Open Table Trivia

On April 25 at our celebration dinner in Concord we’ll have a trivia contest and we are going to help you win. Each week we’ll add some of the facts that might be asked in the quiz – so you can study. Check back here each week for new trivia!

1. Did you know that Open Table was founded by Margie Goud and Robin Tardo in April of 1989?
2. Did you know that Open Table spends $.89 of every donated dollar on feeding people?
3. Did you know that Open Table has over 600 Volunteers?
4. Did you know that Open Table provided healthy groceries to over 640 households in its pantry market in 2018?
5. Did you know that Open Table serves 250 meals each week?
6. Did you know that Open Table strives to accommodate the following dietary sensitivities and restrictions at its dinners each week: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Pork Free, Vegan and Vegetarian.
7. Did you know that Open Table distributes approximately 7000 lbs. of food each week?
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8. Did you know that at every Open Table meal and food pantry there is a Site Manager who is trained in CPR, Chokesafe and AED in case of an emergency?
9. Did you know it takes 50-55 Volunteers to cook/serve/cleanup onedinner at Open Table in Concord?
10. Did you know that at each Thursday dinner, long-time Volunteer Ellen (aka the Chicken Lady) collects our food scraps so they don’t go into a landfill? The result is some well-fed chickens!
11. Did you know that Concord hosts a themed dinner every 4^thThursday of the month with a special meal, entertainment, games and prizes?
12. Did you know that the Concord Holiday themed dinner in December 2018 attracted over 100 Guests?
13. Did you know that the traditional meal served at the Concord Open Table December Holiday Dinner is roast beef?
14. Did you know that in March 2019, one lucky table (#12) won all four games at the Concord Bingo Night?
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15. Did you know that the Greater Boston Food Bank provides Open Table with food each week (for free or at very low cost) for its dinners & pantry?
16. Did you know that Open Table offers pantry services on Tuesdays and Thursdays and meals on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays?
17. Did you know that local farms like Gaining Ground, Verrill Farm, Drumlin Farm, Barrett’s Mill Farm and Stone Root Farm donate fresh produce each week (during the growing season) to Open Table for its dinners & pantry?
18. Did you know that mothers and daughters from the National Charity League (NCL) create table centerpieces each week for the Concord Open Table dinner?
19. Did you know that a team of residents from Minute Man Arc set up the tables & chairs each week for the Concord Open Table dinner?
20. Did you know that Open Table was scheduled to start in Maynard on January 1, 2006 but had to be delayed due to a blizzard?
21. Did you know that students from The Fenn School set up the tables & chairs for the Maynard Open Table dinner?
22. Did you know that students from the Middlesex School perform the weekly cleanup after the Concord Open Table dinner?

23. Did you know that local stores like Roche Bros., Crosby’s, Shaw’s, Trader Joe’s, Stop & Shop, Whole Foods, Donelan’s and Debra’s Natural Gourmet donate food each week to Open Table’s pantry?

24. Did you know that the Concord Flower Shop donates fresh flowers each week for the tables at the Concord Open Table dinner? 

25. Did you know that Open Table opened at its NEW current location in Maynard in August 2017?

26. Did you know that over the past 30 years, Open Table has been at 2 sites in Concord: First Parish Church & TriCon Church 

     

27. Did you know that over the past 13 years, Open Table has been at these 4 sites in Maynard: Union Congregational Church, Clock Tower Place, Coolidge School, 33 Main Street & at this site in Sudbury: Sudbury United Methodist Church.

28. Did you know that 12 Open Table Guests also serve as Volunteers or Board members?

29. Did you know that Open Table provides Community Donation Drop-Off Centers at 105 Everett Street, Concord and 33 Main Street, Maynard?

30. Did you know that there are so many refrigerators and freezers at Open Table Maynard that to keep them all straight we named them after famous people/bands?  (Bill Beli-chest, Phyllis Chiller, Christopher Walk-in, M-chill Obama, Julia Chilled, Robert Frost, Morgan Freezman, Fria Kahlo, Coldplay, and LLCool-er)