05/01/2025
National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive to Donate Food to Open Table
New West Concord Drop-Off Site Open to Receive Donations
Open Table, the MetroWest charity dedicated to fighting hunger and building healthy communities, will be a recipient of The National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive, which will take place on Saturday, May 10, in both Concord and Maynard. At the same time, Open Table is announcing that its new drop-off site is open at the Community Center on Church Street in West Concord.
On the second Saturday of May, Concord and Maynard residents can set out non-perishable food before their letter carrier’s normal pick-up time. In addition to collecting food donations, letter carriers will be delivering and collecting mail as usual so that pickup time could be slightly later than usual. Letter carriers also may have helpers. A good rule of thumb is to have donation bags set out by 9 a.m.
The top requested non-perishable food items are: vegetable oil in 24 oz, 32 oz, or 40 oz bottles; ground coffee (no K-Cups); red beans in one- or two-pound bags, black beans in one- or two-pound bags. Also accepted are black tea bags, herbal teas, and almond, oak soy and coconut milk, as well as other perishable products.
Click here to see a list of Open Table’s most wanted items: https://www.opentable.org/donate-groceries/
Please do not donate frozen food, homemade food or home-canned items. Please do not donate items that have expired or are in glass containers. In keeping with good food-handling and food-safety procedures, food that is opened, damaged, out of code or does not have the official ingredients included cannot be accepted by Open Table.
“Open Table relies on community donations to supplement the food we get from the Greater Boston Food Bank, local farms, and grocery stores to ensure we can provide a full range of food for our clients,” said Alexandra DePalo, executive director, Open Table. “We want to take this opportunity to thank the postal workers for lifting heavy bags of food, transporting it, and their support every year.”
West Concord Food Donation Bin
Following the closure of Open Table’s drop-off facility on Beharrell Street in West Concord, the Town of Concord has graciously offered to host a new 24/7 donation bin for nonperishable items on the “porch” of the Human Services building at 55 Church Street, which is across the parking lot from Harvey Wheeler.
