On October 25, 2023, members of the Quadra Cedar Hill Community Association attending the Association’s general meeting unanimously supported a motion to donate $1000 to the Shelbourne Community Kitchen’s ‘Bring Home the Kitchen’ capital campaign. According to their 2022 Annual Report:
- 23,156 kgs of food was distributed
- 1050 adults and 372 children were served
- 2854 grocery visits, 752 delivered
- 8310 lbs of food are grown in their gardens
- 57.5% of all food distributed was either grown or donated
- 2078 food plants were distributed with Get Growing Victoria
- 600 lbs of fruit were picked by their team
The kitchen, when complete, will enable the return of in-person cooking and food skills programs, create leadership and workplace training opportunities for participants, enable community meals to address social isolation and improve health and also enable commercial production in house for the pantry program.
