Repairing the World
The Zucker Family Production Kitchen is a full-scale, commercial kitchen that serves as the epicenter for the preparation and distribution of meals to fight hunger in our community. Managed by Lowcountry Food Bank (LCFB) Executive Chef Emily Cookson, our kitchen is fueled and completely staffed by 40-50 dedicated kitchen volunteers each week to prepare meals for our neighbors who struggle with hunger. Click here to find out how you can volunteer in our kitchen and help feed our community.
Kids Café
At the LCFB, we create and distribute Kids Café meals to food-insecure children. It is one of the largest charitable meal service programs in the country, providing free meals and nutrition education to children in our community. This program provides meals to children after school, which gives them a third, nutritious meal on school days. Thanks to partnerships with schools, community centers and other agency partners, Kids Café, a USDA–operated program, is feeding more children than ever before.
Summer Meals
The LCFB’s Summer Meals Program meets the needs of food-insecure children by providing them with nutritious meals and snacks when they do not have access to free or reduced-price school meals. The Summer Food Service Program is a nationally available, reimbursable meal program operated through the USDA. In 2018, the Zucker Family Production Kitchen prepared 61,000 meals and served them to children at 44 Summer Meals sites throughout coastal South Carolina.
Senior Meals
We produce healthy and nutritious meals for seniors who experience hunger. Many seniors who have worked their entire lives are now faced with hardships and difficult choices. Some seniors suffer from serious health problems, others are no longer able to drive, and some live on fixed incomes that further stretch their dollars. We distribute meals to homebound and food-insecure senior clients, striving to alleviate the stress they face daily with our programs by partnering with Summerville Meals on Wheels, East Cooper Meals on Wheels and Charleston Area Senior Center to ensure our seniors are receiving the most nutritious meals.
Addressing Dietary Needs
The LCFB hosts Medical University of South Carolina dietetic interns to help us stress the importance of providing healthy foods and meet the dietary needs of food-insecure people in our community through the meals we prepare in the Zucker Family Production Kitchen.
Serving Veterans
Thanks to a generous grant from Food Lion Feeds, the LCFB is piloting a program to fight veteran hunger in Charleston County. With meals created in the Zucker Family Production Kitchen, we deliver complete, nutritious meals, three times per week, and provide fresh produce monthly to 120 veterans and their families who live in subsidized housing.