Helping community members with food needs continues to be a priority but comes with a new name and new location beginning in May.             Community Table of Albion (CTA) is the new name of the partnership of local groups and individuals working together to fight hunger in our community. The name change reflects the inclusive nature of the food distribution outreach service and the new location makes picking up food much easier than before. The new Community Table of Albion location is Kresge Commons behind the Albion College Wesley Hall. The new location was donated by Albion College and allows for more space and better coordination among organizations already at work in this critical area. The college renovated the larger distribution space and donated significant time, materials and labor for the community project. Local resident Bill Dobbins, Albion College alumnus, also assisted with the renovation effort.             All of these changes will begin in May when food distributions will be the second, third and fourth Tuesday of each month starting at 4 PM until supplies are gone. Next month the Community Table of Albion will be open on May 11, 18 and 25. For months community partners and individuals have been working on these improvements to food distribution.

Working together were members of the

• • • • Albion-Homer United Way
      • Albion Community Foundation
      • Albion First United Methodist Church
      • Oaklawn Hospital
      • Albion Healthcare Alliance
      • Albion College

Leslee Fritz, pastor of the First United Methodist Church and member of the planning team stated “the Community Table of Albion is grateful to Albion College for offering its available space, helping ensure more dollars raised in grants and donations will go directly to serving neighbors.” Participants should enter through a marked gate on Bidwell Street north of the Wesley Hall parking lot. Signs and volunteers will help guide participants at the new location when it opens May 11 for the three-times-a-month food distribution. The Community Table of Albion opens on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at 4 p.m.  Please see the Car Line up map below to participate. The best source for any new information about the Community Table of Albion program is the Albion-Homer United Way Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/albionhomeruw