Every week, restaurants put up what they have extra. Community kitchens post what they need. The board connects them.
Flagstaff has restaurants that throw away good food every night. It has shelters and kitchens that need food every morning. It has volunteers, faith communities, and a city sustainability office trying to close the gap.
The problem is not supply or demand. The problem is visibility.
Right now, tonight, a bakery downtown has 20 loaves they'll toss by morning. Three blocks away, a kitchen needs bread for tomorrow's breakfast. Neither one knows the other exists.
NeighborTable makes them visible to each other. That's the whole idea.
Pastor Jen at the community church says she's cooking Wednesday lunch for about 50 people. She needs chicken, pasta, and bread. She tells us once and it auto-posts every week after that.
A bakery has extra bread. A burger place has prepped chicken they won't use. They open the app, see what Jen needs, and tap what they've got. Takes about a minute. We arrange pickup or they walk it over.
Anyone walks in. No app, no ID, no signup. The restaurant gets a tax receipt. The kitchen gets reliable food. The neighbor gets fed. Thursday the cycle starts again.
You know that tray of pasta at close? The bread that won't sell tomorrow? Right now it goes in the trash. With us, you tell us what you've got (takes about a minute) and we get it to a kitchen that needs it. A driver comes to you, or you walk it over if they're close. You get a tax receipt for everything, automatically. Next week we text you: "Got extras?" You reply YES or NO. That's the whole relationship.
Tell us what Wednesday lunch needs. Specific items, how many people. Neighborhood restaurants fill it throughout the week. You can watch the progress bars fill from your phone. If something doesn't fill on its own, we cover it. You'll know by 8pm the night before exactly what's coming. Your program always runs.
If you have a restaurant, run a community meal, or just want to help, reach out. We'll grab coffee and figure out how you fit in.