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À La Cart Cooking Demo: Featuring Matt Fish of Melt Bar & Grilled

We're celebrating our one-year anniversary of À La Cart with a demo by Matt Fish, chef/owner of Melt Bar & Grilled! Join us Nov. 14th at 2pm and receive a complimentary À La Cart cookbook.

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Á La Cart Cooking Demo: Featuring Emily Kichler of Root Cafe

Mark your calendars! Another delicious cooking demo is coming your way! Join us on Tuesday, August 8th at 2 pm, as we host a cooking demo at A La Cart in the Cove Community Center. Come and meet the incredibly talented chef, Emily Kichler, from Root Cafe.

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Á La Cart Cooking Demo: Featuring Sanjeev (Sonny) Sharma of India Garden

Get ready for another great cooking demo! On Tuesday, July 11th at 2 pm, come to A La Cart at Cove Community Center and meet chef & owner Sanjeev (Sonny) Sharma of India Garden. You'll get a taste of some of his most delicious dishes and a recipe card to take home with you to add to your collection. We hope to see you there!

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Announcing the 2023 Summer Lunch and Enrichment Program

Kids need healthy food and healthy activities during the summer months. LCSC offers the program for Lakewood school students in grades K-5 who qualify for free or reduced-price meals during the school year. Because of COVID-19, we were unable to offer this wonderful free program, but thanks to the generous support from Healthy Lakewood Foundation, it will return for two sessions this summer.

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Á La Cart Cooking Demo: Featuring Ross Keller of Italian Creations

Don't miss out on our seventh cooking demo! Join us for a demonstration of how to make delicious Lemon Chicken & Pasta at A La Cart at Cove Community Center on Tuesday, May 2nd at 2 pm. You'll get a taste and recipe card to take home to add to your collection.

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Á La Cart Cooking Demo: Featuring Kiwi Wongpeng of Thai Thai

Come on down to the Cove Community Center on Tuesday, March 7 at 2:00pm to learn how to make dumplings from Chef Kiwi Wongpeng. Chef Kiwi is the owner of Thai Thai and was named the best Thai restaurant in Cleveland from 2018 to 2022 by Cleveland Scene.

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Á La Cart Cooking Demo: Featuring Rachelle Murphy of Rood

February is about to get a lot brighter – and a lot more delicious! Don’t let this gloomy month get you down! Come to Á La Cart on Tuesday, February 7th at 2 pm at Cove Community Center and meet Chef Rachelle Murphy, who Cleveland Magazine calls one of Cleveland’s hottest young chefs. You’ll get a tasting and a recipe card to take home to add to your collection. If you missed any of our previous demos, you can watch them on Cox Community Channel 45 at 4 pm on Tuesdays.

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Operation Warm

Distribution of winter jackets and tennis shoes will be at COVE Community Center, 12525 Lake Avenue (enter parking lot from Cove Avenue) on January 27 from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm. We look forward to seeing you!

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Healthy Lakewood Foundation Grant Announcement

We are thrilled to be bringing back this free program for children enrolled in Lakewood schools in grades K-5 who qualify for free and reduced-cost meals. LCSC has received a Community Grant in the amount of $39,000 from the Healthy Lakewood Foundation to support the return of our Summer Lunch and Enrichment Program beginning in June 2023.

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Vincent J. Stark Foundation Renewal Grant Announcement

LCSC is grateful to the Vincent J. Stark Foundation Board of Trustees for approving a funding grant for the sixth year in a row. The grant is in the amount of $20,000 and will provide partial salary support for the three full-time staff members who manage and implement the twice-month emergency food deliveries to low-income residents in Lakewood, Rocky River, and Westlake.

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