Table Talk, January 2018: New Hope for a New Year

2017: 1 Million Meals, More than 3,400 Neighbors Served!
What a year! And it didn't just happen by chance. More than 600 volunteers dedicated more than 28,000 hours of service and thousands of you contributed more than $840,000 in funds and $558,000 in food and toiletries to ensure our doors opened every day and our neighbors were welcomed and served all year long.
Thank you to every single one of YOU! We have high hopes for the year ahead and the potential to serve even more neighbors in 2018. Watch for our official 2017 annual report that will publish in early March. In the meantime, stay involved, come visit us, and help us spread the word about food insecurity in our community.                                                                                                                                    Lyndsey Haight
                                                          Executive Director

You've made a real difference for these neighbors...

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WEE Can Help!!!
ONT is a place where the whole family can get involved. Now, ONT offers some special opportunities for some of our youngest supporters. WEE Can Help! is a volunteer program for children aged 5-7 years. We have bi-weekly shifts reserved just for this eager age group to help us stock our market along with their parents, grandparents, or their favorite adult.
​​Adults are required to complete a volunteer orientation prior to registering for a volunteer shift. Complete your volunteer application and get started today!

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How Can You Get Involved in 2018?
Every week, we register new neighbors and families who come to us for help. We expect to serve more than 3,500 people this year. But we can't do it without YOU. ​

​Join the Run Out Hunger Team!
Do you love Our Neighbors’ Table? Have you made fitness part of your new year’s resolution? Now you can combine the two and really make a difference for your neighbors. ONT is partnering with Green Stride again this year to host ONT’s Run Out Hunger Team at the Earth Rock Run and the Newburyport Half Marathons. We are so excited to announce Studio 5 is also joining our team! Boston marathon veteran Jess Bailey and Studio 5 owner Lindsay Zappala are lending their training expertise to get you across the finish line! Join us today!

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Donate

Become a Sustaining Donor!
More than 400 households shop in our Market and ore than 100 guests come to eat at our Wednesday Meal each week! Don't wait until next December, set up your monthly or quarterly installments and know you're taking care of your neighbors today!

Volunteer!
Contributing nearly 600 hours of service EVERY WEEK, volunteers are the backbone of ONT’s programs.
Become a sustaining donor! Whether you are 1 person or a group, whether you can give 3 hours a year or 3 hours a month, WE WANT YOU! Complete your volunteer application now!

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Help us Raise Awareness!
The first step in solving a problem is becoming aware that the problem exists. Hunger in our community is still a hidden problem. People struggling to put food on their tables still hide in shame. Even when it’s a close friend or neighbor, many of us are still unaware of how many people are fighting hunger in our schools, our churches, our local businesses. But YOU can help change that! Spread the word and help people understand that even one simple act can make a difference.

• Host a food drive – not only are you collecting valuable food donations for us to give to neighbors in need, you are also raising awareness of the issue among your friends, co-workers, parish members.
• Sponsor a Wednesday Meal, Market Day, or our special events – There’s no better way to get friends, employees, or even customers, to experience first-hand the impact of your involvement. 

Check our 2018 calendar and be sure to follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram!