Kral, acts as a client-advocate, working with community agencies, local welfare offices, business and health care providers to identify available resources.

Pat Kral, Executive Director of The Community Dining Room was recently presented with the Non-Profit Community Service Award for outstanding achievement by the Branford Chamber of Commerce. Thank you to the Chamber for recognizing the CDR! Also pictured are CDR Board members Cheryl Kaiden, Judy Stebbins, Jayne Nunziante, and Susan Barnes.