So much of what we do as a club involves food. Our Friday morning meetings, carnival, food drives and gardens for children. Food brings people together, it is a gesture of comfort and caring. It is the place where conversations happen, laughter occurs and connections are made.
Breakfast at Merton House is another one of those things with food. The Rotary Club of Trumbull makes breakfast once a month at the Merton House in Bridgeport, providing a hot meal to, on average, 130 men, women and sometimes children that show up on the 3rd Thursday of the month.
Rotarians get to The Thomas Merton Center around 7:30am to start preparing breakfast. The hot food menu consists of eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, orange juice and coffee. It's a lot of food and while it is sometimes hard to imagine preparing for and feeding 130 people in 2 1/2 hours, it magically happens every single time. While we buy the majority of the food, CHIPS out of Fairfield partners with us by providing the pancake batter monthly.
Those that partake in the meal are grateful for the hot meal to start their day. Even more so during the winter months and during Covid when they were being served outside, regardless of the weather.
Please check out their website if you are interested in helping at Merton House. https://www.themertoncenter.org/
