ck volunteers
connecting our community
Community Kitchens volunteers support our mission to build community and solidarity through food. Our CK Home Chef Program volunteers bring together their own family members, friends and community members to share treasured family recipes for Oakland Town Fridges where anyone who needs a meal can take one. Town Fridges are community run and located in Oakland food deserts. CK partners with Mandela Partners to support BIPOC Bay Area farmers by providing fresh produce to our volunteers for meal preparation. Our volunteers also support community events East Oakland Collective’s Feed the Hood. Over 2000 meals arev distributed along with hygiene kits and snack packs. CK Home Chefs support Feed the Hood events by preparing side dishes for bagged lunches and assisting with meal prep.
CK Home Chef Meals
Feed The Hood Volunteer Crew
Supporting BIPOC Farmers w/ Mandela Partners
Map of Oakland’s Town Fridge Network
Town Fridges are a community-run grassroots effort located in neighborhoods that experience high levels of food insecurity.
Community members can take what they need or share what they can. Town Fridges are publicly accessible and open to all community members. Anyone can open up a fridge anytime and pull out free food, from eggs to fresh produce. CK stocks with restaurant meals on Mondays and CK Home Chef meals 7 days a week.
Many fridges are emptied within 24 hours.
44th St/Telegraph Town Fridge
CK Home Chefs in the press
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Oaklandside NOSH
CK Home Chef volunteers stock Town Fridges throughout Oakland.
By Celeste Hamilton Dennis, December 6, 2022
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Kaiser Permanente
Restaurants and residents are pitching in to provide healthy meals for homeless individuals.
By Douglas Oakley, December 29, 2022
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KTVU News
A Bay Area non-profit found a new way to feed the homeless and others.
By Amber Lee, December 15, 2022
