Nourish All Abilities this Holiday Season!
As you prepare to gather with loved ones around the table, we invite you to reflect on the meaningful connections that are made over a shared meal. At Columbia Ability Alliance, we believe that food goes beyond sustenance—it provides a way to nurture both body and soul, while building community.
Through our weekly cooking lessons at our Community Center and our Opportunity Kitchen culinary training program, we empower individuals with unique abilities and life barriers to not only develop culinary skills, but also gain confidence, independence, and a sense of achievement.
During this special time of year, as we celebrate the joy of food and the connections it brings, we ask you to consider making a gift to support these programs. Your generosity will help provide cooking classes, supplies, and opportunities for individuals to foster their independence through the power of food.
Thanks to donors like you, women like Dawn are supported and empowered to gain the technical culinary skills needed to take the next step in their careers, bringing them closer to independence.
Together, we can make a lasting impact—one meal, one skill, and one opportunity at a time.
Your support helps people like Grayson, who looks forward to rolling up his sleeves every week for cooking class at our Community Center.
Examples of what your gift can support:
- $25 funds snacks for 20 adults with disabilities at our Community Center
- $50 buys a utensil from our Amazon Wishlist to help stock our Community Center Kitchen
- $100 funds a Community Center cooking lesson for 25 adults with disabilities
- $250 helps us provide a joy-filled holiday meal and celebration for our clients
- $500 covers a hospitality or food production field trip for an Opportunity Kitchen cohort
Feeling extra generous?
- $2,500 funds tangible needs/supplies for one Opportunity Kitchen student
- $10,000 supports supplies/expenses for four Opportunity Kitchen students