COMMUNITYKITCHENINC

Our organization began its journey of service more than 40 years ago, when servant leaders from the faith community came together with a group of dedicated volunteers to engage in outreach to those in need. The mission was simple: to feed and care for the hungry. And so, a soup kitchen came into existence to allow the most vulnerable of community members to have the most basic of their needs met. During its early years, the soup kitchen served a hot lunch five days a week at one location. Since its inception, our organization has operated out of its primary site at 640 South Ohio Avenue in the St. John Community Center (associated with The Community of Holy Rosary-St. John Catholic Church). In 1985, the agency incorporated as a 501 (c)(3), forming its own Board of Trustees and identifying an Executive Director. After establishing a secondary site in 2011 at 455 North 20th Street in the St. Dominic Parish Center (associated with St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church), CKI began serving two..

Primary location: Columbus United States