Kitchen Revitalization at Gateway Community Health Centre

I have been going to sessions for safe canning our home grown products and I go to the twice a month cooking group . This group has a variety of different people, widows ,working family members, retired persons and some men in the past times . We are learning the health benifits of our food groups to each meal and our better living . It is a crowded counter to see them working 5 persons at a short counter and two of us chopping the vegetables on cutting boards on the tables . It would be a wonderful thing if we could have a chance at the grant for the funds to make it a more convenient area to work and add more to our groups . I have been very appreciative of every thing that I have had the chance to do with what there, but thinking to a better area to work in I am very hopeful for my and others future healthy lives.

Gateway Community Health Centre has so many amazing programs and offers many different services to members of our Community. A kitchen revitalization is very much needed and would not only allow for programs to grow and service more people of all ages but will also prove that Gateway just keeps getting bigger and better every day and how very important it is in our Rural Community.

Gateway’s programs and services are invaluable to the community. Expanding their kitchen and providing more programming and services is just what our community needs. Many residents face food insecurity, and expanding their offerings will be key to helping our community through these tough times. Having a space where our youth and seniors can go to learn culinary skills, share a meal and socialize is extremely important.

This project to enhance the kitchen will provide an innovative space where people can come together, share meals, learn culinary skills, and build a stronger sense of community. The value it will have by bringing people together in a shared space, will foster social connections, reduce isolation, and create a sense of belonging. I believe a project such as this has the potential to make a lasting impact on individuals and families of all ages and in turn the community.

Over the years, Gateway staff has run programs for youth, seniors, those with food insecurity and individuals who are learning to cook on their own after losing a partner. Having a proper teaching kitchen would allow staff to increase the greatly needed access for our rural area. Please financially support this request.

This revitalization of the kitchen would be a great enhancement to all of the work Gateway does for the good of the community – addressing food security, nutrition, social prescription and more. This is a very worthy initiative!