Community Kitchen

Serving as needed since 1982



Our Hours of Operation



meals served Monday-Saturday 11:00am-12:30pm
and Monday-Thursday 4:45pm-5:45pm




Want to volunteer or donate?


CONTACT US TODAY!

The Community Kitchen works to meet the nutritional, social, emotional, and educational hungers of people in the North Iowa area.


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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.



Virginia Woolf





Need Food?



The first priority of the Community Kitchen of North Iowa is to get food to people in need.



If you need access to food, do not hesitate to phone us at 641-424-2316.

We will provide you with up to date, detailed information on where

and how you can get help.



Where does the food come from?





A majority of the food served by The Community Kitchen is donated by local supermarkets, grocery stores, hospitals, restaurants, wholesalers, bakeries, civic-minded groups, gardeners, and individual contributors.



Volunteers are critical





Many of these donations are gleaned by Kitchen volunteers who pick up the food and bring it to our facility. We pay a modest cost for government commodities we order from the Food Bank of Iowa, in addition to a small shipping fee.​


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We need your help!





volunteer opportunities include:



Meal Prep & Serving
Pickup & Organize Donations
Talk about Kitchen to corporate, church, & school groups
Work on food drives
Work on fundraisers
Represent Kitchen at

community events
Contact legislators' office about hunger & povery issues ​



our partners



are our strength



Charities, Foundations, and Corporate Partners helping Community Kitchen in its mission include:

  • United Way of North Central Iowa
  • FoodBank of Iowa
  • Cargill
  • Elderbridge Agency on Aging
  • ​Sisters of Saint Francis - Dubuque
  • David & Phyllis Murphy Charitable Foundation
  • Farrer Endowment Foundation
  • Bertha Stebens Charitable Foundation
  • Worth County Development Authority
  • First Citizens Charitable Foundation
  • Mason City Clinic Charitable Giving Foundation
  • Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation
  • Cerro Gordo County Community Foundation
  • Stratford Foundation
  • Beth E Reinhart Charitable Trust
  • John K & Luise V Hanson Foundation
  • and more! Call us to be recognized or to become a Partner in our mission to feed our neighbors in need!

The Community Kitchen does not list individual donors online by policy, but we are very grateful for your generous support! Call us to discuss!



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