Maple Alley Inn - Kitchen Improvement Fund
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Maple Alley Inn - Kitchen Improvement Fund

Maple Alley Inn serves healthy and sustaining meals in a comfortable and welcoming environment to Whatcom County residents experiencing hunger. Every week we serve breakfast on Tuesday morning and lunch on Wednesday and Thursday, focusing on nutritious high quality foods. A Maple Alley Inn community garden, grows organic vegetables that are a core part of the prepared meals. In 2015, Maple Alley Inn served 19,622 meals to 1,675 unduplicated guest, an 18% increase from 2014.

Due to this growing demand in our community, the current residential kitchen at Faith Lutheran Church is not adequate to keep up with demand. The Kitchen Improvement Campaign hopes to raise funds to replace the stovetop, oven, and refrigeration with upgraded commercial appliances and improve ventilation in the kitchen area. These improvements will significantly improve kitchen efficiency and safety for staff and volunteers.



Kitchen Improvement Budget

  • Kitchen Appliances = $19,500
  • Fire Suppression System = $3,000
  • Contracted Renovations = $40,000
  • Permitting & Engineering = $4,500
  • Handwashing Sink + Installation = $3,000

Total Budget = $70,000

Kitchen Improvement Timeline

  • Develop specs & receive project bids = June
  • Purchase & Install Refrigerator = July
  • Purchase other major appliances = September
  • Purchase & Install Hand Washing Sink = December - January
  • Gut Kitchen  = January
  • Install New Ventilation System = January
  • Install remaining appliances = January
  • Re-open Maple Alley Inn = February

More Than Just a Meal

It is also a place for clients to connect with social service providers in order to be referred to other beneficial services and receive education around topics of health and nutrition. 

It is also a community of low-income families, homeless veterans, isolated seniors, individuals in recovery, etc. coming together to dine in dignity, share stories and offer companionship.

Finally, Maple Alley Inn is a community of 47 hard-working, dedicated kitchen volunteers and 15 garden volunteers that come together around their common desire to make their community a better place to live and increase the quality of life of its most vulnerable citizens.

Maple Alley Inn is so much more than a meal program, it's a community nourishing itself!

This is what our clients have to say:
I make my week around these meals. I know that I can eat a solid meal on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Maple Alley is like my home kitchen. This breakfast is worth getting up and walking over here. - MAI client

This is the best time of the week. It’s time to talk together, to eat good food, to go into the world, fortified with friendship and food. - MAI client

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