Collaboration Counts

You may think of Open Table as a food pantry, but these days we are so much more: instead of waiting for people to come to us, we’re bringing the food to them. Here’s some of the new ways how:

• We launched our first delivery in support of Concord Carlisle High School’s drive-thru food service by providing frozen food and dry goods for 75 families weekly. Gaining Ground is working with us on this endeavor; we’re looking forward to continuing our support.
• We convened the Maynard Food Relief Resource Group to work with the school system and other town services, as well as Greater Boston Food Bank, to address food supply issues.
• We were tapped by the state’s COVID Tracing Team to be listed as a last minute food source for families in need recently diagnosed with COVID. To fulfill those requests, we’ve partnered with Neighbor Brigade.
• We’re continuing to identify communities that can use the services of our mobile food pantry, like we have been doing in Hudson, serving families needing food assistance who can’t get to our pantry.

Collaboration and teamwork are the main themes in how we’re able to accomplish all this, proving we’re stronger when we work together.