Since June 2022, DC Central Kitchen has partnered with DC’s Department of Aging and Community Living and DoorDash to bring healthy, nutritious, scratch-cooked meals directly to food insecure seniors. Over the past three years, we’ve grown the program to now serve more than 180 DC seniors, and yesterday, we celebrated the delivery of 100,000 senior meals since this project began!
With our home-delivered meals for seniors working so well, we’re stepping up to serve another group of neighbors in need: food insecure and mobility challenged veterans. We are now also working with the Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs to identify and build trust with veterans facing these challenges and partner with DoorDash to provide the same healthy DCCK meals, seven days a week, direct to their door. In just six short weeks, we’ve already delivered 1,100 free meals!
Our own Chief Knowledge Officer Dr. Beverly Wheeler spoke with ABC 7 News about this exciting new partnership.
Read the ABC 7 News report and sign up for a volunteer shift at the Klein Center for Jobs & Justice!
