Service Spotlight: McKenna’s Wagon

A hot meal

Peter Organisciak

For 32 years, McKenna’s Wagon has served D.C. with hot meals on wheels every single day. As the official mobile soup kitchen of Martha’s Table, the wagon provides food for some 150 to 300 people each night. From week to week, the wagon’s menu changes based on donations. Restaurants such as Chiptole
Mexican Grill and The Capital Grille often give generously to the program. Volunteers spend two hours driving the vans to its three drop-off locations:

5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. 2nd and H St.
5:20 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Pennsylvania Ave. and 19th St. NW
6 p.m. -6:30 p.m. 15th and K St. NW

“We have a wide variety of people that we serve,” said Demetrios Recachinas, assistant director of food and nutrition programs at Martha’s Table.

“After the recession we did start to see individuals that did have homes, but were trying to
supplement income with these meals. We are a zero barrier program, so we don’t ask any questions.”
All the food is prepared at Martha’s Table by staff cooks. Volunteers help prep the food for
delivery.

For information about volunteering, email [email protected] or call

(202) 328-6608 X 212.


Issues |Hunger


Region |Washington DC

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