Recent News
Build a Better 2021
Join our generous donor and say good-bye to the old year with a donation to ring in the new. Your gift to Open Table will help feed the hundreds of families who come to us for groceries each week. OT has been feeding me and my son for quite a…
Press Release: Office Space
PRESS RELEASEDecember 14, 2020 Open Table Expands Footprint in Downtown Maynard with Acquisition of New Office Space New facility provides both storage and collaborative facilities for fundraising and planning Open Table announced today that it has acquired an office condo at 31 Main St., which is contiguous to its pantry…
Winter Closure
Open Table will be closed Wednesday, December 23 - Sunday, January 3rd, reopening on Monday, January 4th. Our first regular pantry service of 2021 will be on Tuesday, January 5th. The Open Table staff will use this time to reconfigure our facility to allow for more safe and efficient use…
UPDATE: Neither Snow, Nor COVID…
Neither rain, not sleet, nor snow, nor COVID-19 stays this dedicated team from focusing on our mission. We will be open for pantry distribution on Thursday (December 17th), despite the predicted snow storm. We hope that the brunt of the storm will have passed by the time we open the…
Concord-Carlisle Mobile Pantry
Way back in March, Bryce McKnight, the director of food services for the Concord school district realized that with schools closed because of the pandemic, some people might need food assistance. So he organized a food distribution service out of the high school for anyone in Concord or Carlisle who…
Thank You, State Reps
Another huge thank you to State Representative Kate Hogan and State Senator Jamie Eldridge for their continued support of those in need in our community. Recognizing the significant impact that COVID has had on the number of residents facing food insecurity, they were able to earmark $40,000 in the state…
#GivingTuesday Thanks!
We are overcome by your generosity. Thanks to YOU, we more than tripled our goal on #GivingTuesday! Your support will help us feed hundreds more families. We could not do this without you — THANK YOU!! Here is our Vice President, Mary Siegel with a few words of thanks:
Make a MATCH This #GivingTuesday
And give TWICE as much milk and other healthy groceries to families in need in our community. GivingTuesday (December 1st), is an international day of generosity; and YOU can make a positive local impact by making a gift to Open Table. As a result of the pandemic, record numbers of…
Mobile Food Partnership with First Parish Concord
Press Release Concord and Maynard, MA – Open Table, the Concord and Maynard charity dedicated to fighting hunger and building healthy communities, in partnership with First Parish Concord announced today that the Open Table Mobile Food Pantry will begin offering drive-through grocery distribution at First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road,…
Help from Our Friends
Open Table and the families we serve have so much to be thankful for this holiday season. We are overwhelmed with the outpouring of support from the community and the generosity of so many organizations and individuals who are running food drives, organizing fundraisers, and donating groceries to help our…
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