Preparing for Thanks

Today, Thanksgiving day, a Brother who had been lifted out of poverty by a Table in Arizona sat at our family Table. He showed us a just published cook book that contains his photographs and design work. From poverty to published. There are 40 million stories like our Brother’s waiting to be created…and told…and lived. [...]

From Tucson to Flagstaff

News that the faith, government, business and non-profit communities can collaborate to restore people in poverty to the community is traveling across Arizona. In about 60 days, Pantano Christian Church in Tucson will launch the first Table in Pima County. Pima County has more than 500 faith communities. Three hundred miles north, in Flagstaff, we [...]

Open Table Selected as Blue Ribbon Agency

In early 2009, Open Table was selected as a Blue Ribbon Agency by the Arizona Collaboration for a New Century. As part of its Arizona LeaderForce Initiative, the Collaboration utilizes a rigorous screening process to identify six social service agencies annually that have proven results in meeting the needs of low-income people in our communities. [...]

Master Licensing is a Foundation for Future Growth

Open Table is developing a master licensing concept with an east valley transitional shelter/program and a large faith community. The transitional program has relationships with faith communities and corporations that support it. Over time, the objective of a master license agreement is for the transitional shelter to implement the Open Table model by marketing to [...]

We Launched a Movement…

About four years ago, the first group of Open Table members was given the choice to help an impoverished man named Ernie (Search “Ernie” for his full story). At the time, Ernie lived at Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) in central Phoenix. He was a single, senior who was highly motivated to get out of [...]