Vingenzo’s restaurant in downtown Woodstock is not open for business on Tuesdays, but twice a month on that day, cars line up outside its East Main Street location, and people drive away with hot, fresh-cooked meals.

On Aug. 19, Meals for Woodstock will celebrate five years of providing free meals to families in need every first and third Tuesday. Vingenzo’s staff and volunteers provide an estimated 250 meals between 4 and 6 p.m. on each of those Tuesdays. Five years of that add up to about 30,000 dinners served to people who might otherwise go hungry.

Meals for Woodstock began in 2020, partially in response to the COVID crisis, but Vingenzo’s executive chef/owner Michael Bologna and co-owner Nikkie Say have no plans to discontinue the program, which they carry out in partnership with se

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