The Open Door

10/13/2026

Our Dish students have been busy gardening, cooking and trying new recipes this fall with The Open Door nutrition team and our friends at Backyard Growers. 🍅🌽🫑

Dish is an after-school program for students at O'Maley Middle to learn about cooking and nutrition. Students have been growing their own ingredients in the O'Maley garden, then transforming their harvests into delicious recipes.

So far, Dish students have made:
🧑‍🍳Cheddar Scallion Corn Fritters
🧑‍🍳Orange Chicken over rice, topped with scallion garnish
🧑‍🍳Avocado Ranch Dip with Veggies for dipping
🧑‍🍳Rainbow Fried Rice
🧑‍🍳Pickled Radishes
🧑‍🍳Fresh Salsa & Quesadillas
🧑‍🍳Apple Crisp Kits (to bake at home)
🧑‍🍳Pink Beet Pancakes (made with pureed roasted red beets)
🧑‍🍳Harvest Salads with Maple C***r Vinaigrette

Dish is a great way for students to gain confidence in the kitchen and try new foods!
We ❤️Dish

10/12/2026

New week, new menu! Please remember we are CLOSED TODAY MONDAY 10/12 and will be back tomorrow.

Hot meals served weekdays 4:30-5:30 p.m. at our Gloucester Food Pantry (28 Emerson Ave Gloucester MA).

To-Go Meals will be available for pick-up this week:
🗓️Tuesday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Gloucester Food Pantry.
🗓️Wed-Thurs: 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Ipswich Community Food Pantry.

Before placing your order, please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.

10/10/2026

There's still time to get your tickets for The Open Door 🍂Autumn Breakfast 🍂on Thursday 10/22.

Autumn Breakfast kicks off The Open Door Holiday Meal Basket programs and Food Drives and honors the volunteers and community partners who make our mission possible.

🦃Holiday Meal Baskets provide local families and individuals with everything needed to prepare a special meal to celebrate both Thanksgiving and the winter holidays.

🥫Food Drives help stock our pantry shelves to feed our community through the holiday season and beyond.

With your help, we can light the way to hunger-free holidays (and more)! 🧡💡

Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/autumn-breakfast-2026-tickets-2001212354022

Or visit FOODPANTRY.org.

10/09/2026

The Open Door and Second Glance will be closed on Monday, October 12.

All programs of The Open Door will be closed for the day. Extra meals to-go are available at our Gloucester Food Pantry today (Friday 10/9).

Second Glance is not open for shopping on Mondays, and donation appointments will not be available on October 12.

We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday, October 13.

Thank you for your continued support!

10/08/2026

Join us for The Open Door Autumn Breakfast on Thursday, 10/22 🍂

Help light the way to hunger-free holidays (and more)

Each year, the Autumn Breakfast kicks off the holiday giving season and raises critical funds for our Holiday Meal Basket program (and beyond). Holiday Meal Baskets provide local families and individuals with everything needed to prepare a special meal for both Thanksgiving and the winter holidays.

🎟️ Tickets:

Help light the way to hunger-relief. JOIN US for Autumn Breakfast, and help provide food for the holidays and beyond for local people.

10/07/2026

Local bakers and cake enthusiasts gathered last Sunday to raise money for The Open Door food pantry and the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts at Cape Ann Cake Fest. 🎂🍰

Attendees swapped slices and shopped a specially curated pop-up by Second Glance, the thrift store of The Open Door. What a SWEET way to care for our neighbors. 🤗

Who says you can't have your cake and eat it, too?

Thank you to all who participated❤️

10/06/2026

THANK YOU to our neighbors at Gloucester High School for collecting and donating 174 pounds of good food to help feed people in our community! 🧡🥫

If your school, company, club, or place of worship would like to host a food drive for The Open Door, visit FOODPANTRY.org/fooddrive to learn more!

10/05/2026

Our weekly menu has arrived! ✨🍽️

Please note: we'll be closed 10/12, so there are THREE meals available to-go this Friday for the long weekend ahead.

Hot meals served weekdays 4:30-5:30 p.m. at our Gloucester Food Pantry (28 Emerson Ave Gloucester MA).

To-Go Meals will be available for pick-up this week:
🗓️Mon-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Gloucester Food Pantry.
🗓️Wed-Thurs: 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Ipswich Community Food Pantry.

Before placing your order, please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.

10/05/2026

Last week, our nutrition team hosted a fall cooking workshop at Second Glance, the thrift store of The Open Door. 🍁🥘👩‍🍳

We made butternut squash skillet lasagna! Customers got to sample the meal & take home a copy of our fall cooking & baking recipes.

Visit FOODPANTRY.org/blog for more healthy recipes from The Open Door. 😋

And don't forget to shop & donate at Second Glance to help support the programs of The Open Door.

10/03/2026

Don't miss the City of Gloucester's FREE Halloween Party at Stage Fort Park🎃👻🍬

📅Saturday, October 17
🕛12pm - 3pm

Enjoy the festivities and visit The Open Door farmer's truck for free, fresh produce!

We'll see you there🧡