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.
