The Community Table is the Centre for Excellence of Pensacola’s food subsidy program. Our goal is not to provide families with groceries every month, but rather help subsidize families grocery budgets by provide meat, vegetables, fruit, etc. helping fight hunger in our community. Through this program we seek to engage our community in a new way while helping provide for basic needs that have been brought to our attention in the last two years.
Many families find themselves in new positions of need with the current state of our economy. The elderly, those on fixed incomes, single parent homes, and families of all sizes are finding it a struggle to put food on the table after all bills are paid. For many of these families this is their first time being in need and navigating the unknown of when your children, or yourself, will be able to eat the next meal.
This is exactly why The Centre for Excellence of Pensacola teamed up with Feeding the Gulf Coast, in an effort to help give a hand up to families in our community.
HOW IT WORKS
The Community Table is beginning by feeding 50 families a week through our location at 6847 W. Fairfield Drive, with the goal of ever expanding to meet the needs in our community. Through partnerships with other agencies we are looking to give a hand up to families in need. Families will sign up and be assigned a week, a day and time for their food pick up. Family information will be taken for the household and a valid ID must be present for each person receiving a box of food. Friends cannot pick up boxes for neighbors.
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Respond to the follow up email and select a week and time for your pick up.
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Bring photo ID with you for pick up.
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Answer a few more household questions and take your groceries home!
COMMON QUESTIONS
Who qualifies for the Community Table?
Anyone in NEED.
What do you need to do to start coming to the Community Table?
Fill out the FORM HERE!
What do you need to have with you day of pick up?
ID of the person picking up food
Do I have to have my children's ID's with me when I pick up food?
No. Only adult picking up food needs ID. However, children’s names and ages will be taken the first time you register along with any allergies the family has.
Can I pick up for my friend?
No. If someone cannot make a scheduled time our team will contact them. However, you can pick up for anyone registered in your household.
What information do you require?
First and Last Name, Phone Number, Address, number of person in household, number of children in household, ages of those in household, allergies present in household, martial status, and gender.
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY TABLE
VOLUNTEER as an individual or as a group for one of our weekly Community Table distributions! Click the picture above to go directly to our volunteer form!
PARTNER partner monthly with the Centre for Excellence to provide food to those in need. For as low as $30 a month you can provide food for a family of four, through the Community Table.
SPONSOR a month of food! For only $750.00 you can supply 5,000lbs of food allowing us to combat hunger in the lives of over 200 families.
ONE TIME DONATION supporting The Centre for Excellence Food Programs. Your donations go directly to helping families in Pensacola have food on their tables during these times of economic difficulty.
COMMUNITY TABLE PARTNERS
