Connection and Care in Hard Times - Reflections from the Gleaning Season By Sarah Bluestein, Community Gleaning Coordinator As I look back at the 2025 gleaning season, I feel so deeply inspired by what we have been able to do…
When Funders Listen: Real Partnerships in Uncertain Times By Emily Mastellone-Snyder, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Marketing, and Communications In this period of uncertainty, especially for nonprofits, there is something deeply hopeful stirring: our funders are listening. They are asking different…
Bridging the Seasons: A New ESSENtials Summer Shabbat DistributionBy Chana LailaOffice Manager & Development Assistant Thanks to generous support from the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Western Massachusetts (JEF), and in collaboration with Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts (JFS), Rachel’s Table…
Bassie’s birthday milestone – 10 years of inspiring others!By Meghan WilliamsVolunteer Coordinator and Administrative Assistant Bassie Baron turned 15 this August, making this the 10th year she has led a food drive for Rachel’s Table instead of receiving gifts. Each…
Three of the Four J's honored at Bountiful Bowls 2023. To see more photos from the event, click here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY28ajhjSM8&t=2s Check out our latest video about Rachel's Table! A special thank you to Jon Fatigate for helping us to produce this…
Rachel’s Table celebrates 30 years of hunger relief HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Celebrating 30 years of fighting hunger in western Massachusetts Tuesday night. It was a show of support for Rachel’s Table at the Log Cabin, for the organization’s Bountiful…
Bountiful Bowls June 13: Rachel’s Table, a program of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts, will hold its biennial fundraiser, Bountiful Bowls, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. The evening will celebrate the organization’s 30…
Rachel’s Table’s Bountiful Bowls 30-year Birthday Bash (Mass Appeal) – Rachel’s Table is celebrating 30 years! And you’re invited to Bountiful Bowls Birthday Bath. Here with all the details is Jodi Falk, Director of Rachel’s Table. more
Your presence is requested – join us in filling the bowls!! You have been instrumental in our growth for the past 30 years! Together, we have created, maintained, and reimagined Rachel’s Table to ensure that needs are met, bowls are filled,…
Rachel’s Table receives USDA grant to expand reach SPRINGFIELD — The Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts program Rachel’s Table will be growing several of their efforts thanks to a $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. The Department…