Bridgeport Nonprofits and Charities

I’ve been collaborating with NBFA on and off for several years now in my capacity as a math coach and professional development facilitator. New Beginnings Family Academy is a place that truly values students and families. It is a school that is continuously striving to be better and do better. School leadership demonstrates a learning stance and is always looking for ways to continue to support colleagues, students, and teachers. It’s been a pleasure working with this dedicated team. <br>

Awesome organization. Folks really understand community based development and help others to understand and accomplish it.

MLC provides a warm, inclusive, holistic approach to education for women in need. ESL, ABE, and GED classes are multi-leveled options, along with comprehensive tutoring and a comprehensive social services department. Success is measured based on personal goals set by individual students. Spread the word!

The Child and Family Guidance Center is doing so much for us and our community. I am happy to have this tremendous resource from my patients.

As a volunteer, I feel doubly blessed! Not only I am helping a needy community, I am helping a dedicated staff of thoughtful, intelligent and caring people. <br> <br>

I had the pleasure of assisting at the Get Hired Hartford Career Expo last fall. This is an incredible event that Goodwill hosts to help connect people with jobs. There were tons of great companies like Whole Foods, Connecticare, Pratt & Whitney and The Hartford - even the Hartford Yard Goats were there! And, oh my gosh, thousands of job seekers! What really impressed me about Goodwill is there commitment to bettering an individual. This event didn't just have recruiters from nearly a hundred companies, but they also had career coaches on site to review your resume and a professional photographer giving free portraits. The offerings were tremendous and were only surpassed by how well managed the entire day went. Truly inspiring to spend a day with such a dedicated and caring team of people. Bravo guys!

The Bridgeport Rescue Mission is a very good expanding charity helping feed and clothe, and providing shelter to the poor. The Rescue Mission recently increased efforts to raise contributions thereby possibly affecting its overall rating by spending more to raise funding in the short term. I have offered to assist their ratings by analyzing their cost structure and making possible recommendations to improve their overall rating. Again, it is an excellent charity, and numerous people rely on its role in the Fairfield County, CT region

Disgusting! The staff "Mel" is a perverted pedophile and likes to pray upon minors. She has a thing for pet calling the kids and a boy told her he wasn't comfortable with that and she said that's just what she's "use to." Thats absolutely weird. Respect people's boundaries ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. If that's so what you're use to doing make a switch because not everyone is the same person and interpret things differently. Everyone has a different background so ask people's preference before you start calling them anything other than their name.

Foundations in Education (FIE) is Committed to providing tuition assistance to low-income elementary school students, so they may attend Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Foundations also promotes a competitive Innovation and Leadership Grants program for educators at Diocese of Bridgeport Schools. Since our founding in 2015, FIE has made nearly 12,000 tuition assistance awards for more than $27,000,000.

Hello this is King I would love to join your organization.

Blessed Extension is a great nonprofit organization that keeps the community informed about its needs and how the organization can be useful to the community.<br>Several activities are held throughout the year, such as:<br>-Literacy workshop<br>- Entertainment<br>-Mobile health fair<br>-Community referrals...<br>

Run like the wind from this practice. They don't return phone calls. When you show up for your appointment you are treated like a criminal...drivers license or no treatment for you!! Even though the doctor saw you in the hospital multiple times.. Doctors are ok, practice is messed up.

I volunteered a total of eight months at this location and I have to say, these are some of the most wonderful people I've ever had the pleasure of working with. They treated me with kindness and respect which was reflected to each and every customer they interacted with. Listening to how passionate they were about their work and how much they loved helping the community was a humbling experience. Each sale was done with honesty and with each interaction the employees would try their best to find a desktop or laptop that would best fit their needs.<br><br>BAYM also holds classes for youth, where they teach them about computers, hardware, software, and basic programing. Once the youth have completed the course they receive a certification and a free desktop computer. BAYM has been around for about twenty years now and during my time there I spoke to customers who had been doing business with BAYM from the beginning. Every customer I spoke to had the nicest comments, not only about the service done for tem, but for their children through their classes.<br><br>This is a wonderful place filled with wonderful people who try their best to support the community and could use all the love and support in return from us. Please, as I have come to do myself, donate your used computers or laptops, and at least take a look here before purchasing something brand new. Many of their computers were on par with newer computers at such a reasonable price. We can't let these wonderful businesses be drowned out by the bigger corporation, because unlike those big corporations, these businesses try to do their best for us.<br><br>So lets try and do our best for them and maybe, we can make that right step forward toward bettering our city for our children.

An excellent organization within the Diocese of Bridgeport CT. The programs they are involved with to help a very diverse area are well-received and needed by the County. From the on-site managers who directed me to the amazing, extremely competent Human Resources Department, this group is "top-shelf".

