Volunteers are the backbone of Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach. Whether it is purchasing ingredients, preparing food, serving a meal, helping at the reception desk, working in the garden, or hosting a donation drive or special event-- we appreciate your investment of time and resources and want to assist you in any way we can. Here are the latest updates:

New Prep Areas Available!

To make more space, we’ve added a new prep table in the walk-in pantry. Wall protection will be installed behind it soon.

This will be super helpful when we have extra volunteers working on kitchen projects!

Where’s the Food Processor, Blender & Meat Slicer?

No worries—they haven’t disappeared!

You can now find them on the bottom shelf of the prep table in the walk-in pantry.

Spring Cleaning in the Freezer

It’s time to clear out old team items from the walk-in freezer.

We’ll be cleaning it out in the next few weeks, and anything with freezer burn will have to go.

If you have any questions, please ask Kitchen Staff!

Daily Report Relocation

Daily Reports are now at the front of the reach-in cooler.

Please make sure all highlighted spots are completely filled in.

A big THANK YOU to the teams already doing this—we really appreciate it!

USDA Food Availability

With the Freshen Your Plate program in full swing, we’re keeping more fresh fruits and vegetables in the walk-in cooler.

USDA items will be limited in the walk-in pantry. If you need something, just let us know ahead of time—we’ll do our best to get it for you!

Freshen Your Plate – Team of the Month

We’re thrilled to celebrate Wyuka Funeral Home as our Freshen Your Plate Team of the Month!

Last month, they proved that adding fruits and vegetables to meals can be simple and delicious.

Their taco meal was a perfect example—topped with fresh tomatoes and crisp greens, packing in both flavor and nutrition.

Kudos to the Wyuka team for making fresh ingredients a priority!