Philanthropy Partners of the Cape and Islands (PPCI) invites you to join us in-person at noon on Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 at Alberto’s Ristorante in Hyannis with guest speakers Jeni Wheeler and Harry Henry, Co-Founders of the Family Table Collaborative, presenting:
The Social Enterprise Concept – Generating Revenue for Your Non-Profit
Using the creation and organic growth of the Family Table Collaborative, we will walk through
- Looking at the big picture for the market you participate in (for us it is the whole food ecosystem)
- Identifying gaps not being served
- Having the entrepreneurial “chops” to know how to develop products & services to fill those gaps
- Building the steps and driving execution
This will be an interactive session where we challenge and encourage the audience to adapt that construct to their own area of concentration.
The Family Table Collaborative increases nutritional security on Cape Cod through the preparation and distribution of nutritious, delicious meals and education; promotes eating and cooking as critical life skills and focuses on increasing nutritional literacy.
This event is FREE to attend with advance registration for current PPCI members; and $45 per person for guests/non-members. Space is limited!
About Our Presenters
Jeni Wheeler
Jeni has more than 20 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur and currently serves as Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Family Table Collaborative.
She specializes as an agent of creation/change, in operational set-up and oversight, growth strategy, policy creation, and adoption of best practices. She has a passion for nutritious and delicious food and loves teaching through her online cooking show Fun with Food, in conjunction with the Hyannis Public Library.Jeni also enjoys writing and creating recipes; you can find her quarterly column, Jeni’s Table, in Edible Cape Cod. She also serves as Vice-Chair of Leadership Cape Cod and is a 2019 graduate of their Community Leadership Institute program.
Jeni obtained her MBA from Babson University in ‘05, with a focus in Social Entrepreneurship. A longtime resident of the North Shore, Jeni made her way to Cape Cod after suffering significant injuries in an accident and requiring rehabilitation at Spaulding. She has developed a true love for Cape Cod and the Islands and is committed to creating sustainable change in fighting to end hunger and shifting the focus to nutritional security. She believes that answers to yesterday’s problems are not solving today’s challenges, and it’s time to innovate and elevate the conversation from food security to nutritional security.
Harry Henry
Harry recently stepped off the Board of Directors, but continues to play a critical role in a number of areas working with volunteers and cultivating meaningful relationships with the towns as FTC continues to grow. Harry is regularly involved with meals distribution across Cape Cod.
Prior to retiring, Harry spent a career in the information industry working for a number of technology and consulting companies across the country in COO roles. Additionally he was the founder of two research and database companies startups that were later sold.
Prior to the founding of Family Table Collaborative, Harry was the Board Chair of Cape Cod Culinary Incubator.
Harry graduated from Babson College with a B.S B.A. in Marketing. He received his M.B.A. from Suffolk University.
Thank you 2024-2025 Sponsors! Brought to you in part by Cape Cod 5, Kelley Foundation, Inc., and the Cape Cod Healthcare Foundation.
