Groups
Nature
Bethel Garden Club A nonprofit civic club founded in 1980 — gardeners and nature lovers who plant and tend the town's public beds, and meet the first Friday of the month at the municipal center. 
Maya Delgado @ mayagrows
Nature
Luke5Adventures Bethel Chapter The first New England chapter of Luke5Adventures, a ministry of Bethel United Methodist Church, taking hikers with disabilities onto the trails in an all-terrain chair pushed by teams of volunteers. 
Priya Raman @ rooftopraman
Sports
Bethel Youth Soccer Association An all-volunteer association running in-town and travel soccer for ages four and a half through adult, from fall clinics to the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association travel leagues. Maya Delgado @ mayagrows
Sports
Bethel Baseball Association Volunteer-run baseball for boys and girls at the Cal Ripken levels — t-ball at four through majors at twelve — and Babe Ruth for thirteen and up, playing out of the Old Hawleyville Road fields. 
Compost King Supply @ compostking
Sports
Bethel Softball Association The town's youth softball league, teaching the game from the instructional divisions up through travel ball on the fields it keeps with Parks & Recreation. Priya Raman @ rooftopraman
Sports
Bethel Youth Football & Competitive Cheer Established in 1968, the Wildcats run tackle football and competitive cheerleading for ages five through fourteen from Bethel and the surrounding towns. 
Seed Savers Collective @ seedsaversam
Business & Commerce
Bethel Chamber of Commerce Roughly four hundred member businesses behind the Shop Local First campaign, the Connect 4 Success networking mornings, Restaurant Week and Trick or Treat Street on Greenwood Avenue. Maya Delgado @ mayagrows
Business & Commerce
Support Local - Bethel, CT 06801 A locals-only Facebook group started during the pandemic to keep Bethel's shops and restaurants afloat, now past eleven thousand members trading recommendations and shop news. Priya Raman @ rooftopraman
Learning
Bethel Arts A volunteer group promoting arts and creative highlights in town, running classes, workshops and community events with area residents, schools, businesses and artists. Compost King Supply @ compostking
Learning
Bethel Education Foundation A 501(c)(3) that funds grants for Bethel teachers and students, backing classroom projects and enrichment the school budget does not reach. Seed Savers Collective @ seedsaversam
Community Action
Friends of Bethel Parks & Recreation A nonprofit backing the Parks & Recreation department — chasing outside funding for parks and playgrounds, organizing volunteer work days and covering program scholarships for local families. Maya Delgado @ mayagrows
Community Action
Bethel Volunteer Fire Department Volunteers who have covered the town since 1831, answering fire and rescue calls and staffing two ambulances out of the South Street firehouse, and always recruiting new members. Priya Raman @ rooftopraman
Community Action
Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Company The volunteer company covering Bethel's Stony Hill end of town since 1949, running fire and rescue calls from the Stony Hill Road station alongside open houses and safety nights. Seed Savers Collective @ seedsaversam
Social
American Legion Post 100 Joseph W. Tarrant Jr. Post 100 — the town's Legion hall, open to veterans and their families, meeting the second Tuesday of the month September through June with dinner beforehand. Compost King Supply @ compostking
Social
The Bethel, CT Forum The residents' Facebook group for hashing out what happens in town — social, economic and political talk about Bethel, from budget votes to what is going in on Greenwood Avenue. Priya Raman @ rooftopraman