Im so thankful for what the Community Kitchen provides in the downtown area and I contribute however I can a lot by going near by there and handing out cold water, food and other much needed items to those surviving on the streets. ~Cindy~

I wish they had a tent city to help move them from their to work, school,and rehab, to standing on their own. A decent tent city will allow them respect, and since of accomplishment. If it where regulated and made to be keep clean by the city .How many lives it would change.

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿. 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲/𝗙𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗮.

Wonderful group of people. They dont treat you like your homeless they make you feel loved there food is awesome. These folks are doing a great job.

Wonderful human beings. God bless

The lunches arent bad, especially if your homeless and hungry!!

Just dropped off donations but they make it easy and fast!

What a wonderful asset this community to make sure the homeless are fed and cared for

WORD EMPOWERMENT CHURCH DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE GIVEAWAY 🙌🙌, THE STAFF OF THE CC WAS AWESOME 💗

Great community assistance programs. So much more than a Community Kitchen. Theres job assistance, housing assistance, thrift shop and more. Great organization to give people in need a hand up. Staff is wonderful.

Ive only be around this place not in it but i know these people do what they can to help the homeless so thats a win.

Doing a great work serving those who need help

Good place doing the good works, ✊🏻

It is better than being in daytona needing help the food was like a 5 star dinning i can say this because i have something to compare it to i have been homeless 4 years and yes i know i have got into it with many there but being honest it feed 3 meals a day you can shower and b-4 cov19 it was nice and still even the way it operates now is different but still if you are homeless iy meets the needs and my special thanks to prince i worked with almost a year ever sunday he is a 1 man show and my case worker katie she did for me what in 4 years no one else took the time to do and she is leaving sad to say but i have got into it with some of the main people that was the ones i had to siy down with to get me off the streets but in spite of that they still did thier jobs so it did the job for me when i was homeless eats showers clothing and mail all in one stop as the set up in florida was a 1 if that to me

Good for emergency fallout

Years ago I was there for help and they showed me nothing but love and respect fast forward to the present I was here to volunteer to help out recently and loved the staff and was humbled to be in the position I am in now shouts out to my mentor Ms. Carol McKenzie day room operator

Dropped off some donations, very helpful for those in need of their services.

Love them and all chattanooga dose for their homeless! Thank you

A very good at the things they do you can eat and take a good shower

A place to go when you need help, they serve a free meal at 7:30-8:30am, 11:30am-12:30pm, 3:30-4:00pm. Those times are current as of the date of this post, 3-25-2021.

Love the thrift store prices!!

City need outreach Ima muslim I alway take Ice cold water and natural soda and kosher foods..

Theres a closeness of the Spirit of Love 💘 surrounding the kitchen.

I appreciate the help and resources offered through this organization. It has changed my life and my daughters life in so many ways. Rob Lawrence has always been a Godsend and will do anything within his power to help people in the best way possible. I dont know where we would be without the help of people like Rob. He has so much compassion for people and such a great heart. The world is a better place because of people like him.

Kind, compassionate people here,offering warm food, friendship and relief from the elements with others sharing the struggles of homelessness. God bless those who help to keep this place open and active. Thanks volunteers!

My church feed the homeless

This place is nasty and the people there does not do what they say they will.

This is a local icon..they do so much with so little for our homeless and disadvantaged communities ..they also provide showers and shelter, and referrals for jobs. God truly shine his light on these amazing people, and leaders. Very friendly, and even take cardboard for recycling to aid in their quests.

My job makes me go here on occasion. Great employees and volunteers, they really have a heart for those in need. From my experience though, the majority of people here using the benefits take advantage of the system and use it as a hand-out instead of a hand-up.

It is a great place to feel like you are helping other people. They need donations of food and clothes if you can help I know it would be appreciated.

I will tell you from experience not to expect any help from the community kitchen. It is a place where you can take a shower and eat a bowl of oatmeal or grits if you can stand the taste of them. Understand that the kitchen and the area around it is very dangerous especially for women. My advice is to stay away from this place if you can.

Super great people. They are doing good things for the less fortunate. Stop by and donate today.

Only went there to drop some food off for an employee.

Great place to volunteer

I love it there i going rigth now :) its amazing/

The Kitchen feeds the hungry and offers hope for the future to some of our citys neediest residents.

I went down to take some clothes to the homeless people. If you donate them to the community kitchen they SELL them back to the homeless. To me this is a disgrace. So I park near there and ask a few ladies to bring others and tell them the sizes that I have available. They really NEED socks, gloves, long johns and especially coats!! Any type of rain wear is helpful. They are SO APPRECIATIVE!!! Also they only open the shelter at night if it is below freezing. Even if it is pouring rain for several days. Most people do not know this information.

