Community Kitchen Program Calgary

"REDUCING HUNGER TODAY, EDUCATING FOR TOMORROW"

MISSION
WORKING TO REDUCE HUNGER BY PROMOTING HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES AND ENABLING THE COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE, EQUIP AND FEED THEMSELVES
VISION
WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES TO REDUCE HUNG

What is a Calgary's Cooking Community Kitchen?

The concept of a community kitchen is not new. At a Community kitchen, a group of people meet and plan a 14-meal menu based on "specials" advertised in major food store flyers as well as foods available from local wholesalers. The cost to cook the 14-meal menu is determined and divided between the participants based on the numbers of portions each requires. Each participant pays for their share of the food. The Community Kitchen Program shops for the food and delivers it to the local community kitchen. Participants then meet on a specified cooking day to prepare the 14 main course meals and homemade soups for lunches. After preparation is completed, individual family portions are packaged and taken home to be frozen for use over a two-week period.

Other Programs we have include:

GOOD FOOD BOX
The Good Food Box is a program designed to help you purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for a very low cost.
Please go to our website to find a Good Food Box depot in your area. www. ckpcalgary. ca

What are the Good Food Box sizes?
Large Family Box
40 + Lbs. produce
$30. 00

Family Box
30 + Lbs. produce
$25. 00

Single Box /Senior
20 + Lbs. produce
$20. 00

WHAT WILL I FIND IN MY BOX?

•Apples •Bananas •Broccoli •Carrots •Corn •Cauliflower •Cucumbers •Bell Peppers
•Grapefruit •Lettuce •Lime •Onions •Oranges •Potatoes •Tomatoes



The selection will vary according to
availability & wholesale cost


SOUPERSTARS PROGRAM
Souper Stars was created in response to the need in our community to help combat the startling statistics of child obesity and child hunger. The poverty rate in Canada's children had at that time risen to one in five. Currently over 30, 000 children a day go to school without a lunch.

The Souper Stars Program teaches children in grades 4 to 6 how to attain a safer and healthier lifestyle. The program covers personal hygiene, basic nutrition, kitchen and food safety, grocery shopping, etiquette and vegetable and lunch preparation. In a series of nine weeks taught to 30 classes in twenty-four Calgary public, Aboriginal and separate schools each year, children actively participate in simple food preparation, learn how to make healthy food choices and to feel more confident in the kitchen. The program is designed to build self-esteem in children by affirming, edifying and equipping them with life skills and confidence in their personal abilities. Group dynamics, social skills and positive self-image are developed along with their nutritional education. At the end of each class, the children are presented with a healthy snack and bottled water, milk or juice provided by Souper Stars Program

TUMMY TAMERS
Tummy Tamers is one of the very few initiatives in Calgary that provide a feeding program specifically designed for children over the months of July and August. Children from ages 5-12 in low income communities frequently depend on school-based feeding programs. Tummy Tamers provides them the opportunity to have a hot lunch throughout the summer. With a total of 34 sites visited for hot lunches, and to drop off snacks, Tummy Tamers served 5, 240 lunches and 7, 662 snacks, that's 12, 902 meals in total for the summer of 2014. These meals fed over 8, 800 children in different quadrants of the city of Calgary. That is a new record for Tummy Tamers!