Funding Announcement!

We are pleased to announce $150,000 in funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to purchase

kitchen equipment for the new St. John’s Kitchen, as part of the Making Home project at 97 Victoria St.

N. in Kitchener.

Thanks to this Capital grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium

Foundation, the kitchen will have a new Multi-burner Induction Stove, Convection Steamer, Convection

Oven, Walk-in Cooler and Foodcycle Composter among other things.

Built as a ground-floor extension to the existing heritage building, the new St. John’s Kitchen will enjoy a

bright and welcoming dining hall and will continue to be a gathering place for those in need of nutritious

meals, access to health services and harm reduction supplies, laundry, showers, washrooms, drop-in and

problem-solving supports.

During construction of the new facility, St. John’s Kitchen has temporarily located at St. John’s Anglican

Church at the corner of Duke and Water Streets. Established in 1985, St. John’s Kitchen is a vital hub of services

for people who experiencing homelessness or are precariously housed – providing over 400

daily meals a day and food hampers in cooperation with Waterloo Region Foodbank, providing showers,

washrooms, laundry and drop-in space through all weather conditions, connection to health care in

partnership with Community Health Caring, links to outreach supports, housing and income support

services, street outreach supports, mental health and addiction supports.

A place where all are

welcome, especially as we witness the growing hardships faced by people who are living unsheltered in

our community.

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Renderings of St. John’s Kitchen