Milk Crate Kitchen

Mission

Overcoming barriers to food security by cooking and delivering cost-free family meals to those in need, no questions asked.

Bottom Line for Portland

We help nourish low income and working families, students, caregivers, single parents, adults and children with mental and physical disabilities and many others.  MCK meets people where they're at whether that's in between jobs, during a loss of a loved one (or a pet!), after a recent hospital discharge when there is no friends or family around, or at the end of the month when their SNAP dollars have run out. Through our direct service we have learned more about the barriers to food security that marginalized and vulnerable communities face in their day to day living.  We want to increase our meal production capacity and our food rescue efforts.  Your support will help us achieve these goals as we look ahead into another year of feeding Portland families, one cooked meal at a time.

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“I cant express how this service been more then a blessing to me and my 3 boys since our foodstamps got decreased more than half. Thank you” 

-Low Income, Person with disability, Single Parent, Unemployed

“I love that you help out low income that can't afford much” - Person with disability, low income, MCK family meal recipient. I got laid off, and I’m so scared of what I’m going to do next. Getting on the MCK form means I have one less worry that week.”

-MCK family meal recipient

Incentives

November 1 - December 31

Limited-run NEW sticker from MCK!

Everyone who donates during the campaign will receive this swag.

Partner(s)

Business Partners:

Lawless BBQ (Their owner has been a long-time volunteer with us!)

The Smoking J (We have been receiving their in-kind donation for nearly 2 years now!)

Heart Coffee Roasters (A long-time partner since 2022!)

Non-Profit Partners: 

We will be sharing more about these partners during the campaign.  Check out their web profile to learn more about their mission and their goal and consider supporting them too.

Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm (Find them in the Hunger category)

Wallace (Find them in the Health category)

Xcelerate Women (Find them in the Community category)

Mother & Child Education Center (Find them in the Health category)

Rhythm Seed Farm (First time in Give! Guide! Find them in the Environment category)

Project LEDO (First time in Give! Guide! Fin them in the Education category)