Charles F. Martin III. Photo courtesy of The New Covenant Center.
Orange resident and lawyer Charles F. Martin III has been appointed to the advisory council for The New Covenant Center in Stamford, one of the largest soup kitchens and food pantries in the state.
has appointed Robinson+Cole lawyer Charles F. Martin III to its Advisory Council. Mr. Martin is a member of the firm’s Real Estate + Development Group.
Martin is a member of the law firm Robinson+Cole’s real estate and development group. He focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions, including the representation of clients in commercial leasing and financing transactions, joint ventures, economic redevelopment projects, and the acquisition and disposition of commercial real property. Since joining Robinson+Cole in 2001, he has completed hundreds of national and international transactions.
In addition to serving on the Advisory Council, Mr. Martin will also lead the center’s community outreach program.
The New Covenant Center opened in 1978 as a soup kitchen “to help the neediest in greater Stamford meet the most basic need for food in a dignified and respectful environment.” The Center serves 600,000 meals a year. The organization has is the only soup kitchen in the area that is open 365 days per year, providing three meals daily. The center also now operates the largest food pantry in Stamford and one of the largest in the state. It provides nearly 400 families with three meals a days over 10 days-worth of groceries each month.