Community Kitchen offers help to needy
Commentary
Joseph Moore
Issue date: 10/15/09 Section: Editorial
In the corner was a podium and table full of flowers. The staff told me a memorial service was to be held the following day in memory of a long-time member of the Community Kitchen family.
A Gregorian monk bases his ministry in an office just across the common area from Saisha. Brother Ron, who has spent much of his seven years at the Community Kitchen in direct contact with the homeless in their own environment, is responsible for beginning the foot care facility next to his office.
Several UTC nursing students have helped clients of the Community Kitchen in the past, who often have histories of walking miles a day without proper pediatric treatment.
The Community Kitchen also serves a wide clientele through Consider the Lilies Thrift Store, open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The Thrift Store's frequent give-away opportunities have been life-giving for families with growing children, or families who have lost resources due to flooding or other unavoidable life situations.
As a Chattanooga non-profit organization, The Chattanooga Community Kitchen will continue to thrive with new resources for the homeless of the greater Chattanooga area.
The Community Kitchen's close proximity to UTC's campus has been an advantage to their efforts. However, its existence is a benefit to the UTC student body as well.
As the weather gets colder, it is as difficult as ever to know how to help those whom you are guaranteed to meet downtown with nowhere to go.
If nothing else, make sure they know about the Chattanooga Community Kitchen on 11th Street, where they can eat a hot bowl of soup and rest their weary feet.
A Gregorian monk bases his ministry in an office just across the common area from Saisha. Brother Ron, who has spent much of his seven years at the Community Kitchen in direct contact with the homeless in their own environment, is responsible for beginning the foot care facility next to his office.
Several UTC nursing students have helped clients of the Community Kitchen in the past, who often have histories of walking miles a day without proper pediatric treatment.
The Community Kitchen also serves a wide clientele through Consider the Lilies Thrift Store, open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The Thrift Store's frequent give-away opportunities have been life-giving for families with growing children, or families who have lost resources due to flooding or other unavoidable life situations.
As a Chattanooga non-profit organization, The Chattanooga Community Kitchen will continue to thrive with new resources for the homeless of the greater Chattanooga area.
The Community Kitchen's close proximity to UTC's campus has been an advantage to their efforts. However, its existence is a benefit to the UTC student body as well.
As the weather gets colder, it is as difficult as ever to know how to help those whom you are guaranteed to meet downtown with nowhere to go.
If nothing else, make sure they know about the Chattanooga Community Kitchen on 11th Street, where they can eat a hot bowl of soup and rest their weary feet.
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