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Go Green in 2019!
Yes, the Southside Community Kitchen is going green beginning the week of January 14 we are replacing our disposable foam plates with reusable three compartment melamine plates. This is a big step for us. The price of disposables continues to rise and in our facility at St. Casimir's we have a dishwasher that will allow us to wash up the dishes quickly. We purchsed a rolling dish rack, and storage units plus dishes all for about $500.00. With this investment in plates with a little extra elbow grease and time we'll save $1,000 or more dollars a year allowing us to use more of our funds on purchasing a variety of foods.
Go Green in 2019!
Yes, the Southside Community Kitchen is going green beginning the week of January 14 we are replacing our disposable foam plates with reusable three compartment melamine plates. This is a big step for us. The price of disposables continues to rise and in our facility at St. Casimir's we have a dishwasher that will allow us to wash up the dishes quickly. We purchsed a rolling dish rack, and storage units plus dishes all for about $500.00. With this investment in plates with a little extra elbow grease and time we'll save $1,000 or more dollars a year allowing us to use more of our funds on purchasing a variety of foods.
Our mission is to provide well-balanced, nourishing meals to the hungry people of Lansing in a caring, dignified environment where they are reassured of their worth as God's unique works of creation.
For 31 years, the Southside Community Kitchen has worked to bring caring people from the community together to feed the hungry. Supported by a part time staff of five, 35 local church groups, several community service groups, and over 160 committed volunteers, multiple partner organizations and individuals who feed hungry people through their financial donations the Southside Community Kitchen. Working in our community and making a difference in the lives of community members through meeting some of the nutritional needs of those struggling with food insecurity.
Sadly, statistics show that one in seven working adults cannot adequately feed their families. One child in five goes to bed hungry in the Lansing area. More than half of the people fed by Michigan's food banks are children. Our senior citizens are also at risk--too many seniors lack the financial or physical ability to feed themselves adequately. The majority of adults served at the kitchen live on less than $1000 per month. The Southside Commuity Kitchen helps needy Lansing seniors to get regular, well-balanced meals.
Our funding comes from various local community foundations - Capital Region Community Foundation, The Dart Foundation, The Savage Foundation, and Granger Foundation, Jackson National Foundation, Ingham Community Agency Grant and the CROP Walk. Further funding and in-kind donations come from churches, Kiwanis Clubs, The Greater Lansing Food Bank, H.O.P.E. (Help Other People Eat), Valuland, church grants, and many individual and community group donors.
Each week we serve between 200 - 250 meals to hungry people of all ages, who are unable to physically prepare their meals, do not have the skills to prepare balanced meals, or who are needing to stretch their limited resources. Last year we served over 13,000 meals because of the support from caring people in our community.
Please join us in our mission, making sure that no hungry person in our community must suffer from hunger.
Just click on the Donate button below to make a gift that will feed hungry people in the Lansing community.
Sadly, statistics show that one in seven working adults cannot adequately feed their families. One child in five goes to bed hungry in the Lansing area. More than half of the people fed by Michigan's food banks are children. Our senior citizens are also at risk--too many seniors lack the financial or physical ability to feed themselves adequately. The majority of adults served at the kitchen live on less than $1000 per month. The Southside Commuity Kitchen helps needy Lansing seniors to get regular, well-balanced meals.
Our funding comes from various local community foundations - Capital Region Community Foundation, The Dart Foundation, The Savage Foundation, and Granger Foundation, Jackson National Foundation, Ingham Community Agency Grant and the CROP Walk. Further funding and in-kind donations come from churches, Kiwanis Clubs, The Greater Lansing Food Bank, H.O.P.E. (Help Other People Eat), Valuland, church grants, and many individual and community group donors.
Each week we serve between 200 - 250 meals to hungry people of all ages, who are unable to physically prepare their meals, do not have the skills to prepare balanced meals, or who are needing to stretch their limited resources. Last year we served over 13,000 meals because of the support from caring people in our community.
Please join us in our mission, making sure that no hungry person in our community must suffer from hunger.
Just click on the Donate button below to make a gift that will feed hungry people in the Lansing community.
