Let's Set the Table for the Holidays and Beyond

Make sure NO ONE goes hungry

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When You Help, Hope Will Follow

YOUR DONATION can help local families through the November and December holidays and beyond.

From our Holiday Meal Baskets, to our pantries, Mobile Markets and Community Meals--all ensure that local families can prepare a delicious meal at home with their own traditions, or eat a healthy ready-made meal from our kitchen to theirs.

For $35, a Holiday Meal Basket provides a family with a turkey (or Ham in December Holidays, or a Nut Roast for our vegetarian families) and ALL the fixings including potatoes, squash, gravy, biscuits, stuffing, apples and more, so families can follow their own traditions with their own recipes.

We have seen a double-digit increase in requests for food assistance this year, and we are planning on a 10% increase in our Holiday Meal Basket program this year to meet the growth in need.

Lucy*, age 34, has two children and comes to The Open Door for groceries, occasional Community Meals to-go, SNAP (Food Stamp) assitance, Summer Meals for Kids, and the Holiday Meal Basket program. Her family traditionally cooks together every Thanksgiving, a special memory made possible by YOU and your support.

“Without a Holiday Meal Basket, we would struggle to get a turkey because they’re expensive,” Lucy said. “We use all the ingredients and we cook together as a family. We’re very thankful."
“It helps many families,” she added. “And it gets people together.”

When you HELP, HOPE will follow.

Your donation helps local people and families like Lucy get the food they need for the holidays and beyond.

THANK YOU for making a difference. You help us meet the rising need through the holidays and beyond.


The Open Door is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Donations and contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law. If you prefer to mail a check, please remit to The Open Door, 28 Emerson Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930

*Lucy's name has been changed to protect her families privacy