Contact: Elizabeth Bryson
 

Agency description: In Jackson County 12-15% of our population are ‘food insecure’ people.  Community Table is not a soup kitchen.  It is a restaurant provided by grants through REACH and various churches in the local area. Meals are provided to those who need them, no questions asked. Cooks will work 1 to 5 preparing, serving and cleaning up after meals. Servers will work 4 to 8 serving meals and cleaning up afterwards. Community Table is presently open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.  Food and financial donations are gratefully accepted as well.  Many groups and individuals volunteer from time to time.  What is also needed, however, are long-term volunteers who commit to a schedule, whether once a week or once a month.  The Good Samaritan Law in NC exempts organizations that donate food from any liability.  Please encourage restaurants, groups, and businesses to donate surplus.  Do you have your own garden?  You can Plant A Row for the Table at home and donate the produce, contact Mary Lou Surgis at 596-2411 for more information about this project.

Location: On Asheville Highway next to Majik Gas station, directly across from the shopping center with the Quin Movie Theater.

Time commitment: Indefinite length.

Skills, experiences, and special requirements: None required; will teach.

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