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A Special Message
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who we are
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The Franciscan Kitchen was founded in 1980 by Friar Jim Fields. While serving in the U.S. Navy Seabees on Okinawa during World War II, he saw poor people searching in the garbage for food. That experience affected him for the rest of his life.
Today the work of feeding the hungry continues through the dedication and hard work of a small staff and more than 200 regular volunteers. It is not unusual for the number of meals served to average over 400 each day.
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Thank you to our recent Volunteers
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Our volunteers are now serving bag lunches, which will coninue on a day-to-day basis in response to community safety concerns.
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Volunteers are the backbone of all we do! Volunteers cook, serve, clean up, act as drivers to pick up donations, provide office assistance, help with warehouse stocking and restocking, and other necessary duties. Please come join us!
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News
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March 30
We are in need of volunteer drivers to do food pick ups from 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Ideally, we'd like to have one driver for each day of the week to drive the organization's van to a set list of pick-up spots within a 25-mile radius. If you have a clean driving record and want to help us out, please call Chuck Mattingly at 502-643-8400.Read More -
March 27Looking for ways to help the Franciscan Kitchen? We are in desperate need of hamburger buns and sliced bread. Since most all was bought up in the last week, we are getting almost no donations from the grocery stores...there is nothing to donate. If you have surplus or could buy some and drop it off between 6:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Friday or 8:00 -1:00 on Saturday, that would greatly help us. Thank you.Read More
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