The Community Kitchen - Our Programs

Take-Home Food Boxes — Wednesdays & Thursday

Supplemental food boxes are available once a week on either Wednesday or Thursday. The boxes contain staples such as bread, cereal, pasta, cheese and juice. Verification of name, address, date of birth and income for all household members is required. We ask that participants bring a box or laundry basket to carry the food.

Based on the number of people in your household. You qualify for this program if your combined household income is equal to or below the following annual income guidelines:

1 Person - $18,889 2 People - $25,327 3 People - $31,765 4 People - $38,203	5 People - $44,641 6 People - $51,079 7 People - $57,517 8 People - $63,955
For each additional family member add $6,438

We accept donations of food and household items: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Monadnock Food Coalition
TCK “hosts” The Monadnock Food Coalition (TMFC) under its 501(c)3 umbrella, consisting of area pantries. The Community Kitchen staff and volunteers coordinate the fundraising, mailing, ordering, purchasing, picking up and sorting of food for the Monadnock Food Coalition Holiday boxes. At Thanksgiving and in December, these pantries come to TCK for food purchased with money donated directly to TMFC in order to provide holiday food boxes to people on their lists. In 2007, this amounted to 1,431 boxes totaling 85,680 meals distributed to 2,802 unduplicated people.
Fall Mountain Food Shelf in Alstead and Charlestown Gert’s Pantry in Swanzey Helping Hands in Troy Jaffrey United Church Food Pantry Joan’s Pantry in Chesterfield	Richmond United Methodist Church Youth Group Food Pantry Rindge Food Pantry St. Vincent De Paul Society in Keene St. Peter’s Food Pantry in North Walpole
Hot Meal Program — Weeknights Dinner is served weeknights from 5:00—6:30 pm. We do our best to offer well-balanced nutritional meals: main dish (meal, poultry or fish), vegetarian dish, starch, choice of two vegetables, garden and fruit salad, assorted sides, desserts and beverages. Anyone who is in need of a prepared meal or companionship is welcome. ALL ARE WELCOME!

Hard to believe, but this program has been offered for almost 2 years now. Philip, our Guest Chef prepares a healthy brunch every Sunday along with the help of an excellent group of energetic volunteers. This freshly prepared meal is offered each Sunday from 11:00 – 12:30, with a wide assortment of choices. Menus may include: scrambled eggs, French toast or pancakes, a meat of some type, 3 vegetables, a vegetarian dish, assorted soups, oatmeal, garden salad and fruit salad, yogurt, and the list just goes on... These meals are created in a large part with donated products and the vision of our Guest Chefs. Please give us a call at (603) 352-3200 if you would like more information or to find out how you can participate in this or our evening Hot Meal program.

This is an excellent chance for you to learn more about The Community Kitchen in a more relaxed weekend atmosphere. Families, businesses and organizations are welcome to reserve a specific Sunday to prepare breakfast, then serve and clean-up after the meal. Children ages 14 and over are welcome to volunteer. Please call for more information at (603) 352-3200.

In 2007 we provided supplemental food to an average of 700 families each week through our Pantry Food Box Program and served over 37,143 Hot Meals as well. TCK provided a total of 770,941 meals in 2007. An additional 85,680 were distributed through the Monadnock Food Coalition. That’s a lot of food – And more than 1,276,249 pounds of that was received from generous donations!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES	Click Here to make a Donation

	Pantry Hours	Hot Meals
	Wednesdays 12:30-5:30PM	Monday - Friday 5:00 - 6:30PM
	Thursdays 11:30AM-4PM	Sundays 11AM - 12:30PM

35-37 Mechanic Street, P.0. Box 1315, Keene, NH 03431 Phone: (603) 352-3200 Fax: (603) 355-0179