2024 Annual Breakfast

On Tuesday, more than 250 local leaders, businesses, volunteers, donors and supporters came together at Blue Ocean Event Center in Salisbury Beach for a special morning to celebrate a transformational year for food security and carry forward our mission to create a community that serves with kindness and dignity.
Our Annual Breakfast is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and thanks to your support, we raised the most money in the event’s history.
In one tightly-packed hour, we discussed the challenges and opportunities facing frontline food providers in Newburyport, Georgetown and Haverhill, and heard from our Executive Director Lyndsey Haight about all we have accomplished and set the stage for the year ahead.
We also had the honor of celebrating our 2024 Community Champions - two tremendous examples how our community feels a sense of duty to meet the needs of their neighbors:

• SPS New England, which this past year donated an entire loading dock – excavation, 40-plus trucks of concrete and all of the labor – that is allowing our regional partners to access their food more efficiently at the Seacoast Regional Food Hub, putting less demand on their volunteers and need for a weekly ride to Boston.
• And the Dolan/MacDonald family, who have exemplified our mission for more than 30 years, and through three generations.

One of the most memorable moments of this year’s breakfast was a recorded video from Charlene MacDonald, who couldn’t be with her parents and brother in Salisbury Tuesday morning to accept the award, but beautifully captured the ethic her grandparents and parents instilled in her.
"I was raised to believe that every child deserves a chance, and every adult deserves a second chance regardless of where we come from, the color of our skin or the choices we've made."
We have a growing community of people that stand with them. Thank you to everyone who joined together to take care of your neighbors.
Learn more about our vision for a food secure region by 2029 here.
Together, we’ll make every table full!