How it all began

Our story

In December of 2007, a close friend of ours collapsed from the sudden onset of a heart condition. The phone rang day and night because family, friends and neighbors wanted to help by bringing meals to her husband and four young children. We felt overwhelmed by the task of coordinating meals, but we wanted to help and knew the meals were needed. So we designed TakeThemAMeal.com to do away with all those time-consuming phone calls.

Once the site was finished, we realized that meal scheduling happens not just when tragedy strikes, but when babies are born, when friends are receiving medical treatments, and in so many other situations. Before we knew it, many of our friends were using TakeThemAMeal.com and word was spreading.

In November of 2010, after many suggestions from thoughtful TakeThemAMeal.com users, we created PerfectPotluck.com to simplify organizing meals for groups.