Our Favorite Stories of the Year
It was a record-setting 35th year at DC Central Kitchen! We surpassed 50 million meals served in our history while providing more meals than ever before over the summer and the Thanksgiving holiday. Healthy Corners sold more than 460,000 units of fresh and frozen produce […]
Groups We Love this Giving Tuesday
Giving matters. DC Central Kitchen relies on the generosity of our community to carry out our work year-round. We also know that the challenges of hunger and poverty are too […]
Serving Up a Record-Setting Thanksgiving!
When DC Central Kitchen moved out of the basement of the Federal Shelter and into The Michael R. Klein Center for Jobs and Justice in Southwest DC last spring, our […]
Capital Food Fight 2024: A Party 20 Years in the Making!
When the flying dashi packets landed and the 10-minute time clock hit zero on the final round of the 2024 Capital Food Fight, DC Central Kitchen CEO Mike Curtin awarded […]
DC Central Kitchen and Veterans Working for the Community
DC Central Kitchen combats hunger and creates opportunities for veterans year-round. Since November 2023, we’ve worked with the nonprofit Cook for Vets, which engages military families and veterans in providing […]
2024 Thanksgiving Food Donations
We appreciate that there is an interest in donating food during the holiday season. Due to the nature of our programming & how we’re structured, DC Central Kitchen will not […]
Robert Egger on the 20 years since the release of “Begging For Change”
DC Central Kitchen’s founder Robert Egger’s first book, Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient, and Rewarding For All, was released in 2004. If you […]
dccentralkitchen.org earns Ablr Inclusion Badge
We’re pleased to have earned the Ablr Inclusion Badge. We’re in the midst of making dccentralkitchen.org as accessible as possible for every single person, updating the site regularly to make […]
DC Central Kitchen Awarded by the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition
DC Central Kitchen, along with Washington Nationals Philanthropies, was honored by the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition at their 2024 Council Awards. DCCK was given the Community Leadership […]
DC Central Kitchen Honored for Job Creation
DC Central Kitchen was honored to be recognized at the 40th Anniversary First Source Celebratory Conference with the Excellence Award. The DC Department of Employment Services (DOES) selected DC Central […]