Donate there a lot. Great community services

One of the staff, who I think was supposed to be important, was high off his mind

Great grounds for growth and development in volunteerism and the ministry of Jesus Christ. Strong leaders. Although the sidewalks could use some policing.....

I stay pretty much to myself do work dad today on trying to get myself together so I can save up enough and get out of there which I did three years ago

If youre looking for a local place to make a huge impact, see these folks. The help the Chattanooga homeless population get back in their feet. They need your support! Please donate today

They go out of their way to help the homeless. I Kno this cause I am one of the many thousands they have helped. Thanks all you guys.

The gentleman that helped unload my donation was very friendly. Hope our items bless those who receive them 😊

My mother cones and goes very frequently here. I called the community kitchen about a half hour ago. The woman I spoke with treated me with the up most disrespect. I called in regards to my mother. To have someone tell her that I love, and miss her. And that I hope she has a Merry Christmas though all of this. I asked the woman if she could do me a favor (relay a message) she m, with upmost disrespect, and attitude, told me no maam, have a good day and hung up on me. I relied on her to relay that message to my mother if she saw her. That woman broke my heart because she clearly doesnt care about those who are homeless and shes working in the wrong place. I hope someone above her, her boss, someone reads this.

Staff could be a little more compassiont. Over all helpful

Every time I go to visit this place I always expect someone to ask for a dollar & I kno someone will smell. This year they actually build a job fair room inside the community kitchen for the homeless which I think is awesome but 90% of the time most of these people are mentally ill. I think they should build a homeless controlled facility next to Moccasin bend to the ones that doesnt want to work or bath. Then they will be far away to roam on the streets and safe getting meals in a place where they cnt leave till they mentality show that theyre mental capacity can do without assistance.

Need Help? This is the place to go.for food. Get some Rest, ..you can also get your mail sent to a very caring an supporting. Staff....

The food is okay sometimes and some of the staff is nice especially Stephanie

A good place for a new beginning

This is a very great place for the homeless to eat and get services needed to help them with housing and resources for employment.

Great organization that helps those in need. Good place to donate food and used stuff to.

A great place to go if youre down on your luck need a little help homeless hungry or maybe even need a piece of clothing

A good place for homeless services.

They offer a good service for people in need and the staff are very helpful but outside reminds me of zoo with no pens and the animals run free.

Like the fact that they feed you 3 times a day

I CAN SAY THEY REALLY HELP PEOPLE IN NEED. IT WAS A TIME I MEET A LADY NAME MRS. MADONNA AND SHE WAS SO GENUINE. IT WAS A HARD YEARS FOR ME AND SHE BOUGHT MY DAUGHTER SO MANY TOYS AND IT WAS A SPARE OF THE MOMENT AND I THOUGHT I WASNT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GIFTS FOR MY DAUGHTER I CRIED IT HURTED ME SO BAD. JUST TO GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT IT IM GETTING TEARY EYED AS IM WRITING. THIS ANGEL MRS. MADONNA BRUNG ME SO MUCH STUFF FOR HER I COULDNT BELIEVE IT SHE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH AND TO THIS DAY I DONT KNOW WHO SPONSORED US BUT THANK YALL SO MUCH BECAUSE I DIDNT KNOW HOW I WAS GO GET SOME TOYS FOR MY DAUGHTER SHE BRUNG SO MUCH JOY TO MY FAMILY WORDS COULDNT EXPLAIN HOW I FELT 😆 LOLOL IT WAS A RELEASE AND FULFILLMENT AND EACH YEAR SHE MADE IT HER BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF US. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY ❤ HEART AND HONOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP HOSPITALITY AND WARMTH. OMGOSH IT JUST MAGNIFICENT HOW SHE HELP ME SHE DIDNT LOOK DOWN ON ME NOR DISCREDITED ME IN NO TYPE OF WAY. I LOVE YOU AND HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY. T . K .CHATTANOOGA, TN.

Calm

GREAT place to get help when you need it

They provide a crucial service the the chattanooga area. For the homeless they serve 3 meals a day, and also provide clothing and housing assitance. Also they accept donations of all types. Its a wonderful place to volunteer.

They have helped me and so many others.

My place to go and help someone

You feel a little worried when you are pulling into a large group of homeless people but the staff is very friendly and extremely helpful at unloading anything you are donating. Tax receipt is available but not sure if that helps you anymore.

A great service for chattanooga

This is a great place for people to find ways to change their existing circumstances if they truly want the change.

Got help getting everything I needed. Thank you

Awsome place with amazing staff

Three meals a day, free showers with free toiletries provided, computers to surf the internet, all while offering a laid back place for the less fortunate is good.

Theyre okay i guess they arent always the nicest but they do help the community the best they can

A good place too stay

The staff that works there are really nice and careing they help all that works with them they try really hard to help thank you

Help for the less fortunate...

