Kinship Community Food Center (formerly Riverwest Food Pantry) serves families in the Riverwest, Harambee, and surrounding Milwaukee communities. They engage volunteers and neighborhood residents to end hunger, isolation, and poverty. Kinship Community Food Center is dedicated to helping residents build community, improve nutritional health, and reduce poverty through the power of food.
Registration Information
Cancellations: Please contact Lizzy Howayeck at [email protected] as soon as possible so we can open up this opportunity to a family on the waitlist.
Participant Cap: 3-4 families or 10 volunteers
Ages: Six years and older
Cost: FREE. Kinship Community Food Center does accept non-perishable food donations if your family would like to bring something to donate.
Attire: Please dress casually in closed-toe shoes and keep all your valuables at home. Wear your Kids Impact Community shirt if you have one. Masks are optional but strongly recommended.
Questions: Contact Lizzy Howayeck at [email protected] with any questions
Purpose
Immerse your child in an environment where they will experience how their capabilities can help others and be mentored in acts of dignity and grace by those very same people. The Kinship Community Food Center embodies its motto: In a community of generosity everyone gives and everyone receives.
Impact
Kids will have the opportunity to learn more about food insecurity, the importance of nutritional meals, and how they can help!
Activities
You and your child will assist shoppers at St. Casimir’s Parish Hall with registration and grocery selection, by carrying bags, serving snacks, and helping clean up. Hands-on orientation and assignments will be given upon arrival.
We will also be collecting reusable bags to donate to the pantry. Their goal is to eliminate as many plastic shopping bags as possible. If you have extra reusable bags at home, please consider bringing some with you to donate.
When and Where
Tuesday, May 9th from 3:30-6 p.m.
St. Casimir’s Parish Hall
924 E. Clarke St.
The hall is located on the basement level of the school building behind Our Lady of Divine Providence Parish/St. Casimir. Volunteer entrance doors are on the west side of the building in the alley between the church and school. On Tuesday afternoons, they ask that volunteers find street parking (on Clarke or Weil) as the lot is reserved for shoppers.
For more information about the Kinship Community Food Center, visit their website at www.kinshipmke.org.