Open Table News

Open Table is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Aurelia's Garden, a nonprofit corporation that grows food to supply regional food pantries. On Thursday, July 30th, we received our first donation of beautiful fresh produce from their volunteer-farmed gardens, which are located in Wayland and at Medway Community Farm…

Open Table was thrilled to host Three Squares New England's Executive Director, Kati Sigel for a tour of our 33 Main Street operations in July. Kati broadcast a Facebook Live interview with Open Table Executive Director, Jeanine Calabria (who was dressed in a previous Ride for Food jersey!). We're happy…

Our good friends at Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord are hosting an August Food Drive for Open Table. All are welcome to participate. Donations of nonperishable items can be placed in the outdoor bin located outside the Parish Hall/Walden Street door to the church. Foods that are in particular need…

When we originally started planning our Mobile Pantry programs over a year ago, we believed they were necessary to serve people who lacked transportation or had disabilities that prevented them from being able to come to us. But since the COVID-19 crisis, we have learned that there is other unmet…

Thank you to all those who attended this morning's Virtual Town Hall meeting! We were happy to share where we are, how we got here, and where we¹re going; and you all are a part of that. So glad you could join us! For anyone who was unable to join, the meeting…

Join our team! Open Table is accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Commonwealth Corps service term. The newly created service internship position Programming Assistant will help Open Table fulfill our mission of addressing hunger by providing healthy food in a welcoming environment while respecting the dignity of those served. The positions will allow…

A lot has changed at Open Table since March, when a pandemic came to town. To catch everyone up, and give a glimpse into what our future holds, we’re holding a virtual Town Hall, Thursday, July 30 at 11 am. Join us on Google Meet to hear how we were…

Open Table's SOS Kitchen challenges local chefs and our talented kitchen crew to create beautiful, healthy, and delicious meals from our surplus foods. In our SOS Kitchen YouTube series, we'll be giving you peeks into the kitchen to see the team in action! Each week we create hundreds of prepared…

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…

With kids home all summer and the added burdens of the COVID-19 crisis this year, many families are finding it harder to put food on the table and make other ends meet. We're there for them, but we could use your help. Disruptions in the food supply chain have lead…