Joy Community Kitchen, Inc.

It's hard to believe that a year has passed since my last post! Last May 7 I was in the hospital battling sepsis, a life-threatening bacterial infection in the bloodstream. 1/3 of people with sepsis don't make it. I'm grateful I did, but was so weak afterwards and with so many lingering complications that I was forced to suspend operations for Joy Community Kitchen.

I've gradually regained my strength and health, but still lack the stamina and physical strength I had before. I'll be 69 next month!

Various people have asked me if JCK will resume. I've thought about it at length and concluded:

To start over would require a brand new vision from God (like the one that got us started in 2012); adequate funds to begin; a location; and a likeminded group of helpers and supporters. I have none of these at present.

So it appears we are at the end. I'm grateful for the 12 years of service to our Gwinnett neighnors and eager to see what God has for me next.

I wish to sincerely thank all of you who have been friends and supporters of JCK over the years! Our Board of directors; all individual, church, and corporate donors of funds, goods, and equipment; dedicated community partners: our wonderful volunteers; and those who helped with prayers and guidance.

Jesus said, "Work while it is yet day. The night comes when no one can work."

May we all keep working to further His kingdom, no matter in what capacity, while it is "yet day". And may God bless and keep each one of us.

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Alarming stats from Atlanta Community Food Bank about rise in need.

Marty Reads ACFB Letter Founder and CEO Marty Donnellan reads recent ACFB letter about increasing need for food assistance. Joy Community Kitchen, Inc. late April 2023.

A little low on grocery funds this week so no green veggies, but we do have delicious BBQ chicken and extra cheesy mac 'n cheese. Yay!

Made fresh for our neighbors-in-need! Chicken and rice with green beans and carrots and a nice mushroom sauce. . CashApp $joycommunitykitchen

We've added CashApp to our donations options! Easiest way yet.
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Last week we made Chicken with Orange Sauce, this week it's delicious Turkey Chili! ANNOUNCEMENT, you can now donate through CashApp! $joycommunitykitchen

A Lawrenceville Co-Op volunteer handing one of our delicious frozen meals to a client. Glad we can gelp.

Great thanks to Innova Solutions for their generous grant, and to all the Innova employees who donated the funds that their management then matched! With their global headquarters in Duluth Georgia, Innova's core values include giving back to the communities where they live and work. And they did just that!

From Sam's Club, 28 lbs chicken, 10 lbs broccoli, and butter for $102. Love the quality and value here, LOVE donations of Sam's Club gift cards!!

4o chicken tenders dinners and 30 chicken thigh dinners for our neighbors-in-need.

Italian Pasta w/Meat Sauce dinners, as far as the eye can see!
Fresh ground beef, onions & peppers and containers, purchased through Jackson EMC grant.
Tomato sauce, bought at for $.16 on the dollar.
Diced tomatoes courtesy of Shalini Goel food drive.
Penne pasta donated by . Cheese donated by .

Thanks so much, Shalini and Shreeya Goel, for doing this wonderful food drive. You collected so many things we need and use often!

Hard at work in 2023! 80 seasoned shredded chicken over rice dinners for food insecure seniors and others. It's our calling, we can't stop!

Thanks once again, Collins Hill Walmart, for your generous grant! We appreciate your continued support.

Happy New Year! In 2022 we gave out 2,878 hot and frozen meals

This is Ahren, a Compliance Specialist with the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Once a year a Specialist comes to our facility at PREP Kitchens to document our compliance with the Food Bank's many regulations. We passed!

Joy Community Kitchen provides quality hot and frozen meals to vulnerable Gwinnett seniors and other food-insecure people in Gwinnett and beyond. Will you help?

Thank you, Sylvia Lingefelt and everyone at NCI Cabling (ncicabling.com) in Duluth who contributed to our Fall Food Drive! They donated this carload of food and contributed financially as well. ❤️

Would you, your place of business or worship, or civic organization like to hold a Food Drive to benefit our clients? If so, DM us, print out this flyer, and... go! (Many thanks!)

An abbreviated tour of PREP Kitchens of Atlanta where we produce our meals. It's a great place to work!

Here's one of our frozen meals after being heat-sealed and labeled. We are licensed by the GA Department of Agriculture.

Thank you Chopt Creative Salad Company for your donation of roughly 2,000 lbs of food and supplies. Wow! Thank you PREP Kitchens of Atlanta for the hookup. We appreciate you!

Point your phone at this and it's supposed to take you to our website. Testing testing..

Delivering frozen meals this misty morning to the Lawrenceville Co-op. Glad to help!

Our privilege to provide 10 quality frozen meals for a family of Afghan refugees through Grace Snellville Church.