Bringing Joy to Every Table

For many, it has become a daily routine to prepare nutritious meals for our families and friends, served on carefully chosen dinnerware. The food we eat becomes merely a second thought to the presentation and experience of our meals. An even further thought is the millions of children currently living with food insecurity in our country. In your average classroom of 30 students, five of them do not have access to a daily nutritious meal. 

Each year, communities around the world connect on World Food Day to increase awareness of global hunger in hopes of inspiring solutions for change. But this year is not like the others. 

In a time where job loss is at an all-time high and food industries are struggling to stay afloat, it is important now more than ever to highlight and support the food heroes of our communities, who continue to fight for a future where no one is left hungry. 

Since Fable’s inception in 2019, we have been partnered with Mealshare, a local organization making it their mission to fight youth hunger through partnerships with restaurants and companies in the food sector. 

With every purchase you make from Fable, a meal is directly donated to a family in need. Thanks to Mealshare, Fable has been able to provide a nutritious meal to over 8,000 families in less than a year.

“We can bring joy to some people who are extremely privileged, who can afford really nice dinnerware and they get a nice meal in their own home. But we're also figuring out ways that we can bring joy to the other meals where people are maybe not as privileged,” says Fable CEO Joe Parenteau.

To Parenteau, the partnership with Mealshare was “a no-brainer”. Not only is it a way to give back, but simultaneously involving the community, allowing anyone to be a food hero in the simplest way. 

“We've partnered with Mealshare because we think they are a food hero,” says Parenteau. “In some sense, this is our way to help solve this problem, especially with youth. When it's very much out of their control if they can get a nutritious meal. Sometimes they can’t solve that problem for themselves.”

Mealshare was founded in 2013 by Andrew Hall and his cousin Jeremy Bryant. Since then, their restaurant affiliates have been the main source of donations, feeding millions of children by simply ordering from a menu.