Caseworker Services
Fish & Loaves is committed to ensuring food security for our local communities, but the needs of the families and individuals served by the pantry are often broader than food. To help families and individuals assess and address wider needs, Fish & Loaves has partnered with the Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency to provide an on-site caseworker. The caseworker is on-site two days a week at Fish & Loaves for resource information and referrals. The use of caseworker services is optional for Fish & Loaves clients. Currently, there are two hundred families who are using the caseworker services which include helpful referrals as well as assistance with rent, mortgage and utility payments. To setup an appointment to meet with the Case Worker, please call Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency at 313-388-9799.
‘Cooking Matters’ Cooking & Nutrition Classes
Under the leadership of a master chef and nutritionist, Cooking Matters, sponsored by Gleaner’s Community Food Bank, offers a six week cooking and nutrition program on site at Fish & Loaves Community Food Pantry. Each meeting of the free classes last two hours. Instruction on how families can prepare tasty, nutritious and inexpensive meals are provided. Participants receive a bag of groceries after each session with all of the ingredients necessary to prepare the same meal at home which they had just prepared at the pantry. At the end of the six week course, participants join the chef in a trip to a local grocery store where they receive a cookbook with other enticing recipes and a gift card for the additional purchase of groceries. Enrollment is limited to approximately fifteen participants. The cooking and nutrition classes are offered several times per year for current Fish & Loaves clients.
Fish & Loaves is committed to ensuring food security for our local communities, but the needs of the families and individuals served by the pantry are often broader than food. To help families and individuals assess and address wider needs, Fish & Loaves has partnered with the Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency to provide an on-site caseworker. The caseworker is on-site two days a week at Fish & Loaves for resource information and referrals. The use of caseworker services is optional for Fish & Loaves clients. Currently, there are two hundred families who are using the caseworker services which include helpful referrals as well as assistance with rent, mortgage and utility payments. To setup an appointment to meet with the Case Worker, please call Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency at 313-388-9799.
‘Cooking Matters’ Cooking & Nutrition Classes
Under the leadership of a master chef and nutritionist, Cooking Matters, sponsored by Gleaner’s Community Food Bank, offers a six week cooking and nutrition program on site at Fish & Loaves Community Food Pantry. Each meeting of the free classes last two hours. Instruction on how families can prepare tasty, nutritious and inexpensive meals are provided. Participants receive a bag of groceries after each session with all of the ingredients necessary to prepare the same meal at home which they had just prepared at the pantry. At the end of the six week course, participants join the chef in a trip to a local grocery store where they receive a cookbook with other enticing recipes and a gift card for the additional purchase of groceries. Enrollment is limited to approximately fifteen participants. The cooking and nutrition classes are offered several times per year for current Fish & Loaves clients.
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