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Warm Blessings Community Kitchen board member Diana Leathers says following the death of executive director Dawn Cash in December the board began taking actions to move the organization forward.
“There was a week that was already planned to be closed, and then we knew that with Dawn’s passing we needed to work out some details and understand what the situation was going to be going forward, and to give staff time to grieve and volunteers that are so important to the mission, give them time to grieve and work through that, Leathers said.
Warm Blessings reopened on January 8. Leathers says day services will remain open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and all core services will continue, including hot community meals which will still be served Monday through Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Leathers says the lone exception is pantry services, which the organization is working with Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland on spinning off.
“Anybody who is food insecure, and that just means that they don’t necessarily know where their next meal is going to come from, those doors are open for them,” Leathers said. “We do not ask for any kind of income verification. A lot of programs are required to do that because of their funding sources, but Warm Blessings has always been an open door.”
Leathers says any changes at the organization are made with sustainability in mind.
“We want to make sure that everything, especially what Dawn put into it, all the previous executive directors, that that is something that we’re going to be able to carry forward, and so we are very committed to that and we want to make as little changes as possible, but some changes were necessary, and again, that’s just for sustainability,” Leathers said.
Leathers says appointments are required for shower and laundry access, but walk-ins can check on availability or schedule a time.
Visit www.warmblessings.org or the Warm Blessings Community Kitchen Facebook page for more information.
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