Chef José Andrés Announces a $500,000 Challenge for Our Transformative Expansion 

Chef José Andrés and DCCK CEO Mike Curtin in front of The Klein Center for Jobs and Justice/Rey Lopez Elected officials, top philanthropists, and community advocates gathered on September 23rd for a ‘first look’ at our new headquarters, The Michael R. Klein Center for Jobs and Justice, before it opens in Southwest DC later this […]

Straight from the Stores: A New Video on the Power of SNAP Match

A customer picks out fresh fruit from a Healthy Corners fridge at Wheeler Market in the new video highlighting the importance of SNAP-Match. See video below. We are proud to share a new video highlighting the power of DC Central Kitchen’s Healthy Corners program to shape businesses and communities for the better! In 2018, Healthy […]

Reasons for Hope

DC Central Kitchen’s Community Development and Partnerships team engages with Ward 6 neighbors at Garden Fest on Thursday, October 7, 2021. These days we could all use a little more hope as unemployment and hunger remain daily facts of life for too many of our neighbors. Despite these challenges, DC Central Kitchen continues to bring […]

A WIC Win: Good Returns and Healthy Corners

The Healthy Corners Team chats with Bellevue residents outside of Elmira Market at a community event on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Elmira Market is one of the Healthy Corners partner stores that now accepts WIC checks. Hadley Chittum | DC Central Kitchen Ten years after the first seeds of Healthy Corners stores were planted in […]