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PAYING IT FORWARD
About Our Partnership
with Cooking Up Better Lives
We are proud supporters of Cooking Up Better Lives, a non-profit focused on donating foodservice
equipment and supplies to the organizations that help our nation’s most vulnerable citizens.
Cooking Up Better Lives seeks to improve the functionality, efficiency and value of community-based
non-profit programs. It is the vision that shelters, homes, hospitals and other community-based entities
in need of foodservice products or funds, can have the opportunity to receive
and leverage contributions.
The bi-annual Better Lives Kitchen Makeover seeks to fill the wishlist of a selected non-profit
organization. Wishlist items can include anything from flatware to walk-in coolers and even design,
plumbing, warehousing and installation services.
Past recipients of the Better Lives Kitchen Makeover include:
• Creative Dreams: an after-school art and tutoring program for financially disadvantaged middle and
high school students.
• Kingsley House: an organization which supports vulnerable children, disabled adults and seniors.
• House in the Woods: an outdoor retreat center that honors the sacrifices of veterans and their
families, and assists them in their journey towards healing after loss.
• Delancey Street Foundation: a vocational school and self-help organization for substance abusers,
ex-convicts, homeless and others who have hit rock bottom.
2019 Better Lives Kitchen Makeover: The Center
Cooking Up Better Lives' 2019 recipient, The Center, is an
addiction recovery center located in Palos Park, Illinois.
Their newly renovated kitchen is expected to serve over
33,000 meals per year. More than $270,000 in donations
was raised, including $90,000 of foodservice equipment
from our buying group’s dealer and vendor partners.
About The Center
The Center's mission is to give people of all faiths,
backgrounds, and ages the space to dream, grow and
become fully alive - physically, mentally, emotionally
and spiritually. Programs and activities include an
on-site substance-abuse recovery program, as well
as prayer services, preschool through second-grade
classes, farm tours and agricultural education,
summer camp, and a full-ranging art program.
Thank you to our
vendor partners:
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