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Groton Community Dinners

Fostering community by offering a healthy, delicious meal for all, free of charge, in a warm and welcoming atmosphere


Groton Community Dinners is a new initiative by a number of community groups in and around Groton, MA. Our goals are both to provide nourishment and to strengthen the bonds of community.

We cannot eliminate hunger,
but we can feed each other.
We cannot eliminate loneliness,
but we can hold each other.
We cannot eliminate pain,
but we can live a life
of compassion.
— Mark Nepo

On Friday January 27, 2012, all are welcome to the free monthly dinner held at First Parish Church, located at the intersection of Rte. 40 and Rte. 119 in Groton, MA. Dinners are held on the last Friday of every month. (Here are a few photos from the inaugural dinner on May 29 of last year.) Doors open at 5:45 pm and dinner is served continuously from 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Come for live music, great food, and good company. The menu for January 27th dinner includes house salad with homemade dressing, hearty chilli or hearty vegetarian chili with corn bread, chips and salsa, and cake.

Feeding a Community (article about GCD):
In 2009, more than 49 million people in the United States — lived in households that experienced hunger or the risk of hunger, as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (...Read more)





Local groups and organizations will be asked to host future dinners by cooking, setting up, cleaning up, or serving. For more information, please contact Brenna Mayer at 978-448-0116 or .

2012-01-01