Kitchen Restore

The elevator at the Riley County Courthouse Annex is out of service, and it may take two weeks for repairs. Kitchen Restore has requested a pause on donations during this time-- for the convenience of our donors and volunteers and due to limited storage space at the Riley County K-State Extension Office. We appreciate your interest in donating kitchenwares to Kitchen Restore (we couldn't do it without you!) and we look forward to regular operations when the elevator is back in service. Sorry for any inconvenience and thanks for your understanding!

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Q- Who receives a Kitchen Restore "kitchen starter kit?"
A- We don't know!
Kitchen Restore does not accept requests or hand out kitchen kits. Instead, we partner with 11 community assistance agencies in Manhattan and Riley County who screen clients and give kitchen kits to those in need. Partners include agencies like Shepherd's Crossing, WIC, Be Able Community, Manhattan Area Resettlement Team - MART and others.
Why involve these agencies in distributing Kitchen Restore kits? Because they already have screening procedures in place and because those who need a basic kitchen starter kit may also need other services that Kitchen Restore cannot provide. By working together, we can all cooperate to support local housholds in need.
You can help, too, by donating new or gently-used kitchen items or cash to help us create more kits. See the list of items we accept on our website or in the comments.
Kitchen Restore is a community donation initiative of the Food and Farm Council of Riley County and City of Manhattan. For more information, see https://www.nourishtogether.org/programs/kitchen-restore

To make it easier to stay connected, all Food and Farm Council programs will soon transition to the Nourish Together page. To stay informed about Kitchen Restore, please like and follow Nourish Together. 

To use donated food effectively, a family also needs cooking and serving equipment. Kitchen Restore is a volunteer community donation initiative of the Food and Farm Council of Riley County and City of Manhattan to repurpose kitchenwares into "kitchen starter kits" for local households in need. Gently-used and new kitchen items may be donated at the Riley County Extension Office, 110 Courthouse Plaza, 2nd floor, M-Th 8-5, F 8-12. See the items we can accept in the comments. For more information, or to purchase from our Amazon wish list, see our website at https://www.nourishtogether.org/programs/kitchen-restore