What We Do

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 3,500 meals each month

• Serves a hot lunch daily in our dining room

• Offers a home-delivery 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.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS
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September 14
The Branford Community Garden Club will prepare our Tuesday Family Dinner on 9/14 at 5:30pm with plenty of fresh ingredients from their garden including homemade tomato soup!

October 3
Rocktoberfest will be back again at Owenego on 10/3.

October 6
We will host a flu shot clinic with the VNA at the CDR on 10/6 at noon. This event is open to the community and shots will be provided free of charge to those with no insurance.

October 28
Fashion for a Cause presented by Coco's on the Green

  
 
 
   
 
 
 

Make Your Own Scarecrow
At Bishop's Orchards
Weekends in October

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25 Years of Service
The Community Dining Room is celebrating 25 years of dedicated service to the Shoreline Community! Click here to read more about our evolution and future plans! Consider an anniversary donation in honor of this milestone.
  
 
 
  The Neighbor to Neighbor Lifeline provided a generous $10,000 grant to the CDR's Wednesday Night Take Out Program, supporting people who have lost jobs or had other setbacks by stretching limited food budgets.  
 
 
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT TAKE OUT DINNER
Lost hours at work or been laid off? Feeling the difficulties of the economic downturn? Unable to come to our daily lunch? Order your family dinner to ease your budget. Call Melissa before noon on Mondays 488-0447 Wednesday pick-up from 4:00 to 5:30ish.		  
 
 
  WHAT'S COOKIN?
Read the latest CDR Newsletter.		  
 
 
 

 

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    Community Dining Room
30 Harrison Avenue \ Branford, CT 06405 \ (203) 488-9750
Email: pkral@communitydiningroom.org