Rachel's Table

🚚 Love to drive? Drive with purpose.

Rachel's Table is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help drive our truck and delivery van, picking up food donations from wholesale and retail donors and delivering them to food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and community agencies throughout Western Massachusetts.

No special license is required, and training is provided. Most routes take place in the morning, typically from 8:30 AM–12:30 PM. Half-day shifts make it easy to fit volunteering into your schedule, and retirees are especially welcome!

Every mile you drive helps rescue good food that might otherwise go to waste—and gets it into the hands of neighbors who need it most.

Interested? We'd love to hear from you!
🔗 https://feedwma.org/give-time/

Together, we're keeping good food moving.

Last week, Executive Director Jodi Falk had the privilege of attending Glenmeadow's 3rd Annual Age of Excellence Awards!

Our local community is blessed to have so many champions across the age spectrum, each giving back in unique and meaningful ways. These incredible honorees have deepened their service, embraced new opportunities to grow and make a difference, and helped better our communities—and they continue to do so.

Please join us in congratulating Glenmeadow’s 2026 Age of Excellence Award honorees: Jean Canosa Albano, Brooks Fitch, Denise Jordan, Denise Kelcey, Liz Wills-O’Gilvie, Paul Picknelly, Margaret Toomey, Gloria Wilson, and honorary recipient Brenda Garton-Sjoberg.

Congratulations to each of these inspiring community leaders, and thank you to Glenmeadow for celebrating the many ways people continue to lead, serve, and strengthen Western Massachusetts.

As we welcome Rosh Hashanah, we celebrate the start of a new year with hope, reflection, and gratitude.

This season reminds us of the importance of community, generosity, and caring for one another. At Rachel's Table, we're grateful for every volunteer, donor, farmer, and partner agency who helps reduce food waste and relieve hunger throughout the year.

May the year ahead bring health, peace, abundance, and sweet moments for all.

Shanah Tovah from everyone at Rachel's Table!

🌱 There is abundance in our fields—and an opportunity to share it.

We’re grateful to MassLive and The Republican Editorials for highlighting Rachel’s Table and the important role gleaning can play in addressing food insecurity across the Pioneer Valley.

Through our gleaning program, volunteers work alongside local farmers to harvest fresh produce that might otherwise be left in the fields and help get it to neighbors throughout Western Massachusetts. It’s a powerful example of what can happen when farmers, volunteers, and communities come together to make sure good food reaches people who can use it.

As the editorial reminds us, there are empty tables throughout our region—and every fresh tomato, cucumber, squash, and pepper can make a difference.

📖 Read the full editorial:
https://www.masslive.com/opinion/2026/08/the-pioneer-valleys-hidden-hedge-on-hunger-the-republican-editorials.html

🌱 Interested in joining a glean? Sign up to volunteer:
https://feedwma.org/give-time/

Happy Labor Day!

Today we celebrate the hardworking people who help keep our communities strong—including the volunteers, farmers, food donors, partner agencies, and staff who make Rachel's Table's mission possible every day.

Thank you to everyone who gives their time, talents, and compassion to help rescue food and nourish our neighbors.

Wishing you a safe and happy Labor Day!

Today is National Food Bank Day. 🥫

We’re especially grateful to the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts for all they do to fight hunger across our region and for their continued partnership with Rachel’s Table.

Rachel’s Table works with more than 70 recipient partners, including food pantries, meal sites, shelters, and other community organizations. Our partnership with the Food Bank helps extend the reach of nutritious food throughout our region, connecting more of our neighbors with the resources they need.

Through collaboration, food rescue, gleaning, purchasing, and Growing Gardens, we’re working together to make nutritious food more accessible throughout Western Massachusetts.

Thank you to the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and to every partner, volunteer, donor, and supporter who makes this work possible. Together, we make a difference.

September is Hunger Action Month. 💚

Hunger is a challenge we can solve—but only when we work together.

Every day, Rachel's Table rescues fresh, nutritious food that might otherwise go to waste and delivers it to more than 70 partner agencies across Western Massachusetts. We also grow food, glean at local farms, and support communities in building long-term food security.

Whether you volunteer, donate, advocate, or simply help spread awareness, your actions make a difference.

Because when we work together, we reduce waste, relieve hunger, and strengthen our community.

Join us this Hunger Action Month: https://feedwma.org

We’re grateful to BusinessWest for highlighting the partnership between Rachel’s Table and Pioneer Valley Financial Group, our newest Seed Sustainer for the Growing Gardens program!

PV Financial Group has committed $10,000 per year for three years to support Growing Gardens, which helps our partner agencies build and maintain on-site gardens and increase access to fresh, culturally appropriate food.

Their partnership goes beyond financial support, with opportunities to provide financial literacy and budgeting classes to local individuals and families.

Thank you to PV Financial Group for investing in long-term solutions to food insecurity—and to BusinessWest for helping share the story!

Read more about the partnership:
https://feedwma.org/rachels-table-partners-with-pv-financial-group-in-growing-gardens-program/

Interested in becoming a Growing Gardens sponsor? Contact Jodi Falk at [email protected] or (413) 733-0084, ext. 296.

There's still time to join us for a fun-filled morning at
Park Hill Orchard for a pre-Rosh Hashanah celebration of the upcoming Jewish New Year with family, friends, and community!

📅 Sunday, August 30
🕙 10:00–11:30 AM
📍 Park Hill Orchard, Easthampton, MA

Enjoy:
🍎 Apple picking
🎨 Crafts
📖 Storybook walk
📯 Learn to blow the shofar
🤝 Community activities and more!

Rachel's Table is proud to once again partner with Lander~Grinspoon Academy and our community co-sponsors for this special event. Be sure to stop by our table for a fun activity—and don't forget to pick a few extra apples to donate to neighbors experiencing food insecurity.

We can't wait to celebrate with you and welcome the new year together! No RSVP needed!