Lighthouse Free Kitchen Organized to Provide Services in Wake of Hurricane Florence
The Lighthouse Free Kitchen, a non-profit effort sponsored by top-selling natural soap brand, Dr. Bronner’s, and the leading organic dairy brand Organic Valley, America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers, with support from Carolina Disaster Relief, the Cajun Navy Foundation, and Sanderson Farms, is providing food, water, and other basic services to those in need, in the wake of Hurricane Florence. The kitchen is located at the Lighthouse Worship Center at 98 S. Trade St., Rocky Point, North Carolina, and is open from 10 am to 8 pm daily.
“We have set up the Lighthouse Free Kitchen at the Lighthouse Worship Center in Rocky Point, North Carolina, an area that has been heavily impacted by Hurricane Florence,” says Amanda Krause, co-founder of this effort. “Our mission is to serve high quality meals and provide water, and other basic services to those in need. We welcome volunteers and donations of food and other supplies.”
The kitchen opened on Friday, September 28, and served 730 meals its first day; more than 1,000 meals were served on Saturday, September 29, and 1,700 on Sunday, September 30. The head chef of Lighthouse Free Kitchen is Chef Mike Perez, of Dr. Bronner’s in San Diego, and is leading the preparation of healthy, nutritious fresh meals for this effort, along with a crew of five to 10 volunteers in the kitchen to support meal preparation and cleaning.
“Dr. Bronner’s is proud to support this important effort,” says David Bronner, Chief Executive Officer of top-selling natural soap brand, Dr. Bronner’s. “We have procured equipment, and are financing key staff on the ground to set up and manage the operation while coordinating with local community organizers and volunteers. In times of crisis, it’s awesome to see our partners in this effort step up and put progressive values into action. This effort truly embodies the ‘All-One’ spirit and message of my granddad, our company founder, Emanuel Bronner.”
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The Lighthouse Free Kitchen is open to all those who come for a meal, regardless of religious, racial, gender, class, national or political identity, and seeks to be a safe space for the community to gather and heal, during recovery from Hurricane Florence.
“Organic Valley has been on the front line in responding with in-kind products, equipment, volunteers and financial support through many disasters over the years,” says George Siemon, Chief Executive Officer and a founding farmer of Organic Valley. “It’s been rewarding to me personally, along with staff and many of our farmers, to serve in these times of disaster.”
For more information on the kitchen, to donate, or volunteer, contact Amanda Krause: help@grassrootsaidpartnership.org.
