Common Threads provides over 30 weeks of free nutrition, cooking, and cultural programming to low-income children living in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Miami.

In order to offer our classes, we need kitchen facilities, groceries, cooking equipment (pots, pans, etc), gardening and movement supplies, and a trained staff of elementary educators, movement instructors and culinary professionals to teach the classes.Your generous donation helps us continue to keep children engaged and safe after school.

What your gift can do...
$5,000 provides supplies to maintain our organic World Garden for one year
$1,000 provides high-quality groceries for 5 cooking classes
$500 provides one 2-hour cooking class for 16 low-income children
$250 provides chef hats and aprons for 15 students 

We welcome and appreciate gifts of any amount.