An ok place to get some resources

They let you sleep please thieir

Best place to go when you really need help

Thrift store sometimes has good deals

When I clean my closet out I like to drop the thing off here because at least it will go toward helping the homeless

CK is a highly helpful place to those less fortunate. Many ways to assist donations of money, clothes, food, etc.

Its ok really not the best a lot wrong and greedy ppl there but the owner of it and her girl is very sweet good ppl

People are great. Very helpful to the community

Is McDonalds toilets on Rossville Blvd as nasty?Would a couple of thousand dollars more be enough to keep the sleeping area open year round? Or would ten thousand dollars help keep the sleeping area open year round? How much more does it take? One million dollars?The building takes up the city block, they have room for the homeless to sleep inside, they ask for donations for the homeless people, so what is the idea,?Not give homeless people shelter, that way people feels empathy and donates to the board of directors and the homeless lay outside in the rain all night?If one listens to experts, it only never gets one homeless person out of the rain for ten thousand dollars spent talking about it.Theres the mayor, theres the judges, theres the governors, stand back and give them room and a billion dollars and they can build a homeless campground duhhhhhhhhhhhh.About half the homeless are like party animals out being loud and listening to music at any time day or night, and the other half are sober trying to sleep through it. Some are too mental to know they are going to get everyone run off from their sleeping spot, and the rest are waiting powerlessly because the noisy ones gets the quiet ones in trouble,, who are in happy hourand are not tired like the quieter ones.A lot of the drugs from the Homeless Health Care end up as dope on the street.Most of them need to be in a organized homeless camp with a curfew.As much as the churches do, they still cannot do the job the government needs to fix.The immediate problem for the homeless is a parking lot or a space of land to sleep out on, at least. Then they could go around getting food at all these places pretending like they are really concerned. The homeless, if at fault, are still destitute and cannot really access water and toilets at night outside, but the mayor and politicians are not depriving themselves equally and do not share in the hardships of the poor homeless.Its a block long. Plus the missions. Plus the homeless coalition. But they cannot let the homeless sleep inside all year? How much more does it take? The homeless need help but the help has to get to the homeless which is almost to say, the helpless who need services of basic types. They are out in the rain on the sidewalk, in the grass, like animals outside without shelter, hiking all day without real nutrition, in the weather, with no storage closet for a blanket .It is a pitiful, leaderless society in general, that rationales that people should get to work when they not really employable as before being homeless.I point out that the food is for the homeless not the employees and get kicked out for being true. Not a good place for honest people. If you want to give food to the homeless, it is a good idea to give it direct to the homeless on the street outside, so you see the homeless eat. I was doing these bad reviews and they kicked me out, so see how it is yourself. If a group really wanted to, they could get a year round open building for the homeless.I am not a drunkard or any problem, I just point out the leftovers should be served to the homeless. Is that the point of asking for donations for the sake of the homeless? Oh, by the way I am a grad school student and member of two honor societies and have went through college on the street. But I cannot get food or shelter from the soup kitchen.It is my experience that the personnel want to keep the homeless peoples food for themselves and ban homeless people to deprive the homeless of food to punish the homeless and grant the homeless to be hungry and in the weather. Like the government, sometimes does the opposite of what it is claiming, like giving the impression to speak for the homeless. But in the articles you read in the Times, it is the homeless providers using the publics stigma of the homeless to ask for donations, like saying look at the poor homeless the soup kitchen feeds, send more donations and still the homeless are still homeless, and hungry.

What else could you ask for FREE good service

Helpful employees and great place for those in need

Ppl helping ppl. Sometime.

Great place for homelessness to obtain food and services..

Evil place people scare me here, homeless act like they run it & it shouldnt be that way. I used them as a temporary mailing address per advisement of the clinic across the street 3 peices of mail never handed over to me, was told Oh it probably got stolen... How????

Very nice people and is eager to help anyone

Great place for people to find food and clothes

Its ok

A place of care in and hope god blas thamPlace of care and hope God bless them

Great Place Doing Good things!

The food is good.

Great Staff. Alot of crazy people there tho.

Great accommodation..super food !

Dirty dirty dirty!!! Inside and out! Directly across from police station, which THEY apparently dont care about the extracurricular activities going on across the street. They let you do laundry and feed you, but dont turn your back on anyone outside! Disgusted.

I will just put no comment. One thing some rulings done in courts they need to read up on, and thats all Im going to say

Grateful for what they do for the homeless community.

If your starving and are homeless then this place offers food. But most of the time the staff are very rude and hateful

Hey been working around the corner at a out reach church and they r getting greater at what they do and I ask God for special favor and special people to be in place that have the heart of God in Jesus name I pray, keep serving with the heart of GOD in JESUS NAME I pray.

Great workers helping to meet the need!