Tri-Valley nonprofit Culinary Angels is growing its effort to supply nutritious (and delicious) meals to help sustain the health of local patients facing cancer or other serious medical conditions.
Building on the success of its recent residential community in Pleasanton, Tri-Valley nonprofit Sunflower Hill this week announced that its second affordable housing complex for adults with special needs has been OK d in Lafayette.
In December 2020, Culinary Angels â an organization that provides nutrient-rich meals and nutritional education to people going through a serious health challenges like cancer â announced they were expanding into the commercial kitchen at Sunflower Hill at Irby Ranch to provide meals to ranch residents and other recipients.
Prior to this announcement and for the past three years, Sunflower Hill â a residential community and program for adults with developmental disabilities â had donated organic produce from their garden to Culinary Angels for their meals.
âThe move to Sunflower Hill at Irby Ranch was based on a desire to grow and be able to feed more people in need more often,â said Lisa McNaney, founder and executive director of Culinary Angels. âIt also allows us the opportunity to expand our partnership with Sunflower Hill, which is one of our garden partners. We receive the majority of our organic produce from two local gardens, Fertile Groun
Nonprofit Culinary Angels prepares and delivers delicious and nutritious meals at no cost to patients and their caregivers living in Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton.