The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Inc. originated in 1984 as a program of the Council of Churches and Synagogues. In January 2003, The Food Bank became an independent entity with its own board of directors. The Food Bank is a Connecticut non-profit corporation that is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Today, The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County, Inc., a fully recognized I.R.C. § 501 (c) (3) charity, is one of lower Fairfield County’s primary hunger-relief organizations. We provide food to about 90 non-profit agencies and programs that serve low-income people in our six-town service area through bags of groceries and congregate meals. These include soup kitchens, food pantries, child care programs, homeless shelters, senior centers, domestic violence safe houses, and rehabilitation programs.