Hunger Relief

At CKP, we work to increase healthy meals and snacks for food insecure children, adults, and seniors across Pittsburgh.

In 2024, we served 457,654 meals across the city, providing nourishing meals to vulnerable community members in the following ways:

At CKP, we rescue short-shelf-life fresh produce from community partners, such as the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and 412 Food Rescue, and use it to prepare daily, hot, healthy meals for area shelters — working closely with these initiatives to increase access and awareness.

We also partner with Just Harvest to promote the SNAP food assistance program, while also ensuring all of our students have emergency food, if needed.

Food Rescue & Access

Community Kitchen Pittsburgh prepares meals for agencies participating in Child Nutrition Programs, such as National School Lunch Program (NSLP), Summer Feeding Service Program, (SFSP), and Child and Adult Care (CACFP). In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Through our partnership with the USDA SUN Meals program, kids of all ages can get meals during the summer at no cost. For more information, visit our page about the program here.

From March 2020 through June 2021, CKP prepared and delivered over 600,000 meals in response to the increased food insecurity experienced as a result of COVID related layoffs, school closures, and related disruptions. This response included 15,000 Thanksgiving meals and 18,000 holiday meals in December. It also included 1000+ daily meals to our Hazelwood community in the spring of 2020 into summer until unemployment and other supports became more readily available. We also provided 41 adults with transitional employment during this time — some were CKP students who graduated into the pandemic. Others were exiting incarceration, or needed immediate income and were unable to find a job during the closures.

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