Open Table News

We are sending a big Thank You to our friends at Kerem Shalom - Vineyard of Peace for their drive-up food drive this past week. Special thanks to Nancy Kaplan and Susan Brager Murphy for their organizing skills. Donors gave a total of 835 pounds of food about $900 in…

This Thanksgiving we have volunteers creating special Holiday Splurge Bags to be distributed to our guests before Thanksgiving. These bags have high value holiday items in them that Open Table can't normally provide; things that make holiday time special, such as fancy nuts, dried fruits, dried sausage, sparkling cider, etc…

Open Table will be OPEN this Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11, 2020). We will be running the drive-thru pantry at the Concord Carlisle High School (open to Concord, Carlisle and Boston families) as scheduled, 1:00-2:00pm. And while we do not have any pantry service at our 33 Main Street location…

We are sending a big thank you to our friends from the Nashawtuc Hill neighborhood in Concord for their donation of 1310 pounds of food and a generous cash donation. Traditionally known as the Red Wagon Food Drive where neighborhood kids would go door to door collecting, this year the…

On November 2nd, Elizabeth Cronin dropped off a donation of 165 pounds of food from the employees at Emerson Hospital, Lincoln Physician Group, Orthopedic Affiliates, and Emerson Primary Care of Bedford. donated 165 pounds of food today. We love help from our friends!

We are thankful for our friends at Tea Forté who donated canned goods and delicious Tea Forte products to warm our guests on these brisk autumn days. Many thanks to Jessica Lubets and her colleagues for their thoughtfulness.  

Thank you to everyone who made magic happen in our GiveHealthy Virtual Food Drive. Together you donated over 1000 pounds of fresh, healthy food, which means more love, less hunger for many of our neighbors this holiday season. Thank you!

The Thoreau Elementary School community is organizing a "Winter is Coming" food drive in honor of recent retirees Debra Frederick, Peggy Harrington, Karla Keefe, Donna Macone, Maria Schofield, Roseanne Swain, and Mehrnoosh Watson. Winter weather and comfort food favorites such as soups, stews, hot chocolate, and mac and cheese are…

The Osterman Family Foundation have supported Open Table for many years. Last year they provided seed money to start our mobile programs. Little did we know then that mobile programs would become so important, especially during the COVID crisis. The Osterman Family Foundation recognized that importance and awarded us a…

The 5th Annual Scarecrow festival runs October 17-30. Scarecrows representing 20 Concord businesses and organizations will celebrating fall on the lawn of the Concord Free Public Library. Open Table has a sweet Scarecrow pair. Stop by and check out all the crafty creations! And if you take a selfie with…