03/19/2026
Dole & Bailey Donates $90,000 in Food to Family Table Collaborative to Help Feed Cape Cod
Yarmouth, MA — March 2026 — The Family Table Collaborative (FTC) has received a donation of $90,000 worth of food from Dole & Bailey, the Woburn-based premium meat and seafood company, helping the organization continue providing nutritious meals across Cape Cod.
The donation includes 11 pallets of food, mostly protein. It will be transported from Woburn to Yarmouth with the help of Midnight Our Seafood, a Chatham-based seafood company, which is sending a truck to make this gift possible.
“Whenever Jeni Wheeler and the Family Table Collaborative call, I do whatever I can to help them out,” said Jesse Rose, owner of Midnight Our. “They provide good, wholesome meals to the people in need in our community.”
Dole & Bailey is led by Owner and CEO Nancy Matheson-Burns, who shares a culinary connection with Jeni Wheeler, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Family Table Collaborative, as a fellow member of the New England chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier.
“We were absolutely thrilled to donate $90,000 worth of food to Family Table Collaborative because we believe incredible ingredients should never go to waste, especially when they can nourish and uplift a community,” said Nancy Matheson-Burns, “As foodservice distributors, we all have products in our inventory—broken cases, specialty items, and unique ingredients—that may no longer fit our logistics but still have tremendous value.
“What excites me most is knowing organizations like Family Table have the creativity, skill, and heart to transform those ingredients into amazing meals that bless people in their communities! It’s a win for everyone.
“My hope is that this inspires others in the foodservice distribution world to take a fresh look at their own inventory and realize the opportunity sitting right there on the shelf. With just a little intention, we can turn surplus food into something powerful—supporting chefs, strengthening communities, and making sure great food reaches the people who need it most.”
The donation comes shortly after the Family Table Collaborative served as part of Barnstable County’s emergency response during the Blizzard of 2026. In partnership with World Central Kitchen, FTC prepared and distributed 15,000 meals from its kitchen across Cape Cod between Sunday and Friday during the storm response.
“This donation will help us continue preparing and distributing nutritious meals across Cape Cod for the next three months,” said Jeni Wheeler, Co-Founder of the Family Table Collaborative. “The United States represents about 5% of the world’s population but generates more than 25% of the world’s food waste. Much of what we call waste is actually surplus. Donations like this show how high-quality food can be redirected to nourish communities rather than becoming trash.”
Wheeler holds an MBA from Babson College with a focus in Social Entrepreneurship, was named to the World Central Kitchen Chef Corps in 2024, and serves on a working group for Governor Maura Healey’s Anti-Hunger Task Force.
Founded six years ago, the Family Table Collaborative works to increase nutritional security across all 15 towns on Cape Cod. The organization has prepared and distributed more than 250,000 meals, rescued over 125,000 pounds of fresh produce, and prevented nearly 500,000 pounds of food from becoming waste.
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