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The Caring Kitchen, located at 300 Miami Street in Urbana, Ohio, is a United Way Agency of Champaign County and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.
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We offer emergency shelter services, a food pantry, a soup kitchen, tutoring, clothing and more.

Our Mission Statement

The Caring Kitchen is an outreach ministry of the Champaign County Community. Its ministry is based on the Bible and motivated by the Love of God. The primary purpose for which it is formed is to be an advocate for and to provide services without discrimination to people in need.
 
This includes the following:
  • To operate a soup kitchen where everyone is welcomed to come in and enjoy a good, hot, balanced meal.
  • To operate a food pantry for those in need.
  • To operate an emergency shelter for those with no place to stay.
  • To distribute donated, used clothing and furniture to those in need.
  • To provide such additional services that are consistent with the primary purpose. 

Caring Kitchen at Christmas

Future Chefs Challenge
Future Chefs Challenge! From left are last year’s grand champion 6th grader Nathan Jones, Urbana Mayor Bill Bean, 4th grader Peyton Longstreath, 4th grader Lexi Kerns, 5th grader Jackson DeWitt, 4th grader Kaitlynn Folden, 5th grader Lily Wilson and Caring Kitchen Executive Director Marilyn Cohn.
WL-S packages and delivers 50,000 meals
Students from the Urbana, Triad, Graham and West Liberty-Salem FFA chapters gathered at WL-S to package and deliver nearly 50,000 meals to local community centers, including The Caring Kitchen.
Caring Kitchen donation
West Liberty-Salem Key Club President Hallie Strapp and Vice President Cheyenne Gluckle presented donations to The West Liberty Cares Food Pantry and Urbana’s Caring Kitchen on March 6.

Our Founders: Carl & Nedra Gordon