Join DC Food for All folks for an evening volunteer shift at DC Central Kitchen!
Thursday May 13, 5-8pm
425 Second Street NW
We’ll kick things off with a short discussion about DCCK’s efforts to source local produce from 5-5:30. Then we’ll get to prepping!
During co-op shifts, volunteers help prep fresh produce from local farms for use in the 4,500 meals that the Kitchen distributes each day to clients at shelters and other social-service areas.
DC Central Kitchen has made great strides in recent years in sourcing local produce whenever possible. To supplement donations, DCCK purchased more than 50,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms last summer and fall – and saved money while doing so.
In addition to prepping produce for the next day’s meals, evening volunteers vacuum seal vegetables to freeze and use in the winter and help make homemade healthy snacks for clients at after-school programs. The staff members who supervise our evening volunteers graduated from DCCK’s Culinary Job Training program, which prepares men and women in transition for careers in the culinary industry.
RSVP to dcfoodforall@gmail.com.
