From now through Sunday July 28, 2024, we are asking for donations to be made online through Northwest Corner Gives.
Please follow this link: northwestcornergives.org/donations/fish-2/
These donations will generously be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, until we meet our goal!
Our Mission at FISH NWCTThe mission of FISH NWCT is to provide the most basic of human needs - food, shelter and hope.
Since opening its doors in 1972, FISH has evolved into our region's largest emergency homeless shelter (35 beds) in the NWCT corner, providing families, individuals and veterans a safe and secure haven as they await permanent supportive housing; as well as serving area residents (over 1700 annually) as a food pantry, distributing food for nearly 180,000 meals in 2023. In 2024 - We enjoyed A Tasteful Event in May and The Divine Renovation Premiere in June!
A Tasteful Event Our 6th annual "A Tasteful Event" was held May 22, 2024, at the Torrington Elks Lodge. We had a wonderful evening of celebrating food, wine, the joy of gathering and the spirit of giving. All to benefit FISH's Food Pantry and Shelter. We look forward to next year! Find photos of the event below: |
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Click Here Our feature by "Divine Renovation"
As many are aware - the new show "Divine Renovation" - hosted by Erik Estrada - filmed their second season as "Divine Renovation - Destination: New England" in NWCT during May 2023. FISH is featured in the first episode! The first show of the series will be available to stream on September 19th, 2024 on Amazon Prime and Roku. It will also be available to stream on other platforms. Besides interviewing staff, residents, and supporters at FISH, projects they managed here included: Flooring in the shelter kitchen, planting, painting porches, work on our ramp and rebuilding our back porch, a new pantry freezer, a bike rack and a 25-foot flag pole for our shelter veterans. *Our wonderful friends at O&G Industries generously took ten days to complete the projects. Vern Pesce at Iffland Lumber donated all the wood for the porch construction. The shelter residents were quite incredible as they pitched in "spic-and-spanning" FISH and seemed to enjoy the excitement. The Red Carpet PREMIERE was June 20th, 2024 at The Warner Theatre. A portion of the proceeds benefited the Warner Theatre. Before the Premiere, we enjoyed the Main Street Fair organized by The Torrington Cultural Affairs Committee with the support of FISH. Know that the episodes are shown nationwide so we are thankful for the rare opportunity to spread awareness - displaying our rural area throughout America with urgent need to service the homeless and food insecure - our neighbors in need. View our Divine Renovation photos - Click Here
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