Our story
It started with one pot of soup.
In 2014, six neighbours cooked dinner for anyone who came. Forty people did.
We still believe food is best shared. Common Table is not a charity for the neighbourhood so much as of it: most of our volunteers once came for a meal, and many still do.
Everything we run is free, no questions asked, no forms to fill in at the door.
Everything we run is free, no questions asked, no forms to fill in at the door.
Milestones
Ten years, one table
First soup night
Forty guests in a church basement.
The pantry opens
Groceries twice a week, choose-your-own.
Grow club
A schoolyard becomes a garden.
Our own kitchen
A home on Mercer Lane, thanks to 900 donors.
The people who keep the lights on
Five staff, three hundred volunteers.
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Ruth Amankwah
Executive director
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Jonas Feld
Kitchen lead
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Mei Tanaka
Volunteer coordinator
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Luis Ortega
Grow club gardener
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Hannah Roe
Partnerships
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Grace Yu
Pantry manager
With thanks to our partners