JCOMC has recently begyn hosting a Sunday morning fellowship breakfast for members to the local community. The meal has included fresh not frozen pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, grits, biscuits, coffee, tea and juice. The attendees have enjoyed and the fellowship is good. The table settings are colorful and inviting as well.

A friend introduced me to the staff of The Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County a few years ago, and at that first meeting, I knew I had to find the time to help them spread the word about the valuable work they do daily, turning victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault and bullying into survivors. Many of these attacks happen behind closed doors, and what I have learned are those doors know no economic boundaries. Victims are hiding in high-rise projects, middle-class capes and magnificent mansions. And through the dedication and professionalism of the staff at The Center, many of these victims find the courage to seek help and save themselves and their children from future assaults. It is my honor to volunteer with this wonderful non-profit.

I attended two Petpalooza's brought forth by A Hand For A Paw, Inc, in Bridgeport CT. What this group does for the community has been long waiting. The education alone is just what the city needs for animals, not to mention the low cost clinics for those who are struggling. The crew is very educated in their field as well as patient. The more events i attend, the more i feel the city couldnt make it without them. I hope they are continued support, because they deserve it!

Our name changed several years ago to Panthean Temple. Please consider donating, we still lack land and a building to call our own. Help make our temple happen for the greater community. http://www.pantheantemple.org Our goal is threefold: * First, to assist practitioners in achieving a spiritual balance that brings them into true harmony with the Gods. * Second, to bring to the non-Pagan population an understanding that we are a positive, reputable and life-affirming religious and lifestyle alternative. * Third, to achieve for Wiccans and Pagans the same rights and freedoms enjoyed by other more mainstream religions. Services we provide: * Spiritual counseling * Teaching * Ritual * Rites of passage * Legal Hand-fastings * Requiems * Hospital Visitations and Healings * Prison Ministry * Advocacy for Religious Freedoms * Community contacts * Community outreach The Panthean Temple was founded on October 31st, 1995 under our old name of the Pagan Community Church. We are a growing community in the Valley, New Haven County, Connecticut area. Our temple is incorporated and federally recognized as a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization as of 1997 and our temple is a member of the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits. Rev. Alicia Lyon Folberth is the President and Priestess of our temple, as well as one of its founders, and is legally recognized as clergy in the state of Connecticut. We host open public rituals on the Sabbats, and weekly classes, as well as drum circles, concerts, workshops, guest speakers, and fundraisers. Sabbats during the warm months (Litha-Lughnassadh-Mabon) at Osbornedale State Park, and our large fund raisers at Schrieber’s Farm in Oxford, which directly benefits our Land Fund. It is our goal to buy land upon which we will build a church and community center of our own. In the cold months for this year we will be using the community room at the Derby Neck Library. We are perhaps best known for our large festival: 'Beltaine: A Pagan Odyssey' now in its thirteenth year. We have a temple structure, and there are four levels of participation: Open (anyone) , Temple Member, Outer Court, and Court Ceffylwen/Inner Court (closed coven/grove/circle) . Many of our events are open to the community, but some, such as our Esbats and more advanced classes, are available only to our members. Members may apply to become students and attend structured Core Classes if a deeper level of training is desired. Ordination is available only within our structure and through acceptance, participation and commitment within the Inner Court. We are open to Witches and Pagans of all traditions who honor harm none, which we consider to be a universal tenet of all true spiritual paths. Our practices however are devotional, and are primarily Odyssean tradition, although individual rituals may vary depending on the people leading them and the traditions they practice, but we are not eclectic. For more information about Odyssean tradition, the WCC, and our Canadian Elders, Tamarra and Richard James please visit the Wiccan Church of Canada Web site at: http://www.wcc.on.ca We welcome people of all ages regardless of race, sexual orientation or physical disability. Children are welcome at ALL Open Events, but must have a parent or guardian with them if they are under 18 years of age. We do our best to provide an open, family friendly atmosphere and a safe environment for the children. We are a mature, established group whose focus is that of sincere worship, learning and growth, where drug use and heavy alcohol use are not welcome for obvious reasons. Classes are currently privately held at a residence, please contact us if you are interested. We always have room for sincere students. Please join us for our Beltaine Annual Festival & Camping Event Web: www.PaganOdyssey.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/PaganOdyssey Myspace: www.myspace.com/PaganOdyssey You are welcome to come and join us at our Open Events! Meet Up: www.pantheantemple.net Facebook: www.facebook.com/PantheanTemple Myspace: www.myspace.com/PantheanTemple Panthean Temple discussion/announcements e-list: www.yahoogroups.com/subscribe/PantheanCommunity Email: PantheanTemple@aol.com Address: POB 111 Derby CT 06418 Telephone: (203) 660-1369