December 2025

On February 19, 2025, the Peace Dale Dinner Table celebrated our 11th anniversary of operation. With our numbers at the Dinner Table continuing to increase, this is a perfect time for the Dinner Table to have been selected as the Mission of the Month.

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We are currently preparing more than 250 meals each Wednesday. Our increase reflects a continued statewide trend of more people seeking food assistance. A recent report by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank states that 38% of all households within the state are considered food insecure – having difficulty affording adequate food – an increase of 11 percentage points over last year, due to rapid cost increases in rent, utilities, transportation, childcare and health care, and basic annual expenses.

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At the Dinner Table, we serve more than 270 meals per week to our neighbors in need, children and their families, those alone, and those hungry. That computes to over 14,000 meals per year.

In addition to Wednesday delivery/pick-up meals, we reintroduced a Tuesday sit-down meal “The Bistro” for food and community; we are welcoming 35 diners each Tuesday to this community dinner.

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Our crew of more than 150 incredible volunteers do the work that makes this mission possible! Thus, donors know that every cent they give, goes to the purchase of food and materials needed to prepare meals to feed people.

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Deep thanks to all the volunteers who make this mission possible: the bakers, the drivers, the baggers, the runners, the servers, those who package and pick up the bread, the dishwashers, the chefs and cooking crews, the reservation takers, the driving coordinator and our volunteer organizer.

 

Without the generosity of all who donate financially to our church’s premier mission, the Peace Dale Dinner Table would not exist. Thank you for your continued generous support.

More information about Dinner Table is available at peacedalechurch.org/dinner-table

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​Thank you for your generosity!
The Missions Board 

www.peacedalechurch.org/missions

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Peace Dale Congregational Church supports Peace Dale Dinner Table as our Mission of the Month. You may donate funds by:

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1. Placing your gift in the Missions basket during Sunday service,

2. Sending a check to the church office @ 261 Columbia Street, Peace Dale, RI 02879 (checks should be made out to PDCC with “Dinner Table" in the memo line), or

3. Clicking the Give now button on this page to donate online (peacedalechurch.org/ways-to-give).

Thank you,
The Missions Board