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Build a Community Kitchen

The Community Kitchen will support micro-enterprise development, cooking classes, and feeding the hungry. Lorig will run a 31 mile race for the final $31,000.

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Build a Community Kitchen

Build a Community Kitchen

Build a Community Kitchen

Build a Community Kitchen

Build a Community Kitchen

The Community Kitchen will support micro-enterprise development, cooking classes, and feeding the hungry. Lorig will run a 31 mile race for the final $31,000.

The Community Kitchen will support micro-enterprise development, cooking classes, and feeding the hungry. Lorig will run a 31 mile race for the final $31,000.

The Community Kitchen will support micro-enterprise development, cooking classes, and feeding the hungry. Lorig will run a 31 mile race for the final $31,000.

The Community Kitchen will support micro-enterprise development, cooking classes, and feeding the hungry. Lorig will run a 31 mile race for the final $31,000.

Lorig Charkoudian
Lorig Charkoudian
Lorig Charkoudian
Lorig Charkoudian
1 Campaign |
Takoma Park and Silver Spring, United States
$31,132 USD 216 backers
100% of $31,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

In Summary:

The Takoma Park Silver Spring Community Kitchen will build economic opportunity, be environmentally sustainable, alleviate hunger, and strengthen community health.  We have raised $343,000 and need your help to raise the final $31,000.  The money will leverage another $31,000 in State funds.  These funds will pay for the renovation of a donated kitchen so that it can meet health code, be universally accessible, and serve the wider community.

Lorig will run a 50K (31 mile) trail run to raise the final $31,000, and she’ll take you with her for the small price of $75 – well, at least she’ll take your name on her shirt.

 

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What this Kitchen Can Do:

Economic Opportunity: By meeting all local health and safety requirements that apply to food produced for sale, the kitchen facility provides small-scale food entrepreneurs the space to prepare value-added food for public sale.  Small-scale and low-income food entrepreneurs lack the capital to invest in their own production facility or even to pay high rates for commercial kitchen rental at the few available facilities in the area.  In addition to creating income for entrepreneurs and their families, the kitchen can provide a location to process locally grown food, thus increasing economic opportunity for neighboring farmers. 

Environmental Sustainability: This community kitchen strengthens the local food system by increasing the volume of locally grown food that can be processed in the community.  Shortening the supply chain of any aspect of the food production process ultimately decreases the food miles travelled, thereby lessening the carbon footprint of our meals.

Health Benefits: Locally produced products are likely to be fresher and less heavily processed than mass produced and heavily-traveled food.  Increasing our community’s access to these foods is better for our physical health.  

Food Security: A kitchen that can process food locally strengthens our food security by increasing the availability of locally grown foods throughout the year.  This is especially important in times of crisis.

Hunger Alleviation: The community kitchen will support volunteer preparation of healthful food for distribution at shelters and to needful community members.

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Five Recipes

$25 USD
You will receive a copy of Lorig's five favorite recipes.
Estimated Shipping
August 2013
57 claimed

Your Name on Lorig's Shirt

$75 USD
Lorig will thank you by name on the shirt she will run the 31-mile trail run in. You will receive a photo along with Lorig's five favorite recipes. For your name to appear on the shirt, you must pledge by Aug. 5.
Estimated Shipping
September 2013
10 claimed

Party at Lorig's

$100 USD
You will be invited to a party at Lorig's house where the 5 recipes will be prepared. You will also get your name on Lorig's running shirt (and a photo of it) and a copy of the five favorite recipes.
Estimated Shipping
September 2013
38 claimed

Handmade Apron

$250 USD
The talented Vicki Warren will sew you a unique apron. You will be invited to a party at Lorig's house, your name will be on her running shirt, and you'll get a copy of the five recipes.
Estimated Shipping
November 2013
8 claimed

Name on Plaque

$500 USD
Your name will be listed on a plaque in the Community Kitchen. You will also get an apron, an invite to Lorig's party, your name on Lorig's running shirt, and the five recipes.
Estimated Shipping
November 2013
9 claimed

Kitchen Grand Openning

$1,000 USD
You will be invited to the exclusive grand opening of the Community Kitchen. Your name will be on the plaque, you will get a handmade apron, an invite to Lorig's party, your name on Lorig's running shirt, and the five recipes.
Estimated Shipping
June 2014
3 claimed

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