Open Table News

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…

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…

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…

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:

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…

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,…

Last year Apellis Pharmaceuticals packed and delivered 100 Thanksgiving bags to Open Table. This year, with the pandemic, it was impossible to assemble the bags in person - so they took their generous spirit virtual AND increased their goal to 150 bags. The Apellis community stepped up and donated the…

Turkey are coming - turkey dinners, that is! Thanksgiving week we have special pantry on Tuesday (11/24) from 10am-6pm to distribute pre-ordered prepared Thanksgiving meals. We will not have standard pantry that week. We are closed to the public the rest of the week, but volunteers that are scheduled for…

We are very excited to announce our Family-to-Family Holiday Food Drive! The holidays may be quite different for many families this year. Come together as a family to assure that other families have food on the holiday table and other items to make this season as festive as possible. Please…