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Our Mission: Nanaimo Community Kitchens' participants build skills, knowledge, friendships, and self-esteem while preparing low-cost healthy meals. What is a Community Kitchen? A community kitchen is a group of people who get together on a regular basis to cook healthy, nutritious, meals. From recipe selection, to shopping, cooking, and clean-up, everyone participates. Within the groups, participants find fun, friendships, and the tools to stretch heir food dollars. The Quantity of food that is prepared is divided among group members to take home. Community Kitchens are participant driven, with each group deciding how their kitchen operates. Food has always had the power to bring people together. Why Join?
How To Get Started: Nanaimo Community Kitchens organizes and supports individuals, community groups, or agencies in their efforts to start and maintain community kitchens in Nanaimo. Participants pay a yearly membership (sliding scale) and for the food they take home. New groups are being formed all the time so call us to find out how you might benefit from joining. Call NCK at 250.753.7470 Our Programs: Bellies to Babies and Beyond: 10 week cooking and skill building program for pregnant women and parents of infants. Child minding provided. Cooking
Out Of The Box: Cooking session based
upon contents of monthly Good Food Box of fruits and vegetables.
Three locations. Low Cost Cooking at Brechin: Weekly cooking sessions with clients of the food bank using typical handout items. more... Community Kitchen Cooking Groups: Nanaimo
Community Kitchens offers to facilitate groups of 3-5 individuals
to meet regularly to prepare meals to feed their families. Participants
pay a yearly membership fee of $1 and learn how to stretch their
food dollar, try new recipes, and meet new people.
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Announcing our fall fundraiser Saturday, October 2, 2010 Details to follow __________________ Check out our inaugral newsletter. To view... __________________ Now available ... You Can
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Community Kitchens in collaboration with Literacy Nanaimo, VIHA,
and agencies in Nanaimo, has created a kitchen handbook using plain
language and simple, nutritious recipes, tips and kitchen information.
Development of the project was funded by the Union of BC Municipalities
Health Promotion Fund. Copies available at The Quilted Duck (5299 Rutherford Rd) or Falconer Books (Port Place Shopping Center) or Cooks Nook (Country Club Mall) _________________ 100 Meals Under a Toonie The Nanaimo Community Kitchens' own cookbook, 100 Meals Under a Toonie per serving is a great resource. To get your copy, fill in the order form, and send back to us with payment. This is the same great resource as Meals Under a Loonie with minor updates Books are $8.00 each plus $3.00 postage. click
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