Long Beach Community Table

Long Beach Community Table (LBCT) distributes 100% free fresh food, hygiene items, and clothing to vulnerable communities in Long Beach. Our gardening program builds, plants, and harvests urban gardens, providing information on all stages of food self-sufficiency, from planting to preserving each harvest.  Our next step is teaching sustainability through our Community Canning Centers (similar to what the government did during the Great Depression) to extend the shelf life of healthy food during these difficult times.   We also have a harvesting program so if you have fruit that you can't harvest, please email Lbctharvest@gmail.com and we will harvest for you!

In the first month of the pandemic, LBCT expanded its food relief program from serving 50 homebound households/ week to over 1,000 a week in just one month.  We have only continued to expand, providing fresh produce and nutritious groceries to over 6,000 local residents weekly, including families, seniors, students, homeless, veterans, and quarantined individuals with disabilities, medical conditions or compromised immunity, in neighborhoods throughout the Long Beach area. Each week, we distribute or redistribute thousands of grocery bags to financially-distressed residents through our mobile and homebound delivery programs. In addition, during our Open Community Hours, anyone in need can pick up free groceries from our warehouse facility.

As one essential thread of an interconnected web of agencies addressing food insecurity for vulnerable populations in the greater Long Beach region, we regularly collaborate with local food recovery organizations like Food Finders, Food Forward, Long Beach Fresh, and City Heart, as well as farmers' markets, urban gardens, local congregations, and local grocery stores, redistributing food to Long Beach's most vulnerable populations.   

We have moved on to starting to collaborate with many other non profits in a larger building so that we can be more efficient in serving the community and have a stronger and more seamless response.

Testimonials

"I am a legally blind, single mother. Your weekly home food deliveries make a huge difference in our lives. Thank you." - Estrella

"Thank you so very much for reaching out to us. You guys have been a great blessing to my family." - Martine

"Thank you for the wonderful food this afternoon. I needed some things to tide me over and you've done a great job for me. I can't tell you how much this delivery meant to me." - Deborah