Long Beach Community Table

Long Beach Community Table (LBCT) distributes 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.

This year we will pay rent at our warehouse for the first time, in addition to funding food and hygiene products for our growing list of recipients. We have increased our Long Beach Gives donation goal, and urgently need funds to keep our doors open for the community.

With the pandemic, LBCT expanded its food relief programs, providing fresh produce and nutritious groceries to thousands of local residents, 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 10+ tons of food to more than 3,000 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.

We also build, plant, and harvest urban gardens for private properties and organizations throughout Long Beach that help people become food-secure. Surplus harvests provide us with fresh, organically-grown produce for our programs.

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 FoodFinders, 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.

Testimonials

"We appreciate all the hard work and everything you have done for us and everyone else. Thank you for everything! Keep up the good work." - Peter

"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 to everyone at Long Beach Community Table. Your efforts to provide for us are really appreciated. As a retired 65-year-old aerospace engineer, having to adjust my lifestyle financially has not been easy...so your help goes a long way. In addition, my sciatica in both legs and back makes walking very difficult." - Joseph

"God bless. You guys have helped my family so much. I really appreciate it." - Blanca

"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