Events
Two days the whole region shows up
One is loud, floury, and free; the other is candlelit and cooked from what we saved. Both end the same way — with more meals on more tables.
Saturday, August 15, 2026 · 9:00am–2:00pm
The Great Riverbend Sort-a-Thon
One warehouse, 200 neighbors, 40,000 meals
Granary Row warehouse, Millbrook · Free
Our biggest sorting day of the year. Teams of 4–8 take a stretch of the line and race the chalkboard: every crate weighed, every box counted, live meal-math totals all day. Lunch is on us — much of it cooked from rescued produce by the Harvest Dinner chefs warming up for October.
- Free to join — register your team or come solo and we'll place you
- Kids 8+ welcome on the family line
- Closed-toe shoes required; everything else provided
- Goal: 48,000 lbs sorted — roughly 40,000 meals
Register a team
Friday, October 2, 2026 · 6:30–10:00pm
Harvest Dinner at Granary Hall
One long table, cooked from what we saved
Granary Hall, Millbrook riverfront · $85 per seat · $640 table of 8
A long-table dinner for 240 neighbors, cooked by local chefs almost entirely from rescued and locally grown food — the same food that stocks our pantries, treated with the respect it deserves. One evening, one shared table, and the year's impact report read aloud between courses.
- Ticket: $85 — the meal math on your own ticket is about 255 meals
- Table of eight: $640
- Every dollar past costs goes straight to winter produce buying
- Dress code: warm layers — the hall is a heritage granary, and we mean heritage
Reserve seats
Why these two days matter
One fills the shelves. One fills the budget.
The Sort-a-Thon clears our biggest sorting backlog of the year in a single loud Saturday. The Harvest Dinner funds the quiet months — every dollar past costs goes to January produce buying, when donations dip and need doesn't.
If your fridge is empty
Need food this week?
Come as you are. No ID, no referral, no cost, no explaining. Six pantries and a mobile market run every week — or call (555) 019-FOOD and a neighbor will pick up.
If your table has extra
Have something to give?
Money, time, food, or your voice — every one of them moves meals. Take the 60-second quiz and we'll point you at the single most useful next step for you.