September 2026
Sixteen teens finished Tech for Teens this summer
Sixteen young people finished the summer session, this year with 3D printing and a unit on using AI ethically. Every graduate took their computer home.
News & events
What’s happening on Second Street.
Meals every week, events through the year, and news from around the building. Everything here is open to the neighborhood, and most of it is free.
Every week
No sign-up, no ID, no referral. Just come.
EveryMon
Community meal
5:45 to 6:30 pm · 392 Second Street
A hot dinner and a seat at a full table. Everyone is welcome, whatever brought you here.
EveryThu
Community meal & groceries
12 to 1 pm · 392 Second Street
Lunch from 12 to 1, or until the food is gone, with groceries going out the same day. Bring a bag if you have one, and we'll help you carry it if you don't.
Open24/7
The Free Food Fridge
Any hour · outside our front door
Fresh produce, dairy, and prepared meals, out on the sidewalk day and night. Take what you need.
Coming up
Our gatherings, and how to get a spot.
DateTBA
FEAST! Dining for a Cause
Date to be announced
Location to be confirmed, call (518) 274-5920
An evening of good food and good company that keeps our food programs running all year. Local restaurants donate the meal; every ticket goes straight to the table on Second Street.
Nov142026
TAUM Holiday Market
1:00 to 5:00 pm · 392 2nd St., Troy (Osgood neighborhood)
A holiday market of local artists and makers, in our building. Vendors wanted. If you make something and want a table, apply below and we will send you the details.
Nov232026
Osgood Community Thanksgiving Feast
5:45 to 7:00 pm · 392 Second Street, Troy
A full Thanksgiving dinner, open to the whole neighborhood. Everyone is welcome, whatever brought you here and whoever you are coming with.
Bringing a dish? Sign up to bring food to the Feast.
Dec312026
Forty Flames for Forty Years
Now through December · our 40th anniversary
Forty years of neighbors feeding neighbors. Light a flame in honor of someone who made Troy better, and help us carry the next forty.
May22027
CROP Hunger Walk
First Sunday in May · Troy
Our biggest walk of the year, raising money to fight hunger here in Troy and around the world. Bring the family, bring the dog, bring a team from your congregation or workplace.
Want to host something here?
Our community room, kitchen, and meeting spaces are open to neighborhood groups, classes, and celebrations. Tell us what you have in mind.
About the Community CenterFrom around the building
September 2026
Growing and serving: help our garden grow
With partners at Mohawk Global and Capital Roots, and generous gifts from the First Reformed Church of Schenectady and the Common Roots Foundation, we're expanding our community garden in 2026. Fresh vegetables grown here go straight to our meal program and Free Food Fridge.
January 2026
Forty years of neighbors feeding neighbors
TAUM turns forty this year. What started in 1986 as a handful of Troy congregations pooling their community work is now a neighborhood center that serves thousands of people a year.
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