5 Bridgeport Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

BRIDGEPORT, CT — If you’re like many of your Bridgeport neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Bridgeport area.

Here are five local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

1. Homes with Hope: An organization dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness in Fairfield County.

2. Bridgeport Rescue Mission: Demonstrates the love of God to the hungry, homeless, and addicted.

3. Homes for the Brave: Providing housing and services to individuals experiencing homelessness, especially Veterans.

4. The Black Rock Food Pantry: Helping neighbors, helping our neighborhood.

5. nOURish Bridgeport: A food-centered, volunteer-driven, community-anchored organization dedicated to mitigating food insecurity in Bridgeport.