The Hamburger Tafel e.V. (founded in 1994 by the late honorary chairwoman Annemarie Dose) supports the needy with food that is no longer for sale. The association collects these foods and supplies them to cooperation partners.

Our area of activity is Hamburg north of the Elbe / Hamburg (Germany).

• 27 social institutions that operate food distribution centres are supplied.
• About 65 other institutions receive food regularly from Hamburger Tafel.
• More than 180 businesses are served by our 13 sprinters (delivery vans with cooling equipment) more than 600 times. The average weekly mileage of all 13 Tafel cars is around 3000 km. A number of distribution points and social institutions collect additional goods from our warehouse each week with their own cars.
• The distribution points alone supply 20,000 needy people per week.
• The Hamburger Tafel distributes over 40 tons of food per week.
• More than 100 volunteers (men and women) work for the Tafel.
• Hamburger Tafel has a warehouse, including refrigeration and freezer facilities, so that even large quantities can be stored. This means that even Tafel from Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can be supported with goods from our warehouse.

The Hamburger Tafel is financed exclusively by donations.