OUR STORY
MISSION STATEMENT
Philo’s Kitchen was born out of loss as well as love for cooking and our community. After losing our past business during the COVID-19 pandemic, we found ourselves reflecting on what truly mattered—and we kept coming back to the families and kids we had gotten to know while working in low-income school districts. Many of them were struggling not just financially, but with consistent access to nutritious meals.
Seeing good food go to waste while people went hungry motivated us to become involved in finding a solution. We knew we could do something about it. So we started Philo’s Kitchen with one mission: to turn surplus perishable food into delicious, ready to heat and eat meals for those who need them most.
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What started with a few donated ingredients and a borrowed kitchen has grown into a movement powered by volunteers, partnerships, and a community that cares.
To provide full nutritious meals to those in need by repackaging perishable food that would have otherwise been thrown away by food distributors
GO FUND ME
NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL! Every dollar is important. This money will directly go to costs covering:
- operating our kitchen and rent space.
- refrigerator and freezer space.
- packaging materials and machinery.
- some necessary food items such as spices, rices, pastas, etc…
- travel operation costs for pick up and drops offs of food.
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VOLUNTEER
Not just for cooking but also for helping with the grant writing, fundraising, etc… if you’ve got a skill, we will gladly utilize it!
Help with gardening and composting. We have access to gardening space at our location (6400 S University Blvd. Centennial, Co 80121) and are looking for volunteers to grow vegetables and help with composting solutions.
SHARE
PLEASE share this with everyone you can to help spread the word! We will be putting out a Instagram post about raising money and we are hoping you will help share this initiative. Passing along any contacts within the food space would also be helpful. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook! @Philos.Kitchen
DONATE
We are always looking for used glass cans and jars that we can reuse for canning foods that are going to be donated. Our kitchen is always open to taking in excess food, whether that be boxed, canned or perishable. If you are interested, you can also help by running food drives in your own areas. That could be a church, place of business, club, etc… We would provide a bin and a write-up about our group.
G E T I N V O L V E D
Partners
-Food Exchange Resource Network
-Hundredx
-Kambeitz Chiropractor
-Holland books builders
-University of Denver
-Nama Juicer
-Yogasix Arapahoe
-Fern Food Pantry
-Rocky Mountain Food Bank
-Rocky Mountain Communities
-TGTHR (to end youth homelessness)
-Archway